Numbers 34:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The southern boundary commenced at the Dead Sea. The broad and desolate valley by which the depressed bed of that sea is protected toward the south, is called the Ghor. A deep narrow glen enters it...
Numbers 34:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the (b) river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea. (b) Which was Nilus, or as some think Rhinocotura.
Numbers 34:5 - 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 34:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

river. Hebrew. nachal, . wady; not nahar, . river. Here used of "Sihor", and called the river of Egypt. Compare Genesis 15:18 , where it is nahar = the Nile.
Numbers 34:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. The river of Egypt - The eastern branch of the river Nile; or, according to othe...
Numbers 34:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

To the ascent of Akrabbim— Or to Maaleh-akrabbim, as it is rendered, Judges 15:3 which signifies, according to Bochart, the mount of scorpions; so called from the multitude of those creatures...
Numbers 34:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. River of Egypt - the ancient brook Sihor, the Rhinocolura of the Greeks,...
Numbers 34:5 - 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 34:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And the border shall fetch a compass... — Although the exact spots of some of the places which determined the southern border have not been positively ascertained, there seems, on the whole, very l...
Numbers 34:5 - 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 34:5 - 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 34:5 - 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 34:5 - 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 34:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the border shall fetch a compass ,.... Not go on in a straight line, but turn about: from Azmon unto the river of Egypt ; the river Nile, as both the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem; but Abe...
Numbers 34:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

From the south to Kadesh-barnea Rather, shall extend on the south to Kadesh-barnea westward. Unto the river of Egypt That is, the Nile. Not that the Jews did really extend their territories so fa...
Numbers 34:5 - 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 34:5 - 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 34:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The river of Egypt, called Sihor , Joshua 13:3 , which divided Egypt from Canaan. See Genesis 15:18 . The sea; the midland sea, called the sea emphatically; whereas the other seas there,...
Numbers 34:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

3). Description of The Land To Be Inherited ( Numbers 34:1-15 ). Having commanded the purifying of the land by the driving out of its inhabitants and their gods, the land in mind is now delineate...
Numbers 34:5 - 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 34:5 - 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 34:5 - 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 34:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Boundaries of Canaan
Numbers 34:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 8:65 ; Genesis 15:18 ; Isaiah 27:12 ; Joshua 15:4 ; Joshua 15:47 ; Numbers 34:6 ; Numbers 34:7
Numbers 34:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The river of Egypt — Called Sihor, Joshua 13:3 , which divided Egypt from Canaan. The sea — The midland sea, called the sea emphatically, whereas the other seas, as they are called, are indeed but...

Numbers 34:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Numbers 34:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Numbers 34:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 34:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Numbers 34:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 34:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Numbers 34:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 34:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 34:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Numbers 34:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 34:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Numbers 34:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 34:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 34:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 34:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 34:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 34:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 34:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 34:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 34:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 34:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 34:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Numbers 34:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 34:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 34:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes