Números 34:11

11 A fronteira descerá de Sefã até Ribla, no lado oriental de Aim, e prosseguirá ao longo das encostas a leste do mar de Quinerete.^[a]

Números 34:11 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 34:11

And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah
Said to be in the land of Hemath, ( Jeremiah 52:9 ) , which, according to Jerom ^F24, was Antioch of Syria; and both the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem understand by it Daphne, which was in the suburbs of Antioch; but this seems to be carrying the limits of the land too far: Jarchi remarks, that when the border goes from the north towards the south, it is said to go down:

on the east side of Ain;
a city in the tribe of Judah; according to Jerom ^F25 now a village that goes by the name of Bethennim, two miles from the turpentine tree, that is, from the tent of Abraham or oak of Mamre, and four from Hebron:

and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea
of Chinnereth eastward;
the same with the sea of Tiberius, and the sea of Gennesaret, frequently made mention of in the New Testament, and in ( Ezekiel 47:18 ) , called the east sea.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 Comment. ut supra. (cf. ver. 15.)
F25 De loc. Heb. fol. 88. F.

Números 34:11 In-Context

9 prosseguirá até Zifrom e terminará em Hazar-Enã. Será essa a fronteira norte de vocês.

10 “Esta será a fronteira oriental: façam uma linha de Hazar-Enã até Sefã.

11 A fronteira descerá de Sefã até Ribla, no lado oriental de Aim, e prosseguirá ao longo das encostas a leste do mar de Quinerete.

12 A fronteira descerá ao longo do Jordão e terminará no mar Salgado.“Será essa a terra de vocês, com as suas fronteiras de todos os lados”.

13 Moisés ordenou aos israelitas: “Distribuam a terra por sorteio como herança. O SENHOR ordenou que seja dada às nove tribos e meia,

Footnotes

• [a] Isto é, mar da Galileia.