Numbers 34:5

Numbers 34:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.
• New International Version (NIV)where it will turn, join the Wadi of Egypt and end at the Mediterranean Sea.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the border shall turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and its limit shall be at the sea.
• New Living Translation (NLT)From Azmon the boundary will turn toward the Brook of Egypt and end at the Mediterranean Sea.

Context of Numbers 34:5

3Your 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; 4your 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; the border shall turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and it shall end at the Sea. 6‘As for the western border, you shall have the Great Sea for a border; this shall be your western border. 7‘And this shall be your northern border: From the Great Sea you shall mark out your border line to Mount Hor;

Numbers 34:5 word by word

וְנָסַ֧ב הַגְּב֛וּל מֵעַצְמ֖וֹן נַ֣חְלָה מִצְרָ֑יִם וְהָי֥וּ תוֹצְאֹתָ֖יו הַיָּֽמָּה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the borderגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
• shall fetch a compassסָבַבsâbab · to turn: turnH5437
• from Azmonעַצְמוֹן‛atsmôn ‛atsmôn · AzmonH6111
• unto the riverנַ֫חַלnachal nachlâh nachălâh · BrookH5158
• of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · (Brook of) EgyptH4714
• and the goings outתּוֹצָאָהtôtsâ'âh tôtsâ'âh · outgoingH8444
• of it shall be at the seaיָםyâm · seaH3220

Cross-references for Numbers 34:5

• Genesis 15:18On the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying: “To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates—
• Joshua 15:4From there it passed toward Azmon and went out to the Brook of Egypt; and the border ended at the sea. This shall be your southern border.
• 1 Kings 8:65At that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great assembly from the entrance of Hamath to the Brook of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seven days and seven more days—fourteen days.
• Isaiah 27:12And it shall come to pass in that day That the Lord will thresh, From the channel of the River to the Brook of Egypt; And you will be gathered one by one, O you children of Israel.
• Numbers 34:6‘As for the western border, you shall have the Great Sea for a border; this shall be your western border.

Commentaries on Numbers 34:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5The river of Egypt - The eastern branch of the river Nile; or, according to others, a river which is south of the land of the Philistines, and fails into the gulf or bay near Calieh.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. 5The Brook of Egypt is not the Nile River. It refers to a wadi (a dry riverbed that fills with water during the rainy season). This wadi marked the border between Canaan and Egypt and flowed toward the Mediterranean Sea (see 1 Kings 8:65). I In Old Testament times, Israel had little control over this southern coastal area.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

Topics related to Numbers 34:5

• Azmon
• Canaanites
• Egypt

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• River of Egypt
• Egypt, Egyptian
• Euphrates River, the River
• Nile River, River of Egypt, the Nile
• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
• Brook
• Palestine
• Reach
• Stream of Egypt

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