Numbers 34:12

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 34:1-15

Numbers 34:1-Ezra : (from P). The Boundaries of Israel’ s Possessions in Canaan.— These, as here set forth, are ideal rather than actual, since the area described never wholly belonged to Israel. The S. border extends from the S. end of the Dead (the “ Salt” ) Sea in a SW. direction, having Edom on the SE., and following probably the Wâ dy el Fikreh (in which was “ the ascent of Akrabbim” ) to Kadesh (Ain Kâ dis); there it turns NW. and follows partly the “ brook of Egypt” (Wâ dy el Arî sh)... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Numbers 34:12

Down to Jordan, i.e. all along the river of Jordan, even to the end of it, which is the eastern border. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Numbers 34:1-29

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTESThis chapter consists of two portions: (1) the boundaries of the Promised Land (Numbers 34:1-15), and (2) the names of the persons who were appointed to distribute the land (Numbers 34:16-29).Numbers 34:2. Canaan with the coasts thereof. Keil and Del.: “Canaan according to its boundaries.”Numbers 34:3-5. “Render: ‘Then your south quarter shall extend from the wilderness of Zin which resteth upon the side of Edom. And your south border shall start from the extremity... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Numbers 34:1-29

Chapter 34So as we move into chapter thirty-four, we find the borders of the land described now. In the south, the border of the land was to go down into the Sinai as far as Kadesh Barnea the place where they had come; south from Hebron-or no, actually down around south of Beersheba coming into the land down into the desert. The Mediterranean was to be the border on the west side. On the north side, the mountains of Lebanon at about Achor or Accho, that mountain range of Lebanon that comes... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Numbers 34:1-29

Numbers 34:2 . This is the land. It was proper to fix the line of the boundaries to prevent war for aggrandizement. It reached from the river of Egypt to the river Euphrates, as in Joshua 1:0., and mount Lebanon, and was circumscribed south and east by the desert; yet they never properly possessed more than from Dan, the colony in the north-east, Judges 7:0., to Beersheba. The nations that surrounded them were indeed made tributary to some of the kings of Judah, but never dispossessed of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Numbers 34:1-15

Numbers 34:1-15When ye come into the land of Canaan.The Promised LandI. The boundaries of this land were determined by God.1. A reason for contentment.2. A rebuke of selfish greed, whether on the part of individuals or of nations.II. The extent of this land was small. Mr. Grove thus speaks of its size, and briefly sets forth its boundaries: “The Holy Land is not in size or physical characteristics proportioned to its moral and historical position, as the theatre of the most momentous events in... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Numbers 34:12

Num 34:12 And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about. Ver. 12. It shall be at the salt sea. ] That is, the Lake of Sodom, called also Asphaltites, and the Dead Sea. Josephus saith, that an ox, having all his legs bound, will not sink into the water of this sea, it is so dense. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Numbers 34:12

the salt sea: Numbers 34:3, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 14:3, Genesis 19:24-Ezekiel : Reciprocal: Genesis 13:15 - General Deuteronomy 3:17 - the sea Joshua 15:5 - General 2 Chronicles 20:2 - beyond the sea read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 34:11-12

11, 12. Riblah cannot be identified with “Riblah in the land of Hamath,” seeing that four landmarks occur between them. The east side of Ain Since Ain is a common noun signifying a fountain, and since there are many fountains in northern Palestine, we get no clew from it to the eastern borderline. Robinson identifies this spring with the great fountain of Neba or Birket Anjar, at the foot of Antilibanus. Sea of Chinnereth Sea of Tiberias or Galilee. Joshua 11:2; Matthew 4:13,... read more

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