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Numbers 34:3
3“ ‘Your southern side will include some of the Desert of Zin along the border of Edom. Your southern boundary will start in the east from the southern end of the Dead Sea,
Numbers 34:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:
- English Standard Version (ESV)your south side shall be from the wilderness of Zin alongside Edom, and your southern border shall run from the end of the Salt Sea on the east.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Your southern border shall be from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom; then your southern border shall extend eastward to the end of the Salt Sea;
- New Living Translation (NLT)The southern portion of your country will extend from the wilderness of Zin, along the edge of Edom. The southern boundary will begin on the east at the Dead Sea.
Context of Numbers 34:3
1The Lord said to Moses, 2“Command the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter Canaan, the land that will be allotted to you as an inheritance is to have these boundaries: “ ‘Your southern side will include some of the Desert of Zin along the border of Edom. Your southern boundary will start in the east from the southern end of the Dead Sea, 4cross south of Scorpion Pass, continue on to Zin and go south of Kadesh Barnea. Then it will go to Hazar Addar and over to Azmon, 5where it will turn, join the Wadi of Egypt and end at the Mediterranean Sea.
Read all of Numbers 34Numbers 34:3 word by word
וְהָיָ֨ה לָכֶ֧ם פְּאַת־נֶ֛גֶב מִמִּדְבַּר־צִ֖ן עַל־יְדֵ֣י אֱד֑וֹם וְהָיָ֤ה לָכֶם֙ גְּב֣וּל נֶ֔גֶב מִקְצֵ֥ה יָם־הַמֶּ֖לַח קֵֽדְמָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Then your southנֶ֫גֶבnegeb · southH5045
- quarterפֵּאָהpê'âh · sideH6285
- shall be from the wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
- of Zinצִןtsin · ZinH6790
- along by the coastיָדyâd · hand: toH3027
- of Edomאֱדוֹם'ĕdôm 'ĕdôm · EdomH123
- borderגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
- shall be the outmost coastקָצֶהqâtseh qêtseh · endH7097
- of the saltמֶ֫לַחmelach · Salt (Sea)H4417
- seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
- eastwardקֵ֫דֶםqedem qêdmâh · eastH6924
Cross-references for Numbers 34:3
- Exodus 23:31“I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and from the desert to the Euphrates River. I will give into your hands the people who live in the land, and you will drive them out before you.
- Joshua 15:1The allotment for the tribe of Judah, according to its clans, extended down to the territory of Edom, to the Desert of Zin in the extreme south.
- Ezekiel 47:13This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “These are the boundaries of the land that you will divide among the twelve tribes of Israel as their inheritance, with two portions for Joseph.
- Genesis 14:3All these latter kings joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Dead Sea Valley).
- Joshua 3:16the water from upstream stopped flowing. It piled up in a heap a great distance away, at a town called Adam in the vicinity of Zarethan, while the water flowing down to the Sea of the Arabah (that is, the Dead Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.
- Joshua 15:2Their southern boundary started from the bay at the southern end of the Dead Sea,
- Ezekiel 47:8He said to me, “This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah, where it enters the Dead Sea. When it empties into the sea, the salty water there becomes fresh.
Commentaries on Numbers 34:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3The salt sea - The Dead Sea, or lake Asphaltites. See the note on Genesis 19:25.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3-5Verses 3-5 The southern boundary commenced at the Dead Sea. The broad and desolate valley by which the depressed bed of that sea is protected toward the south, is called the Ghor. A deep narrow glen enters it at its southwest corner; it is called Wady-el-Fikreh, and is continued in the same southwestern direction, under the name of Wady el-Marrah; a wady which loses itself among the hills belonging to “the wilderness of Zin;” and Kadesh-barnea (see…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-5Portions of the southern boundary of Canaan were familiar to Israel from earlier experiences in the Wilderness of Zin, located on the northwestern border of Edom (see chapters 13–14). This southern border curved from the southern end of the Dead Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, running east to west.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-53-5. your south quarter--The line which bounded it on the south is the most difficult to trace. According to the best biblical geographers, the leading points here defined are as follows: The southwest angle of the southern boundary should be where the wilderness of Zin touches the border of Edom, so that the southern boundary should extend eastward from the extremity of the Dead Sea, wind around the precipitous ridge of Akrabbim ("scorpions"), thought to…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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