Numbers 34:7-8

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 34:7

And this shall be your northern border ,.... What follows: from the great sea ye shall point out for you Mount Hor ; not that Mount Hor on which Aaron died, for that was on the southern border of the land; but rather Mount Herman, which is said to be unto the entering into Hamath, Joshua 13:5 as this Mount Hor is in the following verse; or some part of Mount Lebanon might be so called, which was the northern border of the land: the Targum of Jonathan calls it Umanus; and the Jerusalem... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 34:8

From Mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath ,.... Antiochia, as Jarchi; or rather Epiphania, as Jerom F18 Comment. in Ezek. 47. 16. ; the former being described by Hemath the great, Amos 6:2 , this entrance was a narrow pass leading from the land of Canaan to Syria, through the valley which lies between Lebanon and Antilibanus: and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad ; the same boundary as here is given in Ezekiel 47:15 . read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Numbers 34:7-9

The northern border. On the “Mount Hor,” compare Numbers 20:22 note. Here the name denotes the whole western crest of Mount Lebanon, 80 miles in length, commencing east of Zidon, and terminating with the point immediately above the entrance of Hamath (compare Numbers 13:21). The extreme point in the northern border of the land was the city of Zedad (Sadad), about 30 miles east of the entrance of Hamath. Hence, the border turned back southwestward to Ziphron (Zifran), about 40 miles northeast of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Numbers 34:7-8

Numbers 34:7-8. Mount Hor Not that Hor where Aaron died, which was southward, and bordering upon Edom, but another mountain, probably Hermon, or some part of mount Lebanon, which is elsewhere mentioned as the northern border of the land, and which, in regard of divers parts, or by divers people, is called by divers names, and here Hor, which signifies a mountain, by way of eminence. Accordingly we find Lebanon and Hermon joined with the entrance of Hamath, (Joshua 13:5,) as mount Hor is... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Numbers 34:1-29

Plans for the division of Canaan (33:50-34:29)As Canaan was to become the land of Yahweh’s people, all the former inhabitants and all trace of their religion had to be removed. Failure to do this would bring trouble for Israel (50-56).Moses then gave the boundaries of the land that Israel was to occupy. The southern boundary went from the Dead Sea through Kadesh-barnea to the Brook of Egypt, which it followed to the coast. The western boundary followed the coast along the Mediterranean Sea. The... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Numbers 34:7

great sea: i.e. the Mediterranean, a modern name for the Great Sea. point out = mark out or claim. Hebrew. ta'ah. Occurs only here. mount Hor. Not the mount Hor where Aaron died, which was in the south corner of Edom (Numbers 33:37 , Numbers 33:38 ), but another, in the north, mount Hermon, a spur of the Lebanon (Joshua 13:5 ). Hermon had several names. Compare Deuteronomy 3:9 ; Deuteronomy 4:48 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Numbers 34:8

Hamath. In Amos 6:2 called "Hamath the great", mentioned as in the north border. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Numbers 34:7

"And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall mark out for you mount Hor; from mount Hor ye shall mark out unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings out of the border shall be at Zedad; and the border shall go forth to Ziphron, and the goings out thereof shall be at Hazar-enan: this shall be your north border."The indefinite nature of this boundary derives from the fact that the precise point on the Mediterranean where this "marking" was to begin is not given. Also, "the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Numbers 34:7-9

Numbers 34:7-9. From the great sea ye shall point out—mount Hor— The north bounds reached from the north end of the Mediterranean along by the mountains Libanus and Anti-Libanus, as far as the two heads of the river Jordan, taking in the several towns, Hamath, Zedad, &c. By Hor, here, is not to be understood that mount where Aaron died; (ch. Numbers 33:38-39.) for that was on the south of Canaan, whereas this was diametrically opposite, on the north of it; and therefore by Hor, in this... read more

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