Numbers 34:1-12

Boundaries of the Land

1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 "Command the people of Israel, and say to them, When you enter a the land of Canaan b (this is the land that shall fall to you for an inheritance, the land of Canaan as defined by its borders), 3 c your south side shall be from the wilderness of Zin alongside Edom, and your southern border shall run from the end of d the Salt Sea on the east. 4 And your border shall turn south of e the ascent of Akrabbim, and cross to Zin, and its limit shall be south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it shall go on to e Hazar-addar, and pass along to Azmon. 5 And the border shall turn f from Azmon to g the Brook of Egypt, and its limit shall be at the sea.

6 "For the western border, you shall have the Great Sea and its 1 coast. This shall be your western border.

7 "This shall be your northern border: from the Great Sea you shall draw a line to h Mount Hor. 8 From Mount Hor you shall draw a line i to Lebo-hamath, and the limit of the border shall be at j Zedad. 9 Then the border shall extend to Ziphron, and its limit shall be at k Hazar-enan. This shall be your northern border.

10 "You shall draw a line for your eastern border from Hazar-enan to Shepham. 11 And the border shall go down from Shepham to l Riblah on the east side of Ain. And the border shall go down and reach to the shoulder of m the Sea of Chinnereth on the east. 12 And the border shall go down to the Jordan, and its limit shall be at n the Salt Sea. This shall be your land as defined by its borders all around."

  1. Cross References
    Genesis 17:8
    And I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God.
    Exodus 3:8
    And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
    Psalms 105:11
    Saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan as your portion for an inheritance.
  2. Cross References
    Numbers 34:13
    Moses commanded the people of Israel, saying, "This is the land that you shall inherit by lot, which the Lord has commanded to give to the nine tribes and to the half-tribe.
  3. Cross References
    Joshua 15:1
    The allotment for the tribe of the people of Judah according to their clans reached southward to the boundary of Edom, to the wilderness of Zin at the farthest south.
    Genesis 15:18 - 21
    On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your offspring I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates.
    Ezekiel 47:13 - 21
    Thus says the Lord God : "This is the boundary by which you shall divide the land for inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel. Joseph shall have two portions.
  4. Cross References
    Numbers 34:12
    And the border shall go down to the Jordan, and its limit shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land as defined by its borders all around.
    Genesis 14:3
    And all these joined forces in the Valley of Siddim ( that is, the Salt Sea).
    Joshua 15:2
    And their south boundary ran from the end of the Salt Sea, from the bay that faces southward.
  5. Cross References
    Joshua 15:3
    It goes out southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, passes along to Zin, and goes up south of Kadesh-barnea, along by Hezron, up to Addar, turns about to Karka.
  6. Cross References
    Joshua 15:3
    It goes out southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, passes along to Zin, and goes up south of Kadesh-barnea, along by Hezron, up to Addar, turns about to Karka.
  7. Cross References
    Joshua 15:4
    Passes along to Azmon, goes out by the Brook of Egypt, and comes to its end at the sea. This shall be your south boundary.
  8. Cross References
    Genesis 15:18
    On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram...
    Joshua 15:4
    Passes along to Azmon, goes out by the Brook of...
    Joshua 15:47
    Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its t...
    1 Kings 8:65
    So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all...
    2 Kings 24:7
    And the king of Egypt did not come again out of...
    1 Chronicles 13:5
    So David assembled all Israel from the Nile of ...
    2 Chronicles 7:8
    At that time Solomon held the feast for seven d...
    Isaiah 27:12
    In that day from the river Euphrates to the Bro...
  9. Cross References
    Numbers 33:37
    And they set out from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the edge of the land of Edom.
  10. Cross References
    Numbers 13:21
    So they went up and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, near Lebo-hamath.
    2 Kings 14:25
    He restored the border of Israel from Lebo-hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the Lord, the God of Israel, which he spoke by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was from Gath-hepher.
    Ezekiel 48:1
    These are the names of the tribes: Beginning at the northern extreme, beside the way of Hethlon to Lebo-hamath, as far as Hazar-enan (which is on the northern border of Damascus over against Hamath), and extending from the east side to the west, Dan, one portion.
  11. Cross References
    Ezekiel 47:15
    This shall be the boundary of the land: On the north side, from the Great Sea by way of Hethlon to Lebo-hamath, and on to Zedad.
  12. Cross References
    Ezekiel 47:17
    So the boundary shall run from the sea to Hazar-enan, which is on the northern border of Damascus, with the border of Hamath to the north. This shall be the north side.
  13. Cross References
    2 Kings 23:33
    And Pharaoh Neco put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem, and laid on the land a tribute of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
    Jeremiah 39:5
    But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. And when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, at Riblah, in the land of Hamath; and he passed sentence on him.
  14. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 3:17
    The Arabah also, with the Jordan as the border,...
    Joshua 11:2
    And to the kings who were in the northern hill ...
    Joshua 12:3
    And the Arabah to the Sea of Chinneroth eastwar...
    Joshua 19:35
    The fortified cities are Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, ...
    Matthew 4:18
    While walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two...
    Luke 5:1
    On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing i...
  15. Cross References
    Numbers 34:3
    Your south side shall be from the wilderness of Zin alongside Edom, and your southern border shall run from the end of the Salt Sea on the east.
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