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Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Numbers 34:10

10-12. east border—This is very clearly defined. Shepham and Riblah, which were in the valley of Lebanon, are mentioned as the boundary line, which commenced a little higher than the sources of the Jordan. Ain is supposed to be the source of that river; and thence the eastern boundary extended along the Jordan, the sea of Chinnereth (Lake of Tiberias), the Jordan; and again terminated at the Dead Sea. The line being drawn on the east of the river and the seas included those waters within the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Numbers 34:1-15

The borders of the land 34:1-15Moses described the boundary of the land from south (Numbers 34:3-5) to west (Numbers 34:6) to north (Numbers 34:7-9) to east (Numbers 34:12). This boundary encompassed the territory the people would divide among the nine and one-half tribes. This was not the same territory promised to Abraham but was what God gave the Israelites at their entrance into the land. If they had been obedient to Him, He would have eventually enlarged their borders to include the whole... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Numbers 34:1-29

A preview of the land ch. 34God then instructed Moses regarding the extent of the Promised Land and how to divide it among the remaining tribes. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 34:1-29

The Boundaries of the Land of PromiseOn the land and the tribes inhabiting it see on Numbers 13:21.3-5. The southern border: this started from the S. extremity of the Dead Sea, here called the Salt Sea (Numbers 34:3), and proceeded in a SW. direction to the ascent of Akrabbim, i.e. ’of scorpions’ (Numbers 34:4), a row of cliffs about 8 m. distant; thence it passed by way of Kadesh-Barnea to the River of Egypt, where it reached the Mediterranean Sea (Numbers 34:5). The ’River of Egypt’ is not... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Numbers 34:1-29

THE WAY AND THE LOTNumbers 33:1-56; Numbers 34:1-291. THE itinerary of Numbers 33:1-49 is one of the passages definitely ascribed to Moses. It opens with the departure from Rameses in Egypt on the morrow after the passover, when the children of Israel "went out with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians." The exodus is made singularly impressive in this narrative by the addition that it took place "while the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, which the Lord had smitten among... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Numbers 34:1-29

10. Instructions Concerning the Conquest and the Boundaries of the Land CHAPTERS 33:50-34 1. Command to drive out the inhabitants of the land (Numbers 33:50-56 ) 2. The division of the land (Numbers 34:1-15 ) 3. The names of the men who shall divide the land (Numbers 34:16-29 ) The extermination of the Canaanites is first of all demanded. Everything of idolatry was to be destroyed. The land was to belong to a holy people who belong to Jehovah, therefore the Canaanite with his... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 34:1-29

BOUNDARIES OF ISRAEL'S INHERITANCE (vs.1-15) The Lord now defines the boundaries of the land that Israel was to inherit at the time. For the area then was made smaller than it will be in Millennium, when it will extend from the Nile River in Egypt to the Euphrates River (Genesis 15:18). There is no doubt that all the names and places involved in these boundaries have spiritual significance, but we can only pass them over through lack of needed intelligence. Yet though in glory our own... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Numbers 34:1-29

GETTING READY FOR CANAAN REUBEN AND GAD’S CHOICE (Numbers 32:0 ) What was their choice of possessions, and on what ground was it made (Numbers 32:1-5 )? What suspicion of their motive possessed Moses (Numbers 32:6-15 )? What assurance is given him (Numbers 32:16-19 )? How is the matter closed (Numbers 32:20-27 )? What charge does Moses transmit to his successors (Numbers 32:28-32 )? REVIEW OF THE JOURNEY (Numbers 33:0 ) This chapter may be said to form the winding-up of the history of... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Numbers 34:1-29

Boundaries Num 34:1-12 Life is marked all over with boundary lines. Two different views may be taken of such lines, that is to say, in the first place they may be regarded as limitations and partial impoverishments, or, in the next place, they may be regarded as defining rights and liberties, possessions and authorities. Thus, the low view or the high view may be taken of everything in life. Men will work according to their imagination their noblest faculty. Where that is dull, everything... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Numbers 34:2-12

I have not interrupted the Reader by dividing these verses, because I would have him first read over attentively the whole account of the extent of the promised land; and then look over it again, to remark with me the striking observations which arise out of it, considered altogether. If the Reader considers the extent of it, he will discover that it was not in length above 160 miles; and the breadth of it not more than 50. But this little spot, compared to the whole earth, was what the LORD... read more

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