Numbers 34:10-12

10 “ ‘For your eastern boundary, run a line from Hazar Enan to Shepham.

11 The boundary will go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Galilee.^[a]

12 Then the boundary will go down along the Jordan and end at the Dead Sea. “ ‘This will be your land, with its boundaries on every side.’ ”

Numbers 34:10-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 34

In this chapter the bounds and borders of the land Canaan are described, according to the direction of the Lord to Moses, Nu 34:1,2, the south border, Nu 34:3-5, the western border, Nu 34:6, the north border, Nu 34:7-9, the east border, Nu 34:10-12, which is ordered to be divided by lot to the nine tribes and a half, two tribes and a half having received their inheritance on the other side Jordan, Nu 34:13-15, and the persons are nominated to divide the land, Eleazar and Joshua, with one prince out of every tribe, and who are mentioned by name, Nu 34:16-29.

Cross References

• 1. Joshua 15:5
• 2. 2 Kings 23:33; 2 Kings 25:6,21; Jeremiah 39:5; Jeremiah 52:9,27
• 3. Joshua 15:32; Joshua 21:16; 1 Chronicles 4:32
• 4. Deuteronomy 3:17; Joshua 11:2; Joshua 13:27

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew "Kinnereth"