Tree of Life Version
Numbers 34:9
9The border will continue on to Ziphron, ending at Hazar-Enan. This will be your northern border.
Numbers 34:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazar–enan: this shall be your north border.
- New International Version (NIV)continue to Ziphron and end at Hazar Enan. This will be your boundary on the north.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then the border shall extend to Ziphron, and its limit shall be at Hazar-enan. This shall be your northern border.
- New King James Version (NKJV)the border shall proceed to Ziphron, and it shall end at Hazar Enan. This shall be your northern border.
Context of Numbers 34:9
7“Your northern boundary will be by running a line from the Great Sea to Mount Hor, 8then from Mount Hor to Levo-Hamath , then the boundary will go to Zedad. The 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. 11From Shepham, the boundary will descend to Riblah on the east side of Ain, continuing along the eastern slopes of Kinneret .
Read all of Numbers 34Numbers 34:9 word by word
וְיָצָ֤א הַגְּבֻל֙ זִפְרֹ֔נָה וְהָי֥וּ תוֹצְאֹתָ֖יו חֲצַ֣ר עֵינָ֑ן זֶֽה־יִהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶ֖ם גְּב֥וּל צָפֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And the borderגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
- shall go onיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: extendsH3318
- to Ziphronזִפְרֹןziphrôn · ZiphronH2202
- and the goings outתּוֹצָאָהtôtsâ'âh tôtsâ'âh · outgoingH8444
- of it shall be at Hazar–enanחֲצַר עֵינוֹןchătsar ‛êynân · Hazar-enanH2704
- this shall be your northצָפוֹןtsâphôn tsâphôn · northH6828
Cross-references for Numbers 34:9
Commentaries on Numbers 34:9
- 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
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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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