New International Version
Numbers 34:4
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,
Numbers 34:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh–barnea, and shall go on to Hazar–addar, and pass on to Azmon:
- English Standard Version (ESV)And your border shall turn south of the ascent of Akrabbim, and cross to Zin, and its limit shall be south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it shall go on to Hazar-addar, and pass along to Azmon.
- New King James Version (NKJV)your border shall turn from the southern side of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Zin, and be on the south of Kadesh Barnea; then it shall go on to Hazar Addar, and continue to Azmon;
- New Living Translation (NLT)It will then run south past Scorpion Pass in the direction of Zin. Its southernmost point will be Kadesh-barnea, from which it will go to Hazar-addar, and on to Azmon.
Context of Numbers 34:4
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: 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, cross 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. 6“ ‘Your western boundary will be the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. This will be your boundary on the west.
Read all of Numbers 34Numbers 34:4 word by word
וְנָסַ֣ב לָכֶם֩ הַגְּב֨וּל מִנֶּ֜גֶב לְמַעֲלֵ֤ה עַקְרַבִּים֙ וְעָ֣בַר צִ֔נָה וְהָיוּ֙ תּֽוֹצְאֹתָ֔יו מִנֶּ֖גֶב לְקָדֵ֣שׁ בַּרְנֵ֑עַ וְיָצָ֥א חֲצַר־אַדָּ֖ר וְעָבַ֥ר עַצְמֹֽנָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And your borderגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
- shall turnסָבַבsâbab · to turn: turnH5437
- from the southנֶ֫גֶבnegeb · southH5045
- to the ascentמַעֲלֶהma‛ăleh · ascentH4608
- of Akrabbimעַקְרַבִּיםma‛ălêh ‛aqrabbîym · AkrabbimH4610
- and pass onעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
- to Zinצִןtsin · ZinH6790
- and the going forthתּוֹצָאָהtôtsâ'âh tôtsâ'âh · outgoingH8444
- to Kadesh–barneaקָדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵעַqâdêsh barnêa‛ · Kadesh-barneaH6947
- and shall go onיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: extendsH3318
- to Hazar–addarחֲצַר־אַדָּרchătsar 'addâr · Hazar-addarH2692
- to Azmonעַצְמוֹן‛atsmôn ‛atsmôn · AzmonH6111
Cross-references for Numbers 34:4
- Joshua 15:3crossed south of Scorpion Pass, continued on to Zin and went over to the south of Kadesh Barnea. Then it ran past Hezron up to Addar and curved around to Karka.
- Judges 1:36The boundary of the Amorites was from Scorpion Pass to Sela and beyond.
- Numbers 34:3“ ‘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 13:21So they went up and explored the land from the Desert of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo Hamath.
- Numbers 20:1In the first month the whole Israelite community arrived at the Desert of Zin, and they stayed at Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.
- Numbers 33:36They left Ezion Geber and camped at Kadesh, in the Desert of Zin.
- Numbers 13:26They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh in the Desert of Paran. There they reported to them and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the land.
- Numbers 32:8This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to look over the land.
Commentaries on Numbers 34:4
- 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. 4From the southern end of the Dead Sea, the boundary ran through the Ascent of Akrabbim toward Zin (compare 13:21). The southernmost point was Kadesh-barnea (see 13:26). Hazar-addar and Azmon are unknown.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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