Numbers 34:8

Numbers 34:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad:
• New International Version (NIV)and from Mount Hor to Lebo Hamath. Then the boundary will go to Zedad,
• English Standard Version (ESV)From Mount Hor you shall draw a line to Lebo-hamath, and the limit of the border shall be at Zedad.
• New King James Version (NKJV)from Mount Hor you shall mark out your border to the entrance of Hamath; then the direction of the border shall be toward Zedad;

Context of Numbers 34:8

6And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border. 7And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor: From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad: 9And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazar–enan: this shall be your north border. 10And ye shall point out your east border from Hazar–enan to Shepham:

Numbers 34:8 word by word

מֵהֹ֣ר הָהָ֔ר תְּתָא֖וּ לְבֹ֣א חֲמָ֑ת וְהָי֛וּ תּוֹצְאֹ֥ת הַגְּבֻ֖ל צְדָֽדָה׃Read the interlinear

• From mountהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• Horהֹרhôr · (Mount) HorH2023
• ye shall point outתָּאָהtâ'âh · to markH8376
• unto the entranceלְב֥וֹאbô' · Lebo-(Hamath)H935
• of Hamathחֲמָתchămâth · HamathH2574
• and the goings forthתּוֹצָאָהtôtsâ'âh tôtsâ'âh · outgoingH8444
• of the borderגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
• shall be to Zedadצְדָדtsedâd · ZedadH6657

Cross-references for Numbers 34:8

• Numbers 13:21So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
• Joshua 13:5And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baal–gad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.
• 2 Samuel 8:9When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the army of Hadadezer,
• 2 Kings 14:25He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of Yhwh God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gath–hepher.
• Jeremiah 39:5But the Chaldeans’ army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him.
• Ezekiel 47:15And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad;

Commentaries on Numbers 34:8

• 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 34:8

• Canaanites
• Hamath
• Hor
• Zedad

In the dictionaries

• Hamath
• Hamath, Hamathites, Lebo Hamath
• Canaan
• Hor
• Lebanon
• Palestine
• Reach
• West
• Zedad
• Genealogy

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