Numbers 34 · Verse 12

Numbers 34:12

And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.
Numbers 34:12, King James Version

Numbers 34:12 in other translations

BSBThen the border will go down along the Jordan and end at the Salt Sea. This will be your land, defined by its borders on all sides.”
WEBThe border shall go down to the Jordan, and end at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land according to its borders around it.’”
ASVand the border shall go down to the Jordan, and the goings out thereof shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land according to the borders thereof round about.
YLTand the border hath gone down to the Jordan, and its outgoings have been at the Salt Sea; this is for you the land by its borders round about.'
DARBYand the border shall go down to the Jordan, and shall end at the salt sea. This shall be your land according to the borders thereof round about.
BBEAnd so down to Jordan, stretching to the Salt Sea: all the land inside these limits will be yours.
WebsterAnd the border shall go down to Jordan, and the limits of it shall be at the salt sea: This shall be your land with its limits on all sides.

What does Numbers 34:12 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…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 12 The border shall go down to Jordan - This river is famous both in the Old and New Testaments. It takes its rise at the foot of Mount Libanus, passes through the sea of Chinnereth or Tiberias, and empties itself into the lake Asphaltites or Dead Sea, from which it has no outlet. In and by it God wrought many miracles. God cut off the waters of this river as he did those of the Red Sea, so that they stood on a heap on each side, and the people passed over on dry ground. Both Elijah and Elisha separated its waters in a miraculous way, 2Kgs 2:8-14. Naaman, the Syrian general, by washing in it at the command of the prophet, was miraculously cured of his leprosy, 2Kgs 5:10-14. In this river John baptized great multitudes of Jews; and in it was Christ himself baptized, and the Spirit of God descended upon him, and the voice from heaven proclaimed him the great and only Teacher and Savior of men, Mat 3:16, Mat 3:17; Mar 1:5-11.

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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 34:12 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.

וְיָרַ֤דve.ya.Radand it will go downH3381
הַגְּבוּל֙ha.ge.Vulthe borderH1366
הַיַּרְדֵּ֔נָהhai.yar.De.nahthe Jordan towardsH3383
וְהָי֥וּve.ha.Yuand they will beH1961
תוֹצְאֹתָ֖יוtotz.'o.Tavextremities itsH8444
יָ֣םyam[the] Sea ofH3220
הַמֶּ֑לַחha.Me.lach<the> SaltH4417
זֹאת֩zoTthisH2063
תִּהְיֶ֨הtih.Yehit will beH1961
לָכֶ֥םla.Khemof you
הָאָ֛רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
לִגְבֻלֹתֶ֖יהָlig.vu.lo.Tei.hato borders itsH1367
סָבִֽיב\׃sa.Vivall aroundH5439

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

Cross references for Numbers 34:12

  • Numbers 34:3

    Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:

  • Genesis 14:3

    All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.

  • Genesis 13:10

    And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

  • Genesis 19:24-26

    Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven; And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the salt sea.
3; Ge 13:10; 14:3; 19:24-26

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Context

  • 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:

  • Numbers 34:12

    And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.

  • Numbers 34:13

    And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the Lord commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:

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Numbers 34:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Después descenderá este término al Jordán, y serán sus salidas al mar Salado: esta será vuestra tierra: por sus términos alrededor.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et la frontière descendra au Jourdain, et aboutira à la mer Salée. Ce sera là votre pays, selon ses limites, tout autour.
German
Elberfelder 1871		und die Grenze gehe an den Jordan hinab, und ihr Ausgang sei am Salzmeere. Das soll euer Land sein nach seinen Grenzen ringsum.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et tendent usque ad Jordanem, et ad ultimum salsissimo claudentur mari. Hanc habebitis terram per fines suos in circuitu.