“Command the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you come into the land of Canaan (this is the land that shall fall to you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan according to its borders), then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the side of Edom, and your south border shall be from the end of the Salt Sea eastward. Your border shall turn about southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass along to Zin; and it shall pass southward of Kadesh Barnea; and it shall go from there to Hazar Addar, and pass along to Azmon. The border shall turn about from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and it shall end at the sea.
“ ‘For the western border, you shall have the great sea and its border. This shall be your west border.
“ ‘This shall be your north border: from the great sea you shall mark out for yourselves Mount Hor. From Mount Hor you shall mark out to the entrance of Hamath; and the border shall pass by Zedad. Then the border shall go to Ziphron, and it shall end at Hazar Enan. This shall be your north border.
“ ‘You shall mark out your east border from Hazar Enan to Shepham. The border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain. The border shall go down, and shall reach to the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward. The border shall go down to the Jordan, and end at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land according to its borders around it.’ ”
Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11 Meaning, the description of the land.
Meaning, the description of the land.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv2, 3, 6, 8, 12 Num 34:2 Command the children of Israel, and say…
Num 34:2 Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this [is] the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, [even] the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:)
Ver. 2. This is the land that shall fall.] It is God that assigns us our quarters, and cuts us out our several conditions, "appointing the bounds of our habitation." {Act 17:26} This should make us rest contented with our lot, and, having God our portion, say howsoever, as David did, "The lines are fallen to me in pleasant places." {Psa 16:6} It is what our Father sees fit for us.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12 Or, limits, or bounds, to wit, of the land…
Or, limits, or bounds, to wit, of the land beyond Jordan; which are here particularly described,
1. To direct and bound them in their wars and conquests, that they might not seek the enlargement of their empire, after the manner of other nations, but be contented with their own portion.
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2. To encourage them in their attempt upon Canaan, and assure them of their success.
3. To guide them in the approaching distribution of the land.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv2–12 Command the children of Israel, and say unto them,....…
Command the children of Israel, and say unto them,.... Not to fix the borders, and settle the boundaries of the land, for that is done by the Lord himself, who has determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of men's habitations, and particularly of Israel, see Deu 32:8, but to observe and take notice of the limits he had fixed, that they might know how far they were to go on every side, whom they were to drive out, and what they were to divide and inherit, and see what was their right, and preserve it from the encroachments of their neighbours, as well as observe the goodness of God unto them, in thus providing for them:
when ye come into the land of Canaan; to take possession of it by virtue of a grant of it to them:
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this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance; it is said to "fall", because it was divided by lot, each tribe having such a part of it assigned to them, according to the lot that came up unto them: even
the land of Canaan, with the coasts thereof; or according to its borders, which are as follow.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv2–7 Coasts - Or limits or bounds, to wit, of…
Coasts - Or limits or bounds, to wit, of the land beyond Jordan. Which are here particularly described,
1. to direct and bound them in their wars and conquests, that they might not seek the enlargement of their empire, after the manner of other nations, but be contented with their own portion.
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2. To encourage them in their attempt upon Canaan, and assure them of their success. There was a much larger possession promised them, if they were obedient, even to the river Euphrates. But this, which is properly Canaan, lay in a very little compass. 'Tis but about an hundred and fifty miles in length, and about fifty in breadth. This was that little spot of ground, in which alone for many ages God was known! But its littleness was abundantly compensated by its fruitfulness: otherwise it could not have sustained so numerous a nation. See, how little a share of the world God often gives to his own people! But they that have their portion in heaven, can be content with a small pittance of this earth.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv2, 3, 5, 6, 11, 12 Verse 2. The land of Canaan with the coasts…
Verse 2. The land of Canaan with the coasts thereof] All description here is useless. The situation and boundaries of the land of Canaan can only be known by actual survey, or by consulting a good map.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv3, 4, 7, 10 Num 34:3. Your south quarter — Which is here…
Num 34:3. Your south quarter — Which is here described from east to west by divers windings and turnings, by reason of the mountains and rivers. Though Canaan itself was a pleasant land, as it is termed Dan 8:9, yet it butted upon wildernesses and seas, and was surrounded with divers melancholy prospects. And thus the vineyard of the church is compassed on all hands with the desert of this world, which serves as a foil to it, to make it appear the more amiable and desirable. Many of the borders of Canaan, however, were its defences and fortifications, and rendered the access of its enemies more difficult. The utmost coast of the salt sea — So called from the salt and sulphureous taste of its waters; and termed also the Dead sea, because no creature, it appears, will live in it, on account of its excessive saltness, or rather bituminous quality. “It contains,” says Volney, “neither animal nor vegetable life. We see no verdure on its banks, nor are fish to be found within its waters.” This was part of the border of the Israelites, that it might be a constant warning to them to take heed of those sins which had been the ruin of Sodom: yet the iniquity of Sodom was afterward found in Israel; (Eze 16:49;) for which Canaan was made, though not a salt sea, as Sodom, yet a barren soil, and continues such to this day. Eastward — That is, at the eastern part of that sea, where the eastern and southern borders of the land met. Thus Moses determines the boundary of Canaan, on the south, to be Idumaea and the deserts of Arabia.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv2, 3, 7, 10 The land of Canaan - The name Canaan is…
The land of Canaan - The name Canaan is here restricted to the territory west of the Jordan.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 The most salt sea. The lake of Sodom, otherwise…
The most salt sea. The lake of Sodom, otherwise called the Dead Sea. (Challoner) --- Limits. These are very properly defined in this place, that the Hebrews may know what nations they ought to destroy. (Menochius) --- A line may be drawn from the southern point of the Dead Sea, through Adar, as far as the Nile and the Mediterranean Sea, comprising a part of the desert of Sin, or Zin.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 your south quarter--The line which bounded it on the…
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 be the high and difficult Pass of Safeh, which crosses the stream that flows from the south into the Jordan--that is, the great valley of the Arabah, reaching from the Dead to the Red Sea.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv3, 7, 10, 11 3-5. Your south quarter — The southern boundary is…
3-5. Your south quarter — The southern boundary is the same as that of the tribe of Judah on the south. Jos_15:2-5, notes. The Revised Version gives an improved translation, “the brook of Egypt.” Gen_15:18, note. Edom, here, is not Mount Seir, but the country south of the wilderness of Zin or Wady Murreh, namely, the mountain land of the Azazimeh, which the Arabs still call Seir or Serr.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11 3. your south quarter] your south sida. The word…
3. your south quarter] your south sida. The word pe’âh frequently occurs in the ideal pictures of Ezekiel (chs. 41–48) always with this meaning. In earlier Heb. it denotes a ‘corner.’
eastward] i.e. on the east. The southern extremity of the Salt Sea is further denned in Jos_15:2.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11 (2, 3) When ye come . . . —Better,…
XXXIV.
(2, 3) When ye come . . . —Better, Ye are entering into the land of Canaan; this is the land which shall fall unto you for an inheritance, (even) the land of Canaan, according to the borders thereof. And your south quarter (or, district) shall be from the wilderness of Zin by the side of Edom; and your south border shall be from the extremity of the salt sea eastward (or, on the east). It was important for the Israelites to be taught that, whilst divinely commissioned to exterminate the idolatrous inhabitants of the land of Canaan, they had no commission to make aggressive wars upon the surrounding nations which were beyond the confines of the land which was allotted to them. The southern boundary which is here described is the same as that of the tribe of Judah, as described in Jos_15:1-2. The land of the Israelites was to extend towards the south as far as the wilderness of Zin, which was to divide their territory from that of the Edomites.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 Into the land of Canaan. Canaan has here its…
Into the land of Canaan. Canaan has here its proper signification as the land (roughly speaking) between Jordan and the sea. (so Num_32:32Jo Num_22:11, Num_22:32) Nor is there any clear instance of its including the trans-Jordanic territories. In the prophets the word reverts to its proper (etymological) meaning, as the "flat country" along the Mediterranean coast. (cf. Isa_19:18 Zep_2:5 Mat_15:22) This is the land that shall fall unto you. These words should not be placed in a parenthesis; it is a simple statement in the tautological style so common in these books. With the coasts thereof, or, "according to its boundaries," i.e., within the limits which nature and the Divine decree had set to the land of Canaan.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv4, 6, 7, 10 General Information:
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Yahweh continues telling Moses where the borders are for the land that he is giving to the Israelites. (See: How to Translate Names)
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Kadesh
Egypt
the sea
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12 34:3-5 Portions of the southern boundary of Canaan were…
34:3-5 Portions of the southern boundary of Canaan were familiar to Israel from earlier experiences in the wilderness of Zin on the northwestern edge of Edom (see chs 13–14). This southern frontier ran east to west in an arc from the southern end of the Dead Sea to the Mediterranean Sea.
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