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The southern boundary commenced at the Dead Sea. The broad and
desolate valley by which the depressed bed of that sea is protected
toward the south, is called the Ghor. A deep narrow glen enters it at...
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10. INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING THE CONQUEST AND THE BOUNDARIES OF THE
LAND
Chapter S 33:50-34
_ 1. Command to drive out the inhabitants of the land (Numbers 33:50)_
2. The division of the land (Number...
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NUMBERS 34:1 (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...
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AKRABBIM. Maaleh-akrabbim. Joshua 15:3. = the ascent of scorpions.
Compare Deuteronomy 8:15.
GOING FORTH. ascending. Compare Joshua 15:3....
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_the ascent of Akrabbim_ i.e. the -Scorpion Pass." -From the Dead Sea
the line indicated probably ran at first S.W. through the Wady
el-Fiḳreh, which is a natural boundary, and then, turning round the...
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TO THE ASCENT OF AKRABBIM— Or to _Maaleh-akrabbim,_ as it is
rendered, Judges 15:3 which signifies, according to Bochart, _the
mount of scorpions;_ so called from the multitude of those creatures
foun...
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B. BORDERS OF CANAAN ESTABLISHED (NUMBERS 34:1-15)
TEXT
Numbers 34:1. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2. Command the
children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of
Canaan...
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_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 KADESH-BARNEA, AND SHALL GO ON TO HAZAR-ADDAR, AND PASS...
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THE BOUNDARIES OF THE LAND OF PROMISE
On the land and the tribes inhabiting it see on Numbers 13:21.
3-5. The southern border: this started from the S. extremity of the
Dead Sea, here called the Salt...
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THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS
IN THE DESERT
NUMBERS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 34
*ISRAEL’S BORDERS – NUMBERS 34:1-15
V1 The *LORD spoke to Moses. He said, V2 ‘Tell the *Israelite
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AND YOUR BORDER SHALL TURN FROM THE SOUTH... — Better, _And your
border shall turn on_ (or, _to_)_ the south side of the ascent of
Akrabbim, and shall pass over to Zin; and the goings forth thereof
sh...
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וְ נָסַ֣ב לָכֶם֩ הַ גְּב֨וּל מִ
נֶּ֜גֶב
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THE WAY AND THE LOT
Numbers 33:1; Numbers 34:1
1. THE itinerary of Numbers 33:1 is one of the passages definitely
ascribed to Moses. It opens with the departure from Rameses in Egypt
on the morrow af...
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THE BORDERS OF THE PROMISED LAND
Numbers 34:1
Here are set out the borders of the Promised Land, which were never
fully reached in the days of Israel's occupation, except perhaps for
one brief period...
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One of the terms of the charge already considered, that the people
should possess the land and that it should be divided equitably, was
now enlarged upon. The division was to be according to divine
ar...
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_The Scorpion. A mountain so called, from having a great number of
scorpions. (Challoner) --- Hebrew Hakrabbim. There was a city of the
same name, the capital of Acrabathene, (1 Machabees iii. 3,) not...
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I have not interrupted the Reader by dividing these verses, because I
would have him first read over attentively the whole account of the
extent of the promised land; and then look over it again, to r...
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The successes given to the children of Israel alarmed some of their
neighbours, more particularly Moab; and this gives occasion for a
striking episode in the history which brought to issue as solemn a...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 34, 35, AND 36.
Finally, God takes care of His people in all respects; He marks the
limits of the country they were to enjoy. He settles the taking
possessio...
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AND YOUR BORDER,.... That is, the south border, which is still
describing:
SHALL TURN FROM THE SOUTH TO THE ASCENT OF AKRABBIM; or
Maalehacrabbim, as in Joshua 15:3 so called from the multitude of
se...
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_From the south to Kadesh-barnea_ Rather, shall extend on the south to
Kadesh-barnea westward. _Unto the river of Egypt_ That is, the Nile.
Not that the Jews did really extend their territories so far...
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1 The borders of the land.
16 The names of the men which shall diuide the land.
1 AND the LORD spake vnto Moses, saying,
2 Command the children of Israel, and say vnto them, When ye come into
the l...
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and your border shall turn from the south, that is, bend southwards in
Israel's favor, TO THE ASCENT OF AKRABBIM, the mountains on the
northeastern boundary of Edom, AND PASS ON TO ZIN, along the bord...
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THE BOUNDARIES OF CANAAN...
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BOUNDARIES OF ISRAEL'S INHERITANCE
(vs.1-15)
The Lord now defines the boundaries of the land that Israel was to
inherit at the time. For the area then was made smaller than it will
be in Millennium,...
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1-15 Canaan was of small extent; as it is here bounded, it is but
about 160 miles in length, and about 50 in breadth; yet this was the
country promised to the father of the faithful, and the possessi...
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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...
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Numbers 34:4 border H1366 turn H5437 (H8738) southern H5045 Ascent
H4608 Akrabbim H4610 continue H5674 (H8804) Zin...
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3). DESCRIPTION OF THE LAND TO BE INHERITED (NUMBERS 34:1).
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
w...
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CONTENTS: Preparations to enter the land.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Eleazar, Joshua, prince of each tribe.
CONCLUSION: God sets bounds to our lot; let us therefore set bounds to
our desires and bring...
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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., and mou...
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_When ye come into the land of Canaan._
THE PROMISED LAND
I. 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 i...
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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 34:1 God promised Abraham that his
descendants would be given “all the land of Canaan” (Genesis
17:8). Here the Lord describes the borders of the Promised Land. The
boundary is...
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES
This chapter consists of two portions:
(1) the boundaries of the Promised Land (Numbers 34:1), and
(2) the names of the persons who were appointed to distribute the l...
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So 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 h...
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Joshua 15:3; Joshua 15:4; Judges 1:36; Numbers 13:26; Numbers 32:8;...
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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....