Numbers 34:1-12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 34:10

And ye shall point out your east border from Hazarenan to Shepham. From the place where the northern border ended, which Jerom says F21 Comment. ut supra. (cf. ver. 15.) the Hebrews call Apamia, as both the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem do here. Shepham was a city between Hazarenan and Riblah in the tribe of Naphtali, where Adrichomius F23 Theatrum Terrae Sanct. p. 114. places it. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 34:11

And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah ,.... Said to be in the land of Hemath, Jeremiah 52:9 , which, according to Jerom F24 Comment. ut supra. (cf. ver. 15.) , was Antioch of Syria; and both the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem understand by it Daphne, which was in the suburbs of Antioch; but this seems to be carrying the limits of the land too far: Jarchi remarks, that when the border goes from the north towards the south, it is said to go down: on the east side of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 34:12

And the border shall go down to Jordan ,.... A well known river to the east of the land of Canaan: and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea ; the sea of Sodom; and though all sea water is generally salt, this was remarkably so, through the great quantity of bitumen and nitre in it; hence it was called Asphaltites; thus as the description of the borders of the land began with the salt sea, Numbers 34:3 , it ends with it: this shall be your land, with the coasts thereof round... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 34:2

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. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 34:3

The salt sea - The Dead Sea, or lake Asphaltites. See the note on Genesis 19:25 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 34:5

The river of Egypt - The eastern branch of the river Nile; or, according to others, a river which is south of the land of the Philistines, and fails into the gulf or bay near Calieh. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 34:6

Ye shall even have the great sea for a border - The Mediterranean Sea, called here the Great Sea, to distinguish it from the Dead Sea, the Sea of Tiberias, etc., which were only a sort of lakes. In Hebrew there is properly but one term, ים yam , which is applied to all collections of water apparently stagnant, and which is generally translated sea. The Greek of the New Testament follows the Hebrew, and employs, in general, the word θαλασσα , Sea, whether it speaks of the Mediterranean,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 34:11

The sea of Chinnereth - The same as the sea of Galilee, sea of Tiberias, and sea of Gennesareth. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 34:12

The border shall go down to Jordan - This river is famous both in the Old and New Testaments. It takes its rise at the foot of Mount Libanus, passes through the sea of Chinnereth or Tiberias, and empties itself into the lake Asphaltites or Dead Sea, from which it has no outlet. In and by it God wrought many miracles. God cut off the waters of this river as he did those of the Red Sea, so that they stood on a heap on each side, and the people passed over on dry ground. Both Elijah and Elisha... read more

John Calvin

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

Verse 1 1.And the Lord spake unto Moses. God here undertakes the office of a prudent and careful father of a family, in fixing the boundaries of the land on every side, lest their right to posses it should ever be called in question. He begins on the southern side, where it must be observed that the district of Bashan is included in it, and all that the Israelites had acquired before their passage of the Jordan, so that this addition was approved of by God. He extends this part as far as the... read more

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