John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 34:9
And the border shall go on to Ziphron ,.... Which in the Jerusalem Targum is called Zapherin; and Jerom F19 Comment. in ver. 15. says, that in his time this city was called Zephyrium, a town in Cilicia; but this seems to be at too great a distance: and the goings out of it shall be at Hazarenan ; which was the utmost of the northern border, and so it is in Ezekiel 47:17 and there called the border of Damascus: Reland F20 Palestin. lllustrat. par. 1. l. 1. p. 123. takes it... 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