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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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsand the border shall turn about from Azmon unto the brook of Egypt, and the goings out thereof shall be at the sea.
where it will turn from Azmon, join the Brook of Egypt, and end at the Sea.
and the border hath turned round from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and its outgoings have been at the sea.
And the border shall turn from Azmon unto the torrent of Egypt, and shall end at the sea.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentNumbers — Israel on the move — and Israel on the ground in rebellion. Two censuses bracket thirty-eight wilderness years; God's faithfulness holds where the people's does not.
- Author
- Moses — the wilderness narrator; ‘Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys’ (33:2)
- Date
- The wilderness years, c. 15th–13th century BC