And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.The river of Egypt — Called Sihor, Joshua 13:3, which divided Egypt from Canaan.The sea — The midland sea, called the sea emphatically, whereas the other seas, as they are called, are indeed but lakes. read more
3-5. Your south quarter The southern boundary is the same as that of the tribe of Judah on the south. Joshua 15:2-5, notes. The Revised Version gives an improved translation, “the brook of Egypt.” Genesis 15:18, note. Edom, here, is not Mount Seir, but the country south of the wilderness of Zin or Wady Murreh, namely, the mountain land of the Azazimeh, which the Arabs still call Seir or Serr. read more
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Numbers 34:4
And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on to Hazaraddar, and pass on to Azmon:From the south — Or, on the south, that is, proceeding onward towards the south.Azmon — Which is at the west-end of the mount of Edom. read more