Numbers 34:7

Numbers 34:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor:
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘For your northern boundary, run a line from the Mediterranean Sea to Mount Hor
• English Standard Version (ESV)"This shall be your northern border: from the Great Sea you shall draw a line to Mount Hor.
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘And this shall be your northern border: From the Great Sea you shall mark out your border line to Mount Hor;

Context of Numbers 34:7

5And the border shall turn from Azmon unto the torrent of Egypt, and shall end at the sea. 6And as west border ye shall have the great sea, and [its] coast. This shall be your west border. And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall mark out for you mount Hor; 8from mount Hor ye shall mark out the entrance to Hamath, and the end of the border shall be toward Zedad; 9and the border shall go to Ziphron, and shall end at Hazar-enan. This shall be your north border.

Numbers 34:7 word by word

וְזֶֽה־יִהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶ֖ם גְּב֣וּל צָפ֑וֹן מִן־הַיָּם֙ הַגָּדֹ֔ל תְּתָא֥וּ לָכֶ֖ם הֹ֥ר הָהָֽר׃Read the interlinear

• beהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• northצָפוֹןtsâphôn tsâphôn · northH6828
• borderגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
• greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · Great (Sea)H1419
• seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
• Horהֹרhôr · (Mount) HorH2023

Cross-references for Numbers 34:7

• Numbers 34:3Then your south side shall be from the wilderness of Zin alongside of Edom, and your southern border shall be from the end of the salt sea eastward;
• Numbers 33:37And they removed from Kadesh, and encamped in mount Hor, in the border of the land of Edom.

Commentaries on Numbers 34:7

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7-9Verses 7-9 The northern border. On the “Mount Hor,” compare Numbers 20:22 note. Here the name denotes the whole western crest of Mount Lebanon, 80 miles in length, commencing east of Zidon, and terminating with the point immediately above the entrance of Hamath (compare Numbers 13:21). The extreme point in the northern border of the land was the city of Zedad (Sadad), about 30 miles east of the entrance of Hamath. Hence, the border turned back…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-9The natural western boundary of Canaan was the Mediterranean coast ("the Great Sea," 34:6). The northern boundary started at the Mediterranean and went east to Mount Hor. This was somewhere in the Lebanon mountain range (not the place of Aaron's death, 20:22–29). Lebo-hamath: Compare 13:21; 1 Kings 8:65; Amos 6:14.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-97-9. north border--The principal difficulty in understanding the description here arises from what our translators have called mount Hor. The Hebrew words, however, Hor-ha-Hor, properly signify "the mountain of the mountain," or "the high double mountain," which, from the situation, can mean nothing else than the mountain Amana (So 4:8), a member of the great Lebanon range (Jos 13:5).Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 34:7

• Canaanites
• Hor
• Mediterranean Sea

In the dictionaries

• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
• Hor
• Palestine
• Reach
• Sea, The
• West
• Genealogy
• Hor, Mount
• Joshua (2)
• Mediterranean Sea

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