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Numbers 34:2
2‘Tell the Israelites this: These are the borders of Canaan, the land that will be yours to live in.
Numbers 34:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:)
- New International Version (NIV)“Command the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter Canaan, the land that will be allotted to you as an inheritance is to have these boundaries:
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Command the people of Israel, and say to them, When you enter the land of Canaan (this is the land that shall fall to you for an inheritance, the land of Canaan as defined by its borders),
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Command the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When you come into the land of Canaan, this is the land that shall fall to you as an inheritance—the land of Canaan to its boundaries.
Context of Numbers 34:2
1The Lord said to Moses, ‘Tell the Israelites this: These are the borders of Canaan, the land that will be yours to live in. 3The south edge will start at the Zin desert and it will go along the border of Edom land. It will continue to the east, and it will reach the south end of the Salt Sea. 4It will go south of the place called Scorpion Hill, and it will continue to Zin. Then it will go south of Kadesh-Barnea. It will go to Hazar-Addar and then across to Azmon.
Read all of Numbers 34Numbers 34:2 word by word
צַ֞ו אֶת־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵהֶ֔ם כִּֽי־אַתֶּ֥ם בָּאִ֖ים אֶל־הָאָ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן זֹ֣את הָאָ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר תִּפֹּ֤ל לָכֶם֙ בְּֽנַחֲלָ֔ה אֶ֥רֶץ כְּנַ֖עַן לִגְבֻלֹתֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Commandצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
- the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- and sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- unto them, When ye comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- into the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- of Canaanכְּנַ֫עַןkena‛an · CanaanH3667
- that shall fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: allotH5307
- unto you for an inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachălâh · inheritanceH5159
- with the coastsגְּבוּלָהgebûlâh gebûlâh · borderH1367
Cross-references for Numbers 34:2
- Numbers 33:51‘Say to the Israelites, “You will cross over the Jordan River and you will go into the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 12:6Abram walked through the land. He went as far as Shechem, to the special oak tree of Moreh. At that time, Canaanites lived in this land.
- Genesis 13:15I will give you all the land that you can see. I will give it to you and your descendants. It will belong to them for ever.
- Genesis 15:16After four generations, your descendants will come back here to Canaan. At that time, I will punish the Amorites because they do very bad things. But the time has not yet arrived that I will punish them.’
- Genesis 17:8You are now living here in Canaan as a foreign person. But I will give all of this land to you and to your descendants. It will belong to them for ever. I will be their God.’
- Deuteronomy 1:7Now you must continue your journey. Go to the hill country of the Amorites and to all the regions near there. Go to the Jordan Valley and the mountains and the low hills in the west. Go to the Negev in the south, and to the Mediterranean coast. Go to the land of Canaan and to Lebanon, even as far as the great Euphrates river.
- Psalms 78:55He chased away the nations that were living there. He gave to each tribe their own piece of land, so that Israel's tribes could live there.
- Psalms 105:11He promised Jacob, ‘I will give to you the land of Canaan. It will belong to you, and to your descendants.’
- Ezekiel 47:14Share the land in equal parts for each tribe. I promised your ancestors that I would give them this land to live in. So now it will belong to you and your descendants.
- Acts 17:26God first made one man. From that one man he made all the different groups of people. He caused them to live in different places all over the world. He decided where each group of people should live. He also decided how long they should live in each place.
- Psalms 16:5You, Lord, are all that I need. What you give to me is enough, for me and for my descendants.
- Jeremiah 3:19I thought this: “I want you people of Israel to be my children. That would make me very happy. I want to give you a good land as your home. It is a more beautiful land than any other nation enjoys.” I thought that you would call me “Father”. I thought that you would always be faithful to me.
- Acts 26:18You will help them to understand what is really true. They are like people who live in the dark. Teach them what is true about me. Then they will be like people who live in the light. Now Satan has power over them. Lead them from there into God's kingdom. Then God will forgive them for the wrong things that they have done. Because they believe in me, God will accept them as his own people.” ’
- Ephesians 1:14God has put his Holy Spirit inside us now. As a result, we know that one day we will receive all the good things that God has promised. At that time we will be completely free, because we belong to God. So we praise God and we say that he is great!
- 1 Peter 1:3We praise God, who is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! He is very kind to us, so that he has given us new life. This is possible because God raised Jesus Christ to new life after his death. Now, as we live, we are sure that we will receive good things from God.
Commentaries on Numbers 34:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2The land of Canaan with the coasts thereof - All description here is useless. The situation and boundaries of the land of Canaan can only be known by actual survey, or by consulting a good map.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2The land of Canaan - The name Canaan is here restricted to the territory west of the Jordan.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-29Chapter 34 describes the borders of Canaan. This is where God commanded Israel to settle, following the guidelines in 26:52–56. Since Abraham's call, the promised land of Canaan has been central to the Old Testament story (Genesis 12:1–7). A generation of Hebrews died in the wilderness for not believing what the faithful spies reported (Numbers 13). Yet, God reaffirmed his promise of land (33:53). Here, God reviews the plan and outlines the promised…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-292. this is the ... land of Canaan--The details given in this chapter mark the general boundary of the inheritance of Israel west of the Jordan. The Israelites never actually possessed all the territory comprised within these boundaries, even when it was most extended by the conquests of David and Solomon.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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