New English Translation
Numbers 34:8
8from Mount Hor you will draw a line to Lebo Hamath, and the direction of the border will be to Zedad.
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“‘And for a western border you will have the Great Sea. This will be your western border. 7“‘And this will be your northern border: From the Great Sea you will draw a line to Mount Hor; from 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. 10“‘For your eastern border you will draw a line from Hazar Enan to Shepham.
Read all of Numbers 34Numbers 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 they went up and investigated the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, at the entrance of Hamath.
- Joshua 13:5the territory of Byblos and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo Hamath.
- 2 Samuel 8:9When King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,
- 2 Kings 14:25He restored the border of Israel from Lebo Hamath in the north to the sea of the Arabah in the south, in accordance with the word of the Lord God of Israel announced through his servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath Hepher.
- Jeremiah 39:5But the Babylonian army chased after them. They caught up with Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho and captured him. They took him to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon at Riblah in the territory of Hamath and Nebuchadnezzar passed sentence on him there.
- Ezekiel 47:15“This will be the border of the land: On the north side, from the Great Sea by way of Hethlon to the entrance of 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
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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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