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Verse Numbers 34:6. _YE SHALL EVEN HAVE THE GREAT SEA FOR A BORDER_]
The _Mediterranean_ Sea, called here the _Great Sea_, to distinguish
it from the _Dead Sea_, the _Sea of Tiberias_, c., which were...
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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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_and the border_thereof] These words should be omitted. The word
וּגְבוּל (_ûgebhûl_-and a border") may have been
accidentally added as a doublet of the preceding חַגָּדוֹל
(_haggâdhôl_-the great"), w...
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THE GREAT SEA— The Jews call the Mediterranean the _great sea,_ in
opposition to the lake of Gennezareth, and the Asphaltic lake, called,
the one, the sea of _Galilee,_ the other, the Salt or Dead Sea...
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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 AS FOR THE WESTERN BORDER, YE SHALL EVEN HAVE THE GREAT SEA FOR A
BORDER: THIS SHALL BE YOUR WEST BORDER._
The western border. There is no uncertainty about this boundary,
since it is universall...
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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 western border was formed by the Mediterranean Sea, the Great Sea.
7-9. The northern border: the places mentioned on this line are
unknown. Mt. Hermon is too far E. to be identified with mount Ho...
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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 AS FOR THE WESTERN BORDER... — Better, _And as for the western
border, ye shall have the great sea and_ (its) _border_ (_i.e.,_ its
coast). (See Joshua 15:47. “the great sea and the border
thereof...
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וּ גְב֣וּל יָ֔ם וְ הָיָ֥ה לָכֶ֛ם הַ
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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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And [as for] the western border, ye shall even have the (c) great sea
for a border: this shall be your west border.
(c) Which is called the Mediterranean....
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_Great sea, compared with those of Palestine, which were only like
pools or lakes. The Hebrews call every great collection of water, a
sea. The Mediterranean bounded the promised land entirely, on the...
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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 AS FOR THE WESTERN BORDER,.... Of the land of Canaan:
YOU SHALL EVEN HAVE THE GREAT SEA FOR A BORDER; and no other, meaning
the Mediterranean sea, which lies west of the land of Judea; Aben Ezra...
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_And [as for] the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for
a border: this shall be your west border._
Ver. 6. _The great sea._] Commonly called the Mediterranean Sea,
betwixt which and th...
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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 as for the western border, ye shall even have the Great Sea, the
Mediterranean Sea, FOR A BORDER; THIS SHALL BE YOUR WEST BORDER....
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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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THE GREAT SEA; the midland sea from the south to the north so far as
runs parallel with Mount Libanus....
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Numbers 34:6 western H3220 border H1366 Great H1419 Sea H3220 border
H1366 western H3220 border H1366...
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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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Ezekiel 47:10; Ezekiel 47:15; Ezekiel 47:20; Joshua 1:4; Joshua 15:12
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The great sea — This midland sea from the south to the north, so far
as it runs parallel with mount Libanus....