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 not always clear. In general terms, Canaan consisted of the land between the Mediterranean Sea and... [ Continue Reading ]
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 34:7 The northern border of the Promised Land runs from the Mediterranean, north of Byblos, to HAZAR-ENAN, which was perhaps an oasis on the edge of the desert east of Zedad. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 34:10 The eastern border of the Promised Land is the hardest to define. From HAZAR-ENAN it apparently runs southward along the edge of the desert before swinging westward to the Sea of Galilee (SEA OF CHINNERETH). From there it runs south along the Jordan River to the Dead Se... [ Continue Reading ]
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 34:16__ The men who divide the land are the chiefs of the 10 tribes who will settle west of the Jordan. No chiefs of Reuben and Gad are listed because they are settling east of the Jordan. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.leng... [ Continue Reading ]