Numbers 34:4

Numbers 34:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh–barnea, and shall go on to Hazar–addar, and pass on to Azmon:
• New International Version (NIV)cross south of Scorpion Pass, continue on to Zin and go south of Kadesh Barnea. Then it will go to Hazar Addar and over to Azmon,
• English Standard Version (ESV)And your border shall turn south of the ascent of Akrabbim, and cross to Zin, and its limit shall be south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it shall go on to Hazar-addar, and pass along to Azmon.
• New King James Version (NKJV)your border shall turn from the southern side of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Zin, and be on the south of Kadesh Barnea; then it shall go on to Hazar Addar, and continue to Azmon;

Context of Numbers 34:4

2“Command the Israelites, ‘When you enter the land of Canaan, this is the land that shall be yours as an inheritance, the land of Canaan according to its boundaries, 3your southern region shall be from the Wilderness of Zin along the side of Edom, and your southern boundary from the end of the Salt (Dead) Sea eastward. Your boundary shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and continue on to Zin, and its limit shall be south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it shall go on to Hazar-addar and pass on to Azmon. 5Then the boundary shall turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt (Wadi el-arish), and its limit shall be at the [Mediterranean] Sea. 6‘As the western boundary you shall have the Great [Mediterranean] Sea and its coastline. This shall be your western boundary.

Numbers 34:4 word by word

וְנָסַ֣ב לָכֶם֩ הַגְּב֨וּל מִנֶּ֜גֶב לְמַעֲלֵ֤ה עַקְרַבִּים֙ וְעָ֣בַר צִ֔נָה וְהָיוּ֙ תּֽוֹצְאֹתָ֔יו מִנֶּ֖גֶב לְקָדֵ֣שׁ בַּרְנֵ֑עַ וְיָצָ֥א חֲצַר־אַדָּ֖ר וְעָבַ֥ר עַצְמֹֽנָה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And your borderגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
• shall turnסָבַבsâbab · to turn: turnH5437
• from the southנֶ֫גֶבnegeb · southH5045
• to the ascentמַעֲלֶהma‛ăleh · ascentH4608
• of Akrabbimעַקְרַבִּיםma‛ălêh ‛aqrabbîym · AkrabbimH4610
• and pass onעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• to Zinצִןtsin · ZinH6790
• and the going forthתּוֹצָאָהtôtsâ'âh tôtsâ'âh · outgoingH8444
• to Kadesh–barneaקָדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵעַqâdêsh barnêa‛ · Kadesh-barneaH6947
• and shall go onיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: extendsH3318
• to Hazar–addarחֲצַר־אַדָּרchătsar 'addâr · Hazar-addarH2692
• to Azmonעַצְמוֹן‛atsmôn ‛atsmôn · AzmonH6111

Cross-references for Numbers 34:4

• Joshua 15:3Then it proceeded southward to the ascent of Akrabbim and continued along to Zin, and then went by the south of Kadesh-barnea and continued along to Hezron, and went up to Addar and turned about to Karka.
• Judges 1:36The border of the Amorites ran from the ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela (rock) and upward.
• Numbers 34:3your southern region shall be from the Wilderness of Zin along the side of Edom, and your southern boundary from the end of the Salt (Dead) Sea eastward.
• Numbers 13:21So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin to Rehob [a town in Lebanon], at Lebo-hamath [in the far north].
• Numbers 20:1Then the Israelites, the whole congregation, came into the Wilderness of Zin in the first month [in the fortieth year after leaving Egypt]. And the people lived in Kadesh. Miriam died there and was buried there.
• Numbers 33:36They moved out from Ezion-geber and camped in the Wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.
• Numbers 13:26they came to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation of the sons of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh, and brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the land’s fruit.
• Numbers 32:8This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land!

Commentaries on Numbers 34:4

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3-5Verses 3-5 The southern boundary commenced at the Dead Sea. The broad and desolate valley by which the depressed bed of that sea is protected toward the south, is called the Ghor. A deep narrow glen enters it at its southwest corner; it is called Wady-el-Fikreh, and is continued in the same southwestern direction, under the name of Wady el-Marrah; a wady which loses itself among the hills belonging to “the wilderness of Zin;” and Kadesh-barnea (see…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4From the southern end of the Dead Sea, the boundary ran through the Ascent of Akrabbim toward Zin (compare 13:21). The southernmost point was Kadesh-barnea (see 13:26). Hazar-addar and Azmon are unknown.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-53-5. your south quarter--The line which bounded it on the south is the most difficult to trace. According to the best biblical geographers, the leading points here defined are as follows: The southwest angle of the southern boundary should be where the wilderness of Zin touches the border of Edom, so that the southern boundary should extend eastward from the extremity of the Dead Sea, wind around the precipitous ridge of Akrabbim ("scorpions"), thought to…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 34:4

• Akrabbim
• Azmon
• Canaanites
• Hazar-Addar
• Zin

In the dictionaries

• Kadesh
• Kadesh-Barnea
• Kadesh, Kadesh Barnea, Meribah Kadesh
• Akrabbim
• Hazaraddar
• Maalehacrabbim
• Palestine
• Reach
• West
• Addar

Commentaries on Numbers 34

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary