Numbers 34:6

6 'As for the western border, you shall have the Great Sea, that is, its coastline; this shall be your west border.

Numbers 34:6 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 34:6

And as for the western border
Of the land of Canaan:

you shall even have the great sea for a border;
and no other, meaning the Mediterranean sea, which lies west of the land of Judea; Aben Ezra calls it the Spanish sea: it has the name of "great", in comparison of some in the land of Canaan, as the salt sea, and the sea of Tiberias:

this shall be your west border;
namely, the Mediterranean sea.

Numbers 34:6 In-Context

4 'Then your border shall turn direction from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim and continue to Zin, and its termination shall be to the south of Kadesh-barnea; and it shall reach Hazaraddar and continue to Azmon.

5 'The border shall turn direction from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and its termination shall be at the sea.

6 'As for the western border, you shall have the Great Sea, that is, its coastline; this shall be your west border.

7 'And this shall be your north border: you shall draw your border line from the Great Sea to Mount Hor.

8 'You shall draw a line from Mount Hor to the Lebo-hamath, and the termination of the border shall be at Zedad;

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "border"