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Numbers 34:5

the brook of Egypt Heb. -the naḥalof Miẓraim." A.V. -the river of Egypt" gives the erroneous impression that the Nile is meant. The name is that of a wady or torrent, now called Wâdy el--Arîsh, which rises in the centre of the Sinaitic peninsula, and flows northward into the Mediterranean about 50 miles S.W. of Gaza. It is possible that Miẓraimhere denotes not Egypt proper, but the tract on the east of Egypt. The name Muẓuris frequently applied to the latter in Assyrian inscriptions.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Numbers 34:5. _THE RIVER OF EGYPT_] The eastern branch of the river Nile; or, according to others, a river which is south of the land of the Philistines, and fails into the gulf or bay near _Cal...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    RIVER. Hebrew. _nachal,_. wady; not _nahar,_. river. Here used of "Sihor", and called the river of Egypt. Compare Genesis 15:18, where it is _nahar =_ the Nile....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THE BORDER SHALL FETCH A COMPASS FROM AZMON UNTO THE RIVER OF EGYPT, AND THE GOINGS OUT OF IT SHALL BE AT THE SEA._ River of Egypt - the ancient brook Sihor, the Rhinocolura of the Greeks, a lit...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND THE BORDER SHALL FETCH A COMPASS... — Although the exact spots of some of the places which determined the southern border have not been positively ascertained, there seems, on the whole, very litt...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ נָסַ֧ב הַ גְּב֛וּל מֵ עַצְמֹ֖ון נַ֣חְלָה

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the (b) river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea. (b) Which was Nilus, or as some think Rhinocotura....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Egypt. Many suppose the rivulet of Rinocorura is meant. (Menochius) --- But it seems more probable that the Nile, the only river of Egypt, or the eastern branch of it, where Pelusium stands, is design...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE BORDER SHALL FETCH A COMPASS,.... Not go on in a straight line, but turn about: FROM AZMON UNTO THE RIVER OF EGYPT; the river Nile, as both the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem; but Aben Ezr...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE BOUNDARIES OF CANAAN...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    and the border shall fetch a compass (turn toward) FROM AZMON UNTO THE RIVER OF EGYPT, AND THE GOINGS OUT OF IT SHALL BE AT THE SEA, for the brook of Egypt would form the boundary on the southwest, 1...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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,...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE RIVER OF EGYPT, called _Sihor_, JOSHUA 13:3, which divided Egypt from Canaan. See GENESIS 15:18. THE SEA; the midland sea, called _the sea_ emphatically; whereas the other seas there, as they are...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Numbers 34:5 border H1366 turn H5437 (H8738) Azmon H6111 Brook H5158 Egypt H4714 end H8444 Sea H3220...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 8:65; Genesis 15:18; Isaiah 27:12; Joshua 15:4; Joshua 15:47;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The river of Egypt — Called Sihor, Joshua 13:3, which divided Egypt from Canaan. The sea — The midland sea, called the sea emphatically, whereas the other seas, as they are called, are indeed but lake...

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