Numbers 34:9

Numbers 34:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazar–enan: this shall be your north border.
• New International Version (NIV)continue to Ziphron and end at Hazar Enan. This will be your boundary on the north.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then the border shall extend to Ziphron, and its limit shall be at Hazar-enan. This shall be your northern border.
• New King James Version (NKJV)the border shall proceed to Ziphron, and it shall end at Hazar Enan. This shall be your northern border.

Context of Numbers 34:9

7“‘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. The 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. 11The border will run down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain, and the border will descend and reach the eastern side of the Sea of Chinnereth.

Numbers 34:9 word by word

וְיָצָ֤א הַגְּבֻל֙ זִפְרֹ֔נָה וְהָי֥וּ תוֹצְאֹתָ֖יו חֲצַ֣ר עֵינָ֑ן זֶֽה־יִהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶ֖ם גְּב֥וּל צָפֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the borderגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
• shall go onיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: extendsH3318
• to Ziphronזִפְרֹןziphrôn · ZiphronH2202
• and the goings outתּוֹצָאָהtôtsâ'âh tôtsâ'âh · outgoingH8444
• of it shall be at Hazar–enanחֲצַר עֵינוֹןchătsar ‛êynân · Hazar-enanH2704
• this shall be your northצָפוֹןtsâphôn tsâphôn · northH6828

Cross-references for Numbers 34:9

• Ezekiel 47:17The border will run from the sea to Hazar-enan, at the border of Damascus, and on the north is the border of Hamath. This is the north side.

Commentaries on Numbers 34:9

• 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 34:9

• Canaanites
• Hazar-Enan
• Ziphron

In the dictionaries

• Hazarenan
• Palestine
• Reach
• West
• Ziphron
• Genealogy
• Going; Goings
• Hazar
• Joshua (2)
• North; North Country

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