Numbers 34:2

Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:)

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Command	צַ֞ו tzav	H6680	(intensively) to constitute · verb, piel imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
children	בְּנֵ֤י be.Nei	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
say	וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ ve.'a.mar.Ta	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
come	בָּאִ֖ים ba.'Im	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
land	הָאָ֣רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
Canaan	כְּנָ֑עַן ke.Na.'an	H3667	Kenaan · proper noun, a place name
land	הָאָ֗רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
fall	תִּפֹּ֤ל ti.Pol	H5307	to fall · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
inheritance	בְּֽנַחֲלָ֔ה be.na.cha.Lah	H5159	properly · preposition + noun, common feminine singular absolute
land	אֶ֥רֶץ 'E.retz	H776	the earth (at large · noun, common feminine singular construct
Canaan	כְּנַ֖עַן ke.Na.'an	H3667	Kenaan · proper noun, a place name
coasts	לִגְבֻלֹתֶֽיהָ lig.vu.lo.Tei.ha	H1367	a boundary · preposition + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular

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Cross-references

Genesis 17:8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting poss…
Psalms 105:11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:
Deuteronomy 1:7-8 Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, an…
Psalms 78:54-55 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.
Ezekiel 47:14 And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning the which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land shal…
1 Peter 1:3-4 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by t…
Genesis 12:6-7 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
Genesis 13:15-17 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.

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Commentary

John Gill on Numbers 34:2

Command the children of Israel, and say unto them,.... Not to fix the borders, and settle the boundaries of the land, for that is done by the Lord himself, who has determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of men's habitations, and particularly of Israel, see Deuteronomy 32:8, but to observe and take notice of the limits he had fixed, that they might know how far they were to go on every side, whom they were to drive out, and what they were to divide and inherit, and see what was their right, and preserve it from the encroachments of their neighbours, as well as observe the goodness of God unto them, in thus providing for them: when ye come into the land of Canaan; to take posse…

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John Calvin on Numbers 34:1-12

And the Lord spake unto Moses. God here undertakes the office of a prudent and careful father of a family, in fixing the boundaries of the land on every side, lest their right to posses it should ever be called in question. He begins on the southern side, where it must be observed that the district of Bashan is included in it, and all that the Israelites had acquired before their passage of the Jordan, so that this addition was approved of by God. He extends this part as far as the wilderness of Sin, and the borders of Edom, and brings it round from Kadesh-barnea to Addar, and the passage of Azmon, and, finally, to the stream which washes [228] the city of Rhinocorura, in the immediate vicin…

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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Numbers 34:1-29

Chapter 34 gives the borders of the land of Canaan, which Israel was to settle according to the guidelines in 26:52-56. Ever since the call of Abraham (Gen 12:1-7), the Promised Land of Canaan had stood at the heart of the Old Testament story. Though an entire generation of Hebrews died in the wilderness because they refused to believe the report of the faithful spies (Num 13), God had reaffirmed his promise of land (33:53). Here, God reviewed the plan and identified the boundaries of the Promised Land in an idealized form (cp. Josh 13–19; Ezek 47–48). Old Testament Israel did not possess the exact extent of the territory described here (though it came close in the days of David and Solomon;…

Dictionary and topics

Palestine — Originally denoted only the sea-coast of the land of Canaan inhabited by the Philistines (Ex. 15:14; Isa. 14:29, 31; Joel 3:4), and in this sense exclusively the Hebrew name Pelesheth (rendered…
Canaanites · Territory of — Territory of
Holy Land · Extent of: As at first divided — Extent of: As at first divided

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

John Gill on Numbers 34:2

John Calvin on Numbers 34:1-12

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Numbers 34:1-29

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

John Gill on Numbers 34:2

John Calvin on Numbers 34:1-12

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Numbers 34:1-29

Dictionary and topics

Rashi on Numbers 34:2