Berean Standard Bible
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 border will extend from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your southern border will run from the end of the Salt Sea, 4cross south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Zin, and go south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it will go on to Hazar-addar and proceed to Azmon, where it will turn from Azmon, join the Brook of Egypt, and end at the Sea. 6Your western border will be the coastline of the Great Sea; this will be your boundary on the west. 7Your northern border will run from the Great Sea directly to Mount Hor,
Read all of Numbers 34Numbers 34:5 word by word
וְנָסַ֧ב הַגְּב֛וּל מֵעַצְמ֖וֹן נַ֣חְלָה מִצְרָ֑יִם וְהָי֥וּ תוֹצְאֹתָ֖יו הַיָּֽמָּה׃Read the interlinear
- whereגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
- will turnסָבַבsâbab · to turn: turnH5437
- from Azmonעַצְמוֹן‛atsmôn ‛atsmôn · AzmonH6111
- join the Brookנַ֫חַלnachal nachlâh nachălâh · BrookH5158
- of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · (Brook of) EgyptH4714
- and endהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
- and endתּוֹצָאָהtôtsâ'âh tôtsâ'âh · outgoingH8444
- at the Seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
Cross-references for Numbers 34:5
- Genesis 15:18On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
- Joshua 15:4It proceeded to Azmon, joined the Brook of Egypt, and ended at the Sea. This was their southern border.
- 1 Kings 8:65So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days—fourteen days in all.
- Isaiah 27:12In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered one by one.
- Numbers 34:6Your western border will be the coastline of the Great Sea; this will be your boundary on the west.
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
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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
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