Numbers 34 · Verse 5

Numbers 34:5

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.
Numbers 34:5, King James Version

Numbers 34:5 in other translations

BSBwhere it will turn from Azmon, join the Brook of Egypt, and end at the Sea.
WEBThe border shall turn about from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and it shall end at the sea.
ASVand the border shall turn about from Azmon unto the brook of Egypt, and the goings out thereof shall be at the sea.
YLTand the border hath turned round from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and its outgoings have been at the sea.
DARBYAnd the border shall turn from Azmon unto the torrent of Egypt, and shall end at the sea.
BBEAnd from Azmon it will go round to the stream of Egypt as far as the sea.
WebsterAnd the border shall form a circuit from Azmon to the river of Egypt, and the limits of it shall be at the sea.

What does Numbers 34:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 34:3-5

3-5. your south quarter--The line which bounded it on the south is the most difficult to trace. According to the best biblical geographers, the leading points here defined are as follows: The southwest angle of the southern boundary should be where the wilderness of Zin touches the border of Edom, so that the southern boundary should extend eastward from the extremity of the Dead Sea, wind around the precipitous…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 The 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.

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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 34:5 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.

וְנָסַ֧בve.na.Savand it will turnH5437
הַגְּב֛וּלha.ge.Vulthe borderH1366
מֵעַצְמ֖וֹןme.'atz.Monfrom AzmonH6111
נַ֣חְלָהNach.lah[the] wadi of towardsH5158
מִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714
וְהָי֥וּve.ha.Yuand they will beH1961
תוֹצְאֹתָ֖יוtotz.'o.Tavextremities itsH8444
הַיָּֽמָּה\׃hai.Ya.mahthe sea towardsH3220

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Cross references for Numbers 34:5

  • Joshua 15:4

    From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast.

  • Genesis 15:18

    In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

  • Isaiah 27:12

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.

  • Joshua 15:47

    Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof:

  • 1 Kings 8:65

    And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.

  • Numbers 34:6-7

    And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border. And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the river.
Ge 15:18; Jos 15:4,47; 1Ki 8:65; Isa 27:12
the sea.
6,7

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Context

  • Numbers 34:4

    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:

  • Numbers 34:5

    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.

  • Numbers 34:6

    And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.

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Numbers 34:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y rodeará este término, desde Asmón hasta el torrente de Egipto, y sus remates serán al occidente.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et la frontière tournera depuis Atsmon vers le torrent d’Égypte, et aboutira à la mer.
German
Elberfelder 1871		und die Grenze wende sich von Azmon nach dem Bache Ägyptens, und ihr Ausgang sei nach dem Meere hin. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ibitque per gyrum terminus ab Asemona usque ad torrentem Ægypti, et maris magni littore finietur.