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Numbers 34:11
11The boundary will go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Galilee.
Numbers 34:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:
- English Standard Version (ESV)And the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain. And the border shall go down and reach to the shoulder of the Sea of Chinnereth on the east.
- New King James Version (NKJV)the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain; the border shall go down and reach to the eastern side of the Sea of Chinnereth;
- New Living Translation (NLT)then down to Riblah on the east side of Ain. From there the boundary will run down along the eastern edge of the Sea of Galilee,
Context of Numbers 34:11
9continue to Ziphron and end at Hazar Enan. This will be your boundary on the north. 10“ ‘For your eastern boundary, run a line from Hazar Enan to Shepham. The boundary will go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Galilee. 12Then the boundary will go down along the Jordan and end at the Dead Sea. “ ‘This will be your land, with its boundaries on every side.’ ” 13Moses commanded the Israelites: “Assign this land by lot as an inheritance. The Lord has ordered that it be given to the nine-and-a-half tribes,
Read all of Numbers 34Numbers 34:11 word by word
וְיָרַ֨ד הַגְּבֻ֧ל מִשְּׁפָ֛ם הָרִבְלָ֖ה מִקֶּ֣דֶם לָעָ֑יִן וְיָרַ֣ד הַגְּב֔וּל וּמָחָ֛ה עַל־כֶּ֥תֶף יָם־כִּנֶּ֖רֶת קֵֽדְמָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And the coastגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
- shall go downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
- from Shephamשְׁפָםshephâm · ShephamH8221
- to Riblahרִבְלָהriblâh · RiblahH7247
- on the east sideקֶ֫דֶםqedem qêdmâh · front: eastH6924
- of Ainעַ֫יִן‛ayin · AinH5871
- and shall reachמָחָהmâchâh · to strikeH4229
- unto the sideכָּתֵףkâthêph · shoulderH3802
- of the seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
- of Chinnerethכִּנֶּ֫רֶתkinnerôth kinnereth · (Sea of) ChinnerethH3672
- eastwardקֵ֫דֶםqedem qêdmâh · eastH6924
Cross-references for Numbers 34:11
- 2 Kings 23:33Pharaoh Necho put him in chains at Riblah in the land of Hamath so that he might not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
- 2 Kings 25:6and he was captured. He was taken to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where sentence was pronounced on him.
- Jeremiah 39:5But the Babylonian army pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They captured him and took him to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced sentence on him.
- Jeremiah 52:10There at Riblah the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes; he also killed all the officials of Judah.
- Deuteronomy 3:17Its western border was the Jordan in the Arabah, from Kinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (that is, the Dead Sea), below the slopes of Pisgah.
- Joshua 11:2and to the northern kings who were in the mountains, in the Arabah south of Kinnereth, in the western foothills and in Naphoth Dor on the west;
- Matthew 14:34When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret.
- Luke 5:1One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God.
- John 6:1Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias),
Commentaries on Numbers 34:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11The sea of Chinnereth - The same as the sea of Galilee, sea of Tiberias, and sea of Gennesareth.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10-12Verses 10-12 Shepham, the first point after Hazar-enan, is unknown. The name Riblah is by some read Har-bel, i. e., “the Mountain of Bel;” the Har-baal-Hermon of Judges 3:3. No more striking landmark could be set forth than the summit of Hermon, the southernmost and by far the loftiest peak of the whole Antilibanus range, rising to a height of 10,000 feet, and overtopping every other mountain in the Holy land. Ain, i. e. the fountain, is understood to be…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11Sea of Chinnereth (or Galilee): Its eastern side (literally shoulder) is the ridge that rises steeply from the eastern shore.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1210-12. east border--This is very clearly defined. Shepham and Riblah, which were in the valley of Lebanon, are mentioned as the boundary line, which commenced a little higher than the sources of the Jordan. Ain is supposed to be the source of that river; and thence the eastern boundary extended along the Jordan, the sea of Chinnereth (Lake of Tiberias), the Jordan; and again terminated at the Dead Sea. The line being drawn on the east of the river and the…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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