Numbers 34:8

8 'You shall draw a line from Mount Hor to ¹the Lebo-hamath, and the termination of the border shall be at Zedad;

Numbers 34:8 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 34:8

From Mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance
of Hamath
Antiochia, as Jarchi; or rather Epiphania, as Jerom {r}; the former being described by Hemath the great, ( Amos 6:2 ) , this entrance was a narrow pass leading from the land of Canaan to Syria, through the valley which lies between Lebanon and Antilibanus:

and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad;
the same boundary as here is given in ( Ezekiel 47:15 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 Comment. in Ezek. 47. 16.

Numbers 34:8 In-Context

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;

9 and the border shall proceed to Ziphron, and its termination shall be at Hazar-enan. This shall be your north border.

10 'For your eastern border you shall also draw a line from Hazar-enan to Shepham,

Cross References

• 1. Joshua 13:5

Footnotes

• [a] Or "entrance of Hamath"