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

9It will continue to Ziphron and it will finish at Hazar-Enan. 10This will be the east border: Draw a line from Hazar-Enan to Shepham. Then the border will go from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain. It will go along the east shore of Lake Galilee. 12Then it will go along the Jordan River and it will finish at the Salt Sea. That will be your land, with its borders.’ 13Moses said to the Israelites, ‘That is the land for the Israelites to live in. You must use lots to give part of the land to each tribe. The Lord has told you to give it 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 Necho kept him in a prison at Riblah, so that Jehoahaz could not rule in Jerusalem. Riblah is in the Hamath region. Necho made Judah pay tax to him. It was 3,400 kilograms of silver and 34 kilograms of gold.
• 2 Kings 25:6Babylon's soldiers took hold of King Zedekiah. They took him to King Nebuchadnezzar at Riblah. Nebuchadnezzar decided how to punish Zedekiah.
• Jeremiah 39:5But the soldiers of Babylon's army chased after them. They caught Zedekiah on the flat land near Jericho. They took him to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon at Riblah, in the region called Hamath. King Nebuchadnezzar decided that Zedekiah was guilty.
• Jeremiah 52:10He told his soldiers to kill all Zedekiah's sons, while Zedekiah watched. He also punished all the officers of Judah with death there at Riblah.
• Deuteronomy 3:17The valley of the Jordan River was also a border of their land. It went from Lake Galilee as far as the Salt Sea, with Mount Pisgah to the east.
• Joshua 11:2He also sent a message to the kings of the hill country in the north, in the Jordan Valley, south of Galilee. He also sent a message to people in the low hills and Naphoth Dor in the west.
• Matthew 14:34They sailed across the lake and reached the shore at a place called Gennesaret.
• Luke 5:1One day, Jesus was standing on the shore of Lake Gennesaret. A crowd was pushing to get near to him. They were listening to him. He was speaking God's message to them.
• John 6:1Some time after that, Jesus went across Lake Galilee, which is also called Lake 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