Numbers 34 · Verse 7

Numbers 34:7

And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor:
Numbers 34:7, King James Version

Numbers 34:7 in other translations

BSBYour northern border will run from the Great Sea directly to Mount Hor,
WEB“‘This shall be your north border: from the great sea you shall mark out for yourselves Mount Hor.
ASVAnd this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall mark out for you mount Hor;
YLT‘And this is to you the north border: from the great sea ye mark out for yourselves mount Hor;
DARBYAnd this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall mark out for you mount Hor;
BBEAnd your limit on the north will be the line from the Great Sea to Mount Hor:
WebsterAnd this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall designate for you mount Hor:

What does Numbers 34:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 34:7-9
7-9. north border--The principal difficulty in understanding the description here arises from what our translators have called mount Hor. The Hebrew words, however, Hor-ha-Hor, properly signify "the mountain of the mountain," or "the high double mountain," which, from the situation, can mean nothing else than the mountain Amana (So 4:8), a member of the great Lebanon range (Jos 13:5).

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 34:7 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.

וְזֶֽה\־ve.zeh-and thisH2088
יִהְיֶ֥הyih.Yehit will beH1961
לָכֶ֖םla.Khemof you
גְּב֣וּלge.Vulborder ofH1366
צָפ֑וֹןtza.Fon[the] northH6828
מִן\־min-fromH4480
הַיָּם֙hai.Yamthe seaH3220
הַגָּדֹ֔לha.ga.Dol<the> greatH1419
תְּתָא֥וּte.ta.'Uyou will mark outH8376
לָכֶ֖םla.Khemfor <the> yourselves
הֹ֥רhorHorH2023
הָהָֽר\׃ha.Harthe mountainH2022

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

Cross references for Numbers 34:7

  • Numbers 33:37

    And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.

  • Ezekiel 47:15-17

    And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad; Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazar–hatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran. And the border from the sea shall be Hazar–enan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north side.

  • 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:

  • 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.

  • Numbers 34:9-10

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

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
north border.
3,6,9,10
mount Hor.
33:37

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Context

  • 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.

  • Numbers 34:7

    And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor:

  • Numbers 34:8

    From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad:

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Numbers 34:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y el término del norte será este: desde la gran mar os señalaréis el monte de Hor;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ce sera ici votre frontière septentrionale: depuis la grande mer, vous marquerez pour vous la montagne de Hor;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und dies soll euch die Nordgrenze sein: vom großen Meere aus sollt ihr euch den Berg Hor abmarken;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Porro ad septentrionalem plagam a mari magno termini incipient, pervenientes usque ad montem altissimum,