English Standard Version
Numbers 34:11
11And 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.
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.
- 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;
- New Living Translation (NLT)then down to Riblah on the east side of Ain. From there the boundary will run down along the eastern edge of the Sea of Galilee,
Context of Numbers 34:11
9Then the border shall extend to Ziphron, and its limit shall be at Hazar-enan. This shall be your northern border. 10"You shall draw a line for your eastern border from Hazar-enan to Shepham. 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. 12And the border shall go down to the Jordan, and its limit shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land as defined by its borders all around." 13Moses commanded the people of Israel, saying, "This is the land that you shall inherit by lot, which the Lord has commanded to give to the nine tribes and to the half-tribe.
Read all of Numbers 34Numbers 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 23:33And Pharaoh Neco put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem, and laid on the land a tribute of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
- 2 Kings 25:6Then they captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and they passed sentence on him.
- Jeremiah 39:5But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. And when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, at Riblah, in the land of Hamath; and he passed sentence on him.
- Jeremiah 52:10The king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and also slaughtered all the officials of Judah at Riblah.
- Deuteronomy 3:17the Arabah also, with the Jordan as the border, from Chinnereth as far as the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah on the east.
- Joshua 11:2and to the kings who were in the northern hill country, and in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, and in the lowland, and in Naphoth-dor on the west,
- Matthew 14:34And when they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret.
- Luke 5:1On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret,
- John 6:1After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of 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
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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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