Numbers 34:4-5

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 34:1-6

3). Description of The Land To Be Inherited (Numbers 34:1-15 ). Having commanded the purifying of the land by the driving out of its inhabitants and their gods, the land in mind is now delineated. This was not just some vague notion, it was a grand plan. Analysis. a Command concerning the inheritance of the land which will fall to them (Numbers 34:1-2). b Description of the south quarter (Numbers 34:3-5). b Description of the western border (Numbers 34:6). b Description of the... read more

Arthur Peake

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 34:4

Akrabbim, called Maaleh-acrabbim, Joshua 15:3, which was at the south end of the Salt or Dead Sea. From the south, or, on the south, i.e. proceeding onward towards the south. Kadesh-barnea was on the southern part of Canaan, Numbers 13:17. Hazar-addar, in Joshua 15:3, may seem distinguished into two places, Hezron and Adar, which here are united, because peradventure they were contiguous, or joined together. Or, the village of Addar; and so this is the same place called Adar, Joshua 15:3; and... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Numbers 34:5

The river of Egypt, called Sihor, Joshua 13:3, which divided Egypt from Canaan. See Genesis 15:18. The sea; the midland sea, called the sea emphatically; whereas the other seas there, as they are called, are indeed but lakes. 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

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Numbers 34:4

Akrabbim: Joshua 15:3, Judges 1:36 Zin: Numbers 34:3, Numbers 13:21, Numbers 20:1, Numbers 33:36, Numbers 33:37 Kadeshbarnea: Numbers 13:26, Numbers 32:8 Hazaraddar: Joshua 15:3, Joshua 15:4 Reciprocal: Joshua 10:41 - Kadeshbarnea read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Numbers 34:5

the river: Genesis 15:18, Joshua 15:4, Joshua 15:47, 1 Kings 8:65, Isaiah 27:12 the sea: Numbers 34:6, Numbers 34:7 Reciprocal: 2 Kings 24:7 - from the river 1 Chronicles 13:5 - Shihor 2 Chronicles 7:8 - from the entering Ezekiel 48:28 - the river read more