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:
Numbers 34:8 in other translations
| BSB | and from Mount Hor to Lebo-hamath, then extend to Zedad, |
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| WEB | From Mount Hor you shall mark out to the entrance of Hamath; and the border shall pass by Zedad. |
| ASV | from mount Hor ye shall mark out unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings out of the border shall be at Zedad; |
| YLT | from mount Hor ye mark out to go in to Hamath, and the outgoings of the border have been to Zedad; |
| DARBY | from mount Hor ye shall mark out the entrance to Hamath, and the end of the border shall be toward Zedad; |
| BBE | And from Mount Hor the line will go in the direction of Hamath; the farthest point of it will be at Zedad: |
| Webster | From mount Hor ye shall designate your border to the entrance of Hamath; and the limits of the border shall be at Zedad: |
What does Numbers 34:8 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).
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…
Numbers 34:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 34:8
- Numbers 13:21
So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
- 2 Kings 14:25
He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gath–hepher.
- Ezekiel 47:15-20
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. And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And this is the east side. …
- 2 Samuel 8:9
When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,
- Joshua 13:5-6
And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baal–gad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath. All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephoth–maim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.
- Jeremiah 39:5
But the Chaldeans’ army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him.
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Context
- 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:
- 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 34:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Del monte de Hor señalaréis á la entrada de Hamath, y serán las salidas de aquel término á Sedad; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | depuis la montagne de Hor, vous tracerez jusqu’à l’entrée de Hamath, et la frontière aboutira vers Tsedad; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | vom Berge Hor sollt ihr abmarken bis man nach Hamath kommt, und der Ausgang der Grenze sei nach Zedad hin; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | a quo venient in Emath usque ad terminos Sedada: |