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 34:9 in other translations
| BSB | continue to Ziphron, and end at Hazar-enan. This will be your boundary on the north. |
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| WEB | Then the border shall go to Ziphron, and it shall end at Hazar Enan. This shall be your north border. |
| ASV | and the border shall go forth to Ziphron, and the goings out thereof shall be at Hazar-enan: this shall be your north border. |
| YLT | and the border hath gone out to Ziphron, and its outgoings have been at Hazar-Enan; this is to you the north border. |
| DARBY | and the border shall go to Ziphron, and shall end at Hazar-enan. This shall be your north border. |
| BBE | And the limit will go on to Ziphron, with its farthest point at Hazar-enan: this will be your limit on the north. |
| Webster | And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the limits of it shall be at Hazar-enan: this shall be your north border. |
What does Numbers 34:9 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 34:9 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 34:9
- Ezekiel 47:17
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.
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Context
- 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 34:10
And ye shall point out your east border from Hazar–enan to Shepham:
Numbers 34:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y saldrá este término á Ziphón, y serán sus remates en Hasar-enán: este os será el término del norte. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et la frontière sortira vers Ziphron, et aboutira à Hatsar-Énan; ce sera là votre frontière septentrionale. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und die Grenze laufe nach Siphron hin, und ihr Ausgang sei bei Hazar-Enan. Das soll euch die Nordgrenze sein. - |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | ibuntque confinia usque ad Zephrona, et villam Enan. Hi erunt termini in parte aquilonis. |