John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 34:3
Then your south quarter ,.... Or border of the land; which, as Jarchi observes, was from east to west: shall be from the wilderness of Zin ; which is Kadesh, where Miriam died, Numbers 20:1 , and if this Kadesh was Kadeshbarnea, as Dr. Lightfoot seems to have proved F8 Works, vol. 2. p. 8, 9. , from whence the spies were sent, that was clearly on the south of the land of Canaan, for they were bid to go up their way southward, Numbers 13:17 , and so Kadeshbarnea is hereafter... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Numbers 34:1-15
We have here a particular draught of the line by which the land of Canaan was meted, and bounded, on all sides. God directs Moses to settle it here, not as a geographer in his map, merely to please the curious, but as a prince in his grant, that it may be certainly known what passes, and is conveyed, by the grant. There was a much larger possession promised them, which in due time they would have possessed if they had been obedient, reaching even to the river Euphrates, Dan. 11:24. And even so... read more