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

6“Your western boundary will be the coast of the Great Sea. This will be your western border. 7“Your northern boundary will be by running a line from the Great Sea to Mount Hor, then from Mount Hor to Levo-Hamath , then the boundary will go to Zedad. 9The border will continue on to Ziphron, ending at Hazar-Enan. This will be your northern border. 10“For your eastern border, run a line from Hazar-Enan to Shepham.

Numbers 34:8 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• 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 explored the land from the wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob the entrance of Hamath.
• Joshua 13:5the land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon toward the sunrise, from Baal-gad at the foot of Mount Hermon to the entrance of Hamath;
• 2 Samuel 8:9Now when King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,
• 2 Kings 14:25It was he who restored Israel’s border from the entrance of Hamath to the sea of the Arabah, as was the word of Adonai, God of Israel, which He spoke by the hand of His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet, who was from Gath-hepher.
• Jeremiah 39:5But the Chaldean army pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. When they captured him, they brought him up to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he passed judgment on him.
• Ezekiel 47:15“This will be the boundary of the land: on the north side, from the Great Sea, by way of Hethlon, to the entrance of 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