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Numbers 34:4

in Numbers 34

cross south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Zin, and go south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it will go on to Hazar-addar and proceed to Azmon,

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

and your border shall turn about southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass along to Zin; and the goings out thereof shall be southward of Kadesh-barnea; and it shall go forth to Hazar-addar, and pass along to Azmon;

KJV

And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh–barnea, and shall go on to Hazar–addar, and pass on to Azmon:

This verse in Numbers 34

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

And the Lord spake unto Moses

on Numbers 34:1-5

The borders are drawn before a single field is taken, and the land is said to fall unto Israel for an inheritance, which is the language of the lot that verse 13 states outright. The south line runs from the wilderness of Zin past Kadesh-barnea to the river of Egypt, so the edge of the inheritance touches the place where the spies came back and the sentence of chapter 14 was passed. Abram was promised ground reaching to the Euphrates at Genesis 15:18, and the lines given here stop well short of it.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And your border,....

The words behind it

18 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְנָסַ֣בand it will turn

    venasavH5437161 times

  • לָכֶם֩of you

    lakhem

  • הַגְּב֨וּלthe border

    hagevulH1366240 times

  • מִנֶּ֜גֶבfrom [the] south

    minegevH5045112 times

  • לְמַעֲלֵ֤הto [the] ascent of

    lemaalehH4610

  • עַקְרַבִּים֙scorpions

    ʾakrabimH4610

  • וְעָ֣בַרand it will pass on

    veavarH5674556 times

  • צִ֔נָהZin towards

    tzinahH679010 times

  • וְהָיוּ֙and they will be

    vehayahH19613559 times

  • תּֽוֹצְאֹתָ֔יוextremities its

    totzotavH844423 times

  • מִנֶּ֖גֶבfrom [the] south

    minegevH5045112 times

  • לְקָדֵ֣שׁof Kadesh

    lekadeshH694720 times

  • בַּרְנֵ֑עַBarnea

    barnea'H694720 times

  • וְיָצָ֥אand it will go out

    veyatza'H33181067 times

  • חֲצַר־Hazar

    chatzar-H2692

  • אַדָּ֖רAddar

    ʾadarH2692

  • וְעָבַ֥רand it will pass on

    veavarH5674556 times

  • עַצְמֹֽנָה׃Azmon towards

    ʾatzmonahH6111

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Numbers 20:1

    In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.

    it leads to

    • Numbers 33:36

      They set out from Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Numbers 13:21

      So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.

    • Exodus 15:20

      Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.

    • Numbers 26:59

      and Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She was also a daughter of Levi, born to Levi in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam.

  • Through

    Numbers 13:26

    and they went back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for the whole congregation and showed them the fruit…

    it leads to

    • Numbers 32:8

      This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to inspect the land.

    • Numbers 20:1

      In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.

  • Through

    Numbers 34:3

    Your southern border will extend from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your southern border will run from the end of the Salt Sea,

    it leads to

    • Genesis 14:3

      The latter five came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).

    • Ezekiel 47:13

      This is what the Lord GOD says: “These are the boundaries by which you are to divide the land as an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel; Joseph shall receive two portions.

About Numbers

The Bronze Serpent, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Bronze Serpent, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.