Numbers 34 · Verse 10

Numbers 34:10

And ye shall point out your east border from Hazar–enan to Shepham:

Numbers 34:10, King James Version

Numbers 34:10 in other translations

BSB	And your eastern border will run straight from Hazar-enan to Shepham,
WEB	“‘You shall mark out your east border from Hazar Enan to Shepham.
ASV	And ye shall mark out your east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham;
YLT	‘And ye have marked out for yourselves for the border eastward, from Hazar-Enan to Shepham;
DARBY	And ye shall mark out for you as eastern border from Hazar-enan to Shepham:
BBE	And on the east, your limit will be marked out from Hazar-enan to Shepham,
Webster	And ye shall designate your east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham:

What does Numbers 34:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 34:10-12

10-12. east border--This is very clearly defined. Shepham and Riblah, which were in the valley of Lebanon, are mentioned as the boundary line, which commenced a little higher than the sources of the Jordan. Ain is supposed to be the source of that river; and thence the eastern boundary extended along the Jordan, the sea of Chinnereth (Lake of Tiberias), the Jordan; and again terminated at the Dead Sea. The line being drawn on the east of the river and the seas included those waters within the territory of the western tribes.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 34:1-15

Canaan was of small extent; as it is here bounded, it is but about 160 miles in length, and about 50 in breadth; yet this was the country promised to the father of the faithful, and the possession of the seed of Israel. This was that little spot of ground, in which alone, for many ages, God was known. This was the vineyard of the Lord, the garden enclosed; but as it is with gardens and vineyards, the narrowness of…

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Numbers 34:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהִתְאַוִּיתֶ֥םve.hit.'a.vi.Temand you will markH184

לָכֶ֖םla.Khemfor <the> yourselves

לִגְב֣וּלlig.Vulfor [the] border ofH1366

קֵ֑דְמָהKe.de.maheast -wardH6924

מֵחֲצַ֥רme.cha.Tzarfrom HazarH2704

עֵינָ֖ן'ei.NanEnanH2704

שְׁפָֽמָה\׃she.Fa.mahShepham towardsH8221

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

Numbers 34:9
And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazar–enan: this shall be your north border.
Numbers 34:10
And ye shall point out your east border from Hazar–enan to Shepham:
Numbers 34:11
And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:

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Numbers 34:10 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y por término al oriente os señalaréis desde Hasar-enán hasta Sepham;
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et vous vous tracerez, pour frontière orientale, depuis Hatsar-Énan à Shepham;
German Elberfelder 1871	Und zur Ostgrenze sollt ihr euch abmarken von Hazar-Enan nach Schepham.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Inde metabuntur fines contra orientalem plagam de villa Enan usque Sephama,