Numbers 34:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor: ”

Numbers 34:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The northern border. On the “Mount Hor,” compare Numbers 20:22 note. Here the name denotes the whole western crest of Mount Lebanon, 80 miles in length, commencing east of Zidon, and terminating...
Numbers 34:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount (d) Hor: (d) Which is a mountain near Tyre and Sidon, and not that Hor in the wilderness where Aaron died.
Numbers 34:7 - 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 34:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

great sea: i.e. the Mediterranean,. modern name for the Great Sea. point out . mark out or claim. Hebrew. ta'ah. Occurs only here. mount Hor. Not the mount Hor where Aaron died, which was in...
Numbers 34:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor:
Numbers 34:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

From the great sea ye shall point out—mount Hor— The north bounds reached from the north end of the Mediterranean along by the mountains Libanus and Anti-Libanus, as far as the two heads of the riv...
Numbers 34:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor: North border. The principal difficulty in understanding the description here arises from what our...
Numbers 34:7 - 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 34:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Mount Hor. — It has been thought by some that Hermon is the mountain to which reference is made. But, as Ritter has observed (“Comparative Geography of Palestine,” 3, p. 176), “Hermon stands too fa...
Numbers 34:7 - 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 34:7 - 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 34:7 - 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 34:7 - 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 34:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And this shall be your northern border ,.... What follows: from the great sea ye shall point out for you Mount Hor ; not that Mount Hor on which Aaron died, for that was on the southern border of...
Numbers 34:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Mount Hor Not that Hor where Aaron died, which was southward, and bordering upon Edom, but another mountain, probably Hermon, or some part of mount Lebanon, which is elsewhere mentioned as the nort...
Numbers 34:7 - 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 34:7 - 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 34:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Not that Hor where Aaron died, Numbers 20:23 , which was southward, and bordering upon Edom, Numbers 33:37,38 , and therefore could not be their northern border; but another mountain, and, as...
Numbers 34:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“ And this shall be your north border: from the great sea you shall mark out for you mount Hor; from mount Hor you shall mark out to Lebo-Hamath; and the goings out of the border shall be at Zedad;...
Numbers 34:7 - 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 34:7 - 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 34:7 - 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 34:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Boundaries of Canaan
Numbers 34:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 33:37 ; Numbers 34:10 ; Numbers 34:3 ; Numbers 34:6 ; Numbers 34:9
Numbers 34:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Hor — Not that Hor where Aaron died, which was southward, and bordering upon Edom, but another mountain, and, as it is conceived, the mountain of Libanus, which is elsewhere mentioned as the northe...

Numbers 34:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Numbers 34:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Numbers 34:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 34:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Numbers 34:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 34:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Numbers 34:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 34:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 34:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Numbers 34:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 34:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Numbers 34:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 34:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 34:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 34:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 34:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 34:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 34:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 34:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 34:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 34:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 34:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Numbers 34:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 34:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 34:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes