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Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Numbers 34:10

Numbers 34:10. Your east border This ran from the head of Jordan along the course of that river, taking in the lake of Gennesareth, called in the New Testament, the sea of Galilee, and the sea of Tiberias, (John 6:1,) and here, the sea of Chinnereth, or Cinnereth, from the Hebrew, cinnor, a harp, the figure of which it resembles. Shepham and Riblah were two places near Jordan. Ain signifies a fountain, and the passage may be rendered, On the east side of the fountain ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Numbers 34:1-29

Plans for the division of Canaan (33:50-34:29)As Canaan was to become the land of Yahweh’s people, all the former inhabitants and all trace of their religion had to be removed. Failure to do this would bring trouble for Israel (50-56).Moses then gave the boundaries of the land that Israel was to occupy. The southern boundary went from the Dead Sea through Kadesh-barnea to the Brook of Egypt, which it followed to the coast. The western boundary followed the coast along the Mediterranean Sea. The... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Numbers 34:7

great sea: i.e. the Mediterranean, a modern name for the Great Sea. point out = mark out or claim. Hebrew. ta'ah. Occurs only here. mount Hor. Not the mount Hor where Aaron died, which was in the south corner of Edom (Numbers 33:37 , Numbers 33:38 ), but another, in the north, mount Hermon, a spur of the Lebanon (Joshua 13:5 ). Hermon had several names. Compare Deuteronomy 3:9 ; Deuteronomy 4:48 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Numbers 34:8

Hamath. In Amos 6:2 called "Hamath the great", mentioned as in the north border. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Numbers 34:11

Biblah. A city in Hamath, where God executed His judgment on two kings of Judah and others (2 Kings 23:33 ; 2Ki 25:6 , 2 Kings 25:20 , 2 Kings 25:21 .Jeremiah 39:5 , Jeremiah 39:6 ). Chinnereth. Compare Joshua 12:3 ; Joshua 13:27 . In New Testament "the sea of Galilee" and "sea of Tiberias" (John 6:1 ); also "the lake of Gennesaret" (Luke 5:1 ). read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Numbers 34:7

"And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall mark out for you mount Hor; from mount Hor ye shall mark out unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings out of the border shall be at Zedad; and the border shall go forth to Ziphron, and the goings out thereof shall be at Hazar-enan: this shall be your north border."The indefinite nature of this boundary derives from the fact that the precise point on the Mediterranean where this "marking" was to begin is not given. Also, "the... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Numbers 34:10

"And ye shall mark out your east border from Hazer-enan to Shepham; and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall go down, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward; and the border shall go down to the Jordan, and the goings out thereof shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land according to the borders thereof round about."It should be particularly noted that the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Numbers 34:7-9

Numbers 34:7-9. From the great sea ye shall point out—mount Hor— The north bounds reached from the north end of the Mediterranean along by the mountains Libanus and Anti-Libanus, as far as the two heads of the river Jordan, taking in the several towns, Hamath, Zedad, &c. By Hor, here, is not to be understood that mount where Aaron died; (ch. Numbers 33:38-39.) for that was on the south of Canaan, whereas this was diametrically opposite, on the north of it; and therefore by Hor, in this... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Numbers 34:11

Numbers 34:11. The coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah— The eastern bounds ran from the head of Jordan, along the whole course of that river, taking in the lake Cinnereth, or the sea of Galilee, or Tiberias, and so to the Dead Sea, till it meets with the south bounds, in the borders of Edom. Shepham and Riblah were two places near Jordan, along which river the eastern limits went. By Shepham, some of the Jewish interpreters understand Apamea, a city of Mesopotamia; and by Riblah, Daphne... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Numbers 34:7

7-9. 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 ( :-), a member of the great Lebanon range ( :-). read more

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