Numbers 34:8

Numbers 34:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad:
• New International Version (NIV)and from Mount Hor to Lebo Hamath. Then the boundary will go to Zedad,
• English Standard Version (ESV)From Mount Hor you shall draw a line to Lebo-hamath, and the limit of the border shall be at Zedad.
• New King James Version (NKJV)from Mount Hor you shall mark out your border to the entrance of Hamath; then the direction of the border shall be toward Zedad;

Context of Numbers 34:8

6The west border of your land will be the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. 7This will be the north border: From the Mediterranean Sea draw a line to Hor mountain. From Hor mountain the border will go to Lebo-Hamath. Then it will go to Zedad. 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.

Numbers 34:8 word by word

מֵהֹ֣ר הָהָ֔ר תְּתָא֖וּ לְבֹ֣א חֲמָ֑ת וְהָי֛וּ תּוֹצְאֹ֥ת הַגְּבֻ֖ל צְדָֽדָה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• From mountהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• Horהֹרhôr · (Mount) HorH2023
• ye shall point outתָּאָהtâ'âh · to markH8376
• unto the entranceלְב֥וֹאbô' · Lebo-(Hamath)H935
• of Hamathחֲמָתchămâth · HamathH2574
• and the goings forthתּוֹצָאָהtôtsâ'âh tôtsâ'âh · outgoingH8444
• of the borderגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
• shall be to Zedadצְדָדtsedâd · ZedadH6657

Cross-references for Numbers 34:8

• Numbers 13:21So the men went and they explored the land of Canaan. They started in the desert called Zin, and they continued to Rehob, near Lebo-Hamath.
• Joshua 13:5There is also the land of the Gebalites, and all of Lebanon in the east. That land goes from Baal Gad at the side of Hermon mountain, to Lebo-Hamath.
• 2 Samuel 8:9Toi, the king of Hamath, heard news that David had won the battle against the whole army of Hadadezer.
• 2 Kings 14:25Jeroboam was the king who made Israel's border strong between Lebo-Hamath and the Salt Sea. The Lord, Israel's God, had already told his prophet Jonah that this would happen. Jonah was the son of Amittai and he came from Gath Hepher.
• 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.
• Ezekiel 47:15These will be the borders of your land: The north border goes from the Mediterranean Sea to the city of Hethlon. It continues to go east, past Lebo-Hamath and to Zedad.

Commentaries on Numbers 34:8

• 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 34:8

• Canaanites
• Hamath
• Hor
• Zedad

In the dictionaries

• Hamath
• Hamath, Hamathites, Lebo Hamath
• Canaan
• Hor
• Lebanon
• Palestine
• Reach
• West
• Zedad
• Genealogy

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