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 the Jews lay the Philistines; as now betwixt the Church and the Turk lies the Pope and his followers, Italy being the mark that the Turk shoots at. Lo, a sweet providence of God!
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
_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...
34:6 sea, (b-10) i.e., the Mediterranean....
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...
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...
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
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...
וּ גְב֣וּל יָ֔ם וְ הָיָ֥ה לָכֶ֛ם הַ
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...
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...
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...
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....
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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....
THE BOUNDARIES OF CANAAN...
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,...
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...
THE GREAT SEA; the midland sea from the south to the north so far as runs parallel with Mount Libanus....
Numbers 34:6 western H3220 border H1366 Great H1419 Sea H3220 border H1366 western H3220 border H1366...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
Ezekiel 47:10; Ezekiel 47:15; Ezekiel 47:20; Joshua 1:4; Joshua 15:12
The great sea — This midland sea from the south to the north, so far as it runs parallel with mount Libanus....