Numbers 34:7

Numbers 34:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor:
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘For your northern boundary, run a line from the Mediterranean Sea to Mount Hor
• English Standard Version (ESV)"This shall be your northern border: from the Great Sea you shall draw a line to Mount Hor.
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘And this shall be your northern border: From the Great Sea you shall mark out your border line to Mount Hor;

Context of Numbers 34:7

5Then the border shall change direction from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and its termination shall be at the sea. 6‘As for the western border, you shall have the Great Sea, that is, its coastline; this shall be your western border. ‘And this shall be your northern border: you shall draw your boundary from the Great Sea to Mount Hor. 8You shall draw a boundary from Mount Hor to the Lebo-hamath, and the termination of the border shall be at Zedad; 9and the border shall proceed to Ziphron, and its termination shall be at Hazar-enan. This shall be your northern border.

Numbers 34:7 word by word

וְזֶֽה־יִהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶ֖ם גְּב֣וּל צָפ֑וֹן מִן־הַיָּם֙ הַגָּדֹ֔ל תְּתָא֥וּ לָכֶ֖ם הֹ֥ר הָהָֽר׃Read the interlinear

• And thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• shall be your northernצָפוֹןtsâphôn tsâphôn · northH6828
• borderגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
• you shall drawתָּאָהtâ'âh · to markH8376
• from the Greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · Great (Sea)H1419
• Seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
• to Mountהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• Horהֹרhôr · (Mount) HorH2023

Cross-references for Numbers 34:7

• Numbers 34:3Your southern region shall extend from the wilderness of Zin along the side of Edom, and your southern border shall extend from the end of the Salt Sea eastward.
• Numbers 33:37They journeyed from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, at the edge of the land of Edom.

Commentaries on Numbers 34:7

• 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 34:7

• Canaanites
• Hor
• Mediterranean Sea

In the dictionaries

• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
• Hor
• Palestine
• Reach
• Sea, The
• West
• Genealogy
• Hor, Mount
• Joshua (2)
• Mediterranean Sea

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