Numbers 34:7

7 Your northern border will be from the Great Sea; you will make a boundary from the Great Sea to Mount Hor.

Numbers 34:7 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 34:7

And this shall be your northern border
What follows:

from the great sea ye shall point out for you Mount Hor;
not that Mount Hor on which Aaron died, for that was on the southern border of the land; but rather Mount Herman, which is said to be unto the entering into Hamath, ( Joshua 13:5 ) as this Mount Hor is in the following verse; or some part of Mount Lebanon might be so called, which was the northern border of the land: the Targum of Jonathan calls it Umanus; and the Jerusalem Targum, Manus or Taurus Umanus, the Mountain Umanus, which divided Syria and Cilicia; it is joined with Lebanon by Josephus ^F16, and with that and Carmel by Aelianus ^F17.

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 Antiqu. l. 1. c. 6. sect. 2.
F17 De Animal. l. 5. c. 56.

Numbers 34:7 In-Context

5 The boundary will turn from Azmon to the valley of Egypt, and its limits will be to the sea.

6 " 'Your western boundary will be the Great Sea; this will be your western boundary.

7 Your northern border will be from the Great Sea; you will make a boundary from the Great Sea to Mount Hor.

8 From Mount Hor you will make a boundary to reach Hamath; the limits of the territory will be at Zedad.

9 The boundary will go out to Ziphron, and its limits will be at Hazar Enan. This will be your boundary to the north.

Footnotes

• [a]. That is, the Mediterranean
• [b]. That is, the Mediterranean