Numbers 34:11

Numbers 34:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:
• New International Version (NIV)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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain. And the border shall go down and reach to the shoulder of the Sea of Chinnereth on the east.
• New King James Version (NKJV)the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain; the border shall go down and reach to the eastern side of the Sea of Chinnereth;

Context of Numbers 34:11

9Then the border will go to Ziphron and end at Hazar-enan. This will be your northern border. 10For your eastern border, draw a line from Hazar-enan to Shepham. The border will go down from Shepham to Riblah east of Ain. It will continue down and reach the eastern slope of the Sea of Chinnereth. 12Then the border will go down to the Jordan and end at the Dead Sea. This will be your land defined by its borders on all sides.” 13So Moses commanded the Israelites, “This is the land you are to receive by lot as an inheritance, which the Lord commanded to be given to the nine and a half tribes.

Numbers 34:11 word by word

וְיָרַ֨ד הַגְּבֻ֧ל מִשְּׁפָ֛ם הָרִבְלָ֖ה מִקֶּ֣דֶם לָעָ֑יִן וְיָרַ֣ד הַגְּב֔וּל וּמָחָ֛ה עַל־כֶּ֥תֶף יָם־כִּנֶּ֖רֶת קֵֽדְמָה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the coastגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
• shall go downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• from Shephamשְׁפָםshephâm · ShephamH8221
• to Riblahרִבְלָהriblâh · RiblahH7247
• on the east sideקֶ֫דֶםqedem qêdmâh · front: eastH6924
• of Ainעַ֫יִן‛ayin · AinH5871
• and shall reachמָחָהmâchâh · to strikeH4229
• unto the sideכָּתֵףkâthêph · shoulderH3802
• of the seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
• of Chinnerethכִּנֶּ֫רֶתkinnerôth kinnereth · (Sea of) ChinnerethH3672
• eastwardקֵ֫דֶםqedem qêdmâh · eastH6924

Cross-references for Numbers 34:11

• 2 Kings 23:33Pharaoh Neco imprisoned him at Riblah in the land of Hamath to keep him from reigning in Jerusalem, and he imposed on the land a fine of seventy-five hundred pounds of silver and seventy-five pounds of gold.
• 2 Kings 25:6The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and they passed sentence on him.
• Jeremiah 39:5However, the Chaldean army pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They arrested him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar, Babylon’s king, at Riblah in the land of Hamath. The king passed sentence on him there.
• Jeremiah 52:10At Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered Zedekiah’s sons before his eyes, and he also slaughtered the Judean commanders.
• Deuteronomy 3:17The Arabah and Jordan are also borders from Chinnereth as far as the Sea of the Arabah, the Dead Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah on the east.
• Joshua 11:2and the kings of the north in the hill country, the Arabah south of Chinnereth, the Judean foothills, and the Slopes of Dor to the west,
• Matthew 14:34When they had crossed over, they came to shore at Gennesaret.
• Luke 5:1As the crowd was pressing in on Jesus to hear God’s word, he was standing by Lake Gennesaret.
• John 6:1After this, Jesus crossed the Sea of Galilee (or Tiberias).

Commentaries on Numbers 34:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11The sea of Chinnereth - The same as the sea of Galilee, sea of Tiberias, and sea of Gennesareth.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10-12Verses 10-12 Shepham, the first point after Hazar-enan, is unknown. The name Riblah is by some read Har-bel, i. e., “the Mountain of Bel;” the Har-baal-Hermon of Judges 3:3. No more striking landmark could be set forth than the summit of Hermon, the southernmost and by far the loftiest peak of the whole Antilibanus range, rising to a height of 10,000 feet, and overtopping every other mountain in the Holy land. Ain, i. e. the fountain, is understood to be…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11Sea of Chinnereth (or Galilee): Its eastern side (literally shoulder) is the ridge that rises steeply from the eastern shore.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1210-12. east border--This is very clearly defined. Shepham and Riblah, which were in the valley of Lebanon, are mentioned as the boundary line, which commenced a little higher than the sources of the Jordan. Ain is supposed to be the source of that river; and thence the eastern boundary extended along the Jordan, the sea of Chinnereth (Lake of Tiberias), the Jordan; and again terminated at the Dead Sea. The line being drawn on the east of the river and the…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 34:11

• Ain
• Canaanites
• Chinnereth
• Galilee
• Riblah
• Shepham

In the dictionaries

• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
• Sea of Chinnereth
• Chinnereth
• Galilee, Sea of
• Palestine
• Reach
• Riblah
• Shepham
• West
• Ain (2)

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