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

6“The western border is the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea. 7“The northern border extends from the Mediterranean Sea to Mount Hor, and from Mount Hor to the border of Hamath so that it ends at Zedad. 9From there the border goes to Ziphron and ends at Hazar Enan. 10“The eastern border extends 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 explored the land from the Desert of Zin to the border of Hamath.
• Joshua 13:5It also includes the land of the people of Gebal, all Lebanon eastward from Baal Gad at the foot of Mount Hermon to the border of Hamath.
• 2 Samuel 8:9When King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated Hadadezer’s whole army,
• 2 Kings 14:25He restored Israel’s boundaries from the border of Hamath to the Dead Sea as the Lord God of Israel predicted through his servant Jonah, the prophet from Gath Hepher and the son of Amittai.
• Jeremiah 39:5The Babylonian army pursued them and caught up with Zedekiah in the plain of Jericho. They arrested him and brought him to Babylon’s King Nebuchadnezzar at Riblah in the territory of Hamath. The king of Babylon passed sentence on him.
• Ezekiel 47:15This is the northern border for the land: On the north side the border will run from the Mediterranean Sea all the way to Hethlon and Hamath Pass. It will run through the city of Zedad and through

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