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

5There the border will turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and then its direction is to the sea. 6“‘And for a western border you will have the Great Sea. This will be your western border. “‘And this will be your northern border: From the Great Sea you will draw a line to Mount Hor; 8from Mount Hor you will draw a line to Lebo Hamath, and the direction of the border will be to Zedad. 9The border will continue to Ziphron, and its direction will be to Hazar Enan. This will 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And this shall be your northצָפוֹןtsâphôn tsâphôn · northH6828
• borderגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
• from the greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · Great (Sea)H1419
• seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
• ye shall point outתָּאָהtâ'âh · to markH8376
• for you mountהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• Horהֹרhôr · (Mount) HorH2023

Cross-references for Numbers 34:7

• Numbers 34:3your southern border will extend from the wilderness of Zin along the Edomite border, and your southern border will run eastward to the extremity of the Salt Sea,
• Numbers 33:37They traveled from Kadesh and camped in 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