Numbers 34:1
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. SPAKE. See note on Numbers 1:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. SPAKE. See note on Numbers 1:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons. WHEN YE COME. After the final command (above) follow instructions as to the quiet possession of the land thus cleared of enemies. COASTS. borders, or confines.... [ Continue Reading ]
SOUTH QUARTER. Compare Joshua 15:1. Begins at east corner. SALT SEA. So Numbers 34:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
AKRABBIM. Maaleh-akrabbim. Joshua 15:3. = the ascent of scorpions. Compare Deuteronomy 8:15. GOING FORTH. ascending. Compare Joshua 15:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
GREAT SEA: i.e. the Mediterranean,. modern name for the Great Sea. POINT OUT. mark out or claim. Hebrew. _ta'ah._ Occurs only here. MOUNT HOR. Not the mount Hor where Aaron died, which was in the south corner of Edom (Numbers 33:37; Numbers 33:38), but another, in the north, mount Hermon,. spur of... [ Continue Reading ]
HAMATH. In Amos 6:2 called "Hamath the great", mentioned as in the north border.... [ Continue Reading ]
BIBLAH.. city in Hamath, where God executed His judgment on two kings of Judah and others (2 Kings 23:33. 2Ki 25:6, 2 Kings 25:20; 2 Kings 25:21.Jeremiah 39:5; Jeremiah 39:6). CHINNERETH. Compare Joshua 12:3; Joshua 13:27. In New Testament "the sea of Galilee" and "sea of Tiberias" (John 6:1); a [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THE TRIBE. Compare Numbers 32:33.Joshua 14:2; Joshua 14:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
THESE ARE THE NAMES. Compare Numbers 13:2. See App-45. ELEAZAR. Because he was the high priest, and had the breastplate with the lots, the "Urim and Thummim. "See notes on Exodus 28:30 and Numbers 26:55.Joshua 17:4. See also Numbers 27:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
CALEB. The only one of the spies, beside Joshua, left, Ch. Numbers 13:6; Numbers 13:30, and Compare Numbers 14:24.Joshua 14:6, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
THESE. See the order of the tribes in App-45.... [ Continue Reading ]