Numbers 34:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border. ”

Numbers 34:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And [as for] the western border, ye shall even have the (c) great sea for a border: this shall be your west border. (c) Which is called the Mediterranean.
Numbers 34:6 - 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 34:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border. Ye shall even have the great sea for a border - The Mediterranean Sea, called here the...
Numbers 34:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The great sea— The Jews call the Mediterranean the great sea, in opposition to the lake of Gennezareth, and the Asphaltic lake, called, the one, the sea of Galilee, the other, the Salt or Dead...
Numbers 34:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border. The western border. There is no uncertainty about this boundary, since it is univ...
Numbers 34:6 - 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 34:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And as for the western border... — Better, And as for the western border, ye shall have the great sea and (its) border ( i.e., its coast). (See Joshua 15:47 . “the great sea and the border th...
Numbers 34:6 - 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 34:6 - 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 34:6 - 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 34:6 - 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 34:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And as for the western border ,.... Of the land of Canaan: you shall even have the great sea for a border ; and no other, meaning the Mediterranean sea, which lies west of the land of Judea; Aben...
Numbers 34:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And [as for] the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border. Ver. 6. The great sea. ] Commonly called the Mediterranean Sea, betwixt which and...
Numbers 34:6 - 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 34:6 - 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 34:6 - 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 34:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The great sea; the midland sea from the south to the north so far as runs parallel with Mount Libanus.
Numbers 34:6 - 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 34:6 - 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 34:6 - 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 34:6 - 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 34:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Boundaries of Canaan
Numbers 34:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 47:10 ; Ezekiel 47:15 ; Ezekiel 47:20 ; Joshua 1:4 ; Joshua 15:12 ; Joshua 15:47 ; Joshua 23:4 ; Joshua 9:1
Numbers 34:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The great sea — This midland sea from the south to the north, so far as it runs parallel with mount Libanus.

Numbers 34:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Numbers 34:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 34:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 34:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Numbers 34:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 34:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 34:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Numbers 34:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 34:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Numbers 34:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 34:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 34:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 34:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Numbers 34:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 34:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 34:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 34:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 34:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 34:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 34:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 34:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Numbers 34:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 34:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 34:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes