Numbers 34:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 seaa of Chinnereth eastward: ”

Numbers 34:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Shepham, the first point after Hazar-enan, is unknown. The name Riblah is by some read Har-bel, i. e., “the Mountain of Bel;” the Har-baal-Hermon of Judges 3:3 . No more striking landmark could be...
Numbers 34:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 (e) Chinnereth eastward: (e) Which in the Gospe...
Numbers 34:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 34:1-15 (from P). The Boundaries of Israel's Possessions in Canaan. These, as here set forth, are ideal rather than actual, since the area described never wholly belonged to Israel. The...
Numbers 34:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Biblah. . city in Hamath, where God executed His judgment on two kings of Judah and others ( 2 Kings 23:33 . 2Ki 25:6, 2 Kings 25:20 ; 2 Kings 25:21 . Jeremiah 39:5 ; Jeremiah 39:6 ). Chinneret...
Numbers 34:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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: The sea of Chinnereth - The...
Numbers 34:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah— The eastern bounds ran from the head of Jordan, along the whole course of that river, taking in the lake Cinnereth, or the sea of Galilee, or Tiberia...
Numbers 34:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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: Shepham ... Riblab...
Numbers 34:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Boundaries of the Land of Promise On the land and the tribes inhabiting it see on Numbers 13:21 . 3-5. The southern border: this started from the S. extremity of the Dead Sea, here called...
Numbers 34:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

R iblah, on the east side of Ain. — Ain (Heb., a fountain ) is supposed to be the great fountain of Neba Anjar at the foot of Antilibanus, in which case Riblah must be distinguished from the Riblah...
Numbers 34:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE WAY AND THE LOT Numbers 33:1-56 ; Numbers 34:1-29 1. THE itinerary of Numbers 33:1-49 is one of the passages definitely ascribed to Moses. It opens with the departure from Rameses in Egy...
Numbers 34:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Borders of the Promised Land Numbers 34:1-18 Here are set out the borders of the Promised Land, which were never fully reached in the days of Israel's occupation, except perhaps for one bri...
Numbers 34:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

One of the terms of the charge already considered, that the people should possess the land and that it should be divided equitably, was now enlarged upon. The division was to be according to divine a...
Numbers 34:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I have not interrupted the Reader by dividing these verses, because I would have him first read over attentively the whole account of the extent of the promised land; and then look over it again, to...
Numbers 34:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah ,.... Said to be in the land of Hemath, Jeremiah 52:9 , which, according to Jerom x, was Antioch of Syria; and both the Targums of Jonathan and Je...
Numbers 34:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

BOUNDARIES OF ISRAEL'S INHERITANCE (vs.1-15) The Lord now defines the boundaries of the land that Israel was to inherit at the time. For the area then was made smaller than it will be in Millenni...
Numbers 34:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Boundaries of Canaan. B. C. 1452. 1 And the L ORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Com...
Numbers 34:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Chinnereth; of this name we have a city, Joshua 19:35 , and a country, Joshua 11:2 1 Kings 15:20 and a sea or lake, here an Joshua 12:3 , Joshua 13:27 which in the New Testament is ca...
Numbers 34:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“ And you shall mark out your east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham; and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall go down, and shall reach to...
Numbers 34:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES This chapter consists of two portions: (1) the boundaries of the Promised Land ( Numbers 34:1-15 ), and (2) the names of the persons who were appointed to distribu...
Numbers 34:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 34:2 . This is the land. It was proper to fix the line of the boundaries to prevent war for aggrandizement. It reached from the river of Egypt to the river Euphrates, as in Joshua 1 ., an...
Numbers 34:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

When ye come into the land of Canaan. The Promised Land I. The boundaries of this land were determined by God. 1. A reason for contentment. 2. A rebuke of selfish greed, whether on the pa...
Numbers 34:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Boundaries of Canaan
Numbers 34:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 23:33 ; 2 Kings 25:6 ; Deuteronomy 3:17 ; Jeremiah 39:5 ; Jeremiah 39:6 ; Jeremiah 52:10 ; Jeremiah 52:26 ; Jeremiah 52:27 ; John 6:1 ; Joshua 11:2 ; Joshua 19:35 ; Luke 5:1 ; Ma...

Numbers 34:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Numbers 34:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Numbers 34:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 34:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Numbers 34:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 34:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Numbers 34:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 34:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 34:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Numbers 34:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 34:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Numbers 34:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 34:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 34:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 34:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 34:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 34:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 34:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 34:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 34:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 34:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

Numbers 34:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 34:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge