Numbers 34:5

Numbers 34:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.
• New International Version (NIV)where it will turn, join the Wadi of Egypt and end at the Mediterranean Sea.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the border shall turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and its limit shall be at the sea.
• New King James Version (NKJV)the border shall turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and it shall end at the Sea.

Context of Numbers 34:5

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. 4Your 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. Then 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. 7‘And this shall be your north border: from the Great [Mediterranean] Sea mark out your boundary line to Mount Hor;

Numbers 34:5 word by word

וְנָסַ֧ב הַגְּב֛וּל מֵעַצְמ֖וֹן נַ֣חְלָה מִצְרָ֑יִם וְהָי֥וּ תוֹצְאֹתָ֖יו הַיָּֽמָּה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the borderגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
• shall fetch a compassסָבַבsâbab · to turn: turnH5437
• from Azmonעַצְמוֹן‛atsmôn ‛atsmôn · AzmonH6111
• unto the riverנַ֫חַלnachal nachlâh nachălâh · BrookH5158
• of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · (Brook of) EgyptH4714
• and the goings outתּוֹצָאָהtôtsâ'âh tôtsâ'âh · outgoingH8444
• of it shall be at the seaיָםyâm · seaH3220

Cross-references for Numbers 34:5

• Genesis 15:18On the same day the Lord made a covenant (promise, pledge) with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land, From the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates—
• Joshua 15:4It continued along to Azmon and proceeded to the Brook of Egypt (Wadi el-Arish), and the border ended at the [Mediterranean] sea. This was their southern border.
• 1 Kings 8:65So at that time Solomon held the feast, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath [on the northern border of Israel] to the Brook of Egypt [at Israel’s southern border], before the Lord our God, for seven days and seven more days [beyond the prescribed period for the Feast of Booths], fourteen days in all.
• Isaiah 27:12In that day the Lord will thresh [out His grain] from the flowing stream of the River [Euphrates] to the Brook of Egypt, and you will be gathered up one by one, O sons of Israel.
• Numbers 34:6‘As the western boundary you shall have the Great [Mediterranean] Sea and its coastline. This shall be your western boundary.

Commentaries on Numbers 34:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5The river of Egypt - The eastern branch of the river Nile; or, according to others, a river which is south of the land of the Philistines, and fails into the gulf or bay near Calieh.Read the comment
• 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. 5The Brook of Egypt is not the Nile River. It refers to a wadi (a dry riverbed that fills with water during the rainy season). This wadi marked the border between Canaan and Egypt and flowed toward the Mediterranean Sea (see 1 Kings 8:65). I In Old Testament times, Israel had little control over this southern coastal area.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 34:5

• Azmon
• Canaanites
• Egypt

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• River of Egypt
• Egypt, Egyptian
• Euphrates River, the River
• Nile River, River of Egypt, the Nile
• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
• Brook
• Palestine
• Reach
• Stream of Egypt

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