Numbers 34:5
in Numbers 34where it will turn from Azmon, join the Brook of Egypt, and end at the Sea.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and the border shall turn about from Azmon unto the brook of Egypt, and the goings out thereof shall be at the sea.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Numbers 34
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThe 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 Calieh.
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 Awakening3 voices
The river of Egypt - Called Sihor, Josh. xiii, 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 lakes.
), that the sight of that country which they could look into out of their own might remind them of their bondage there, and their wonderful deliverance thence. Their border is here made to begin at the Salt Sea (
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The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְנָסַ֧ב | venasav | and it will turn | H5437 → | 161 times |
| הַגְּב֛וּל | hagevul | the border | H1366 → | 240 times |
| מֵעַצְמ֖וֹן | meatzmon | from Azmon | H6111 → | |
| נַ֣חְלָה | nachlah | [the] wadi of towards | H5158 → | 141 times |
| מִצְרָ֑יִם | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| וְהָי֥וּ | vehayu | and they will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| תוֹצְאֹתָ֖יו | totzotav | extremities its | H8444 → | 23 times |
| הַיָּֽמָּה׃ | haiyamah | the sea towards | H3220 → | 396 times |
וְנָסַ֧בand it will turn
venasavH5437 →161 times
הַגְּב֛וּלthe border
hagevulH1366 →240 times
מֵעַצְמ֖וֹןfrom Azmon
meatzmonH6111 →
נַ֣חְלָה[the] wadi of towards
nachlahH5158 →141 times
מִצְרָ֑יִםEgypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
וְהָי֥וּand they will be
vehayuH1961 →3559 times
תוֹצְאֹתָ֖יוextremities its
totzotavH8444 →23 times
הַיָּֽמָּה׃the sea towards
haiyamahH3220 →396 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Genesis 15:18On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
it leads to
- Joshua 1:3–4
I have given you every place where the sole of your foot will tread, just as I promised to Moses.
- Genesis 12:7
Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
- Genesis 24:7
The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father’s house and my native land, who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this…
- Genesis 13:15
for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.
- Deuteronomy 11:24
Every place where the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Western Sea.
- Joshua 1:3–4
Through
Isaiah 27:12In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered one by one.
it leads to
- Genesis 15:18
On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
- Genesis 15:18
Through
1 Kings 8:65So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more…
it leads to
- Numbers 34:8
and from Mount Hor to Lebo-hamath, then extend to Zedad,
- 1 Kings 8:2
And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim.
- Numbers 34:8
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.