Numbers 34:4

And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on to Hazaraddar, and pass on to Azmon:

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
border	הַגְּב֨וּל ha.ge.Vul	H1366	properly · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
turn	וְנָסַ֣ב ve.na.Sav	H5437	to revolve · conjunction + verb, niphal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
south	מִנֶּ֜גֶב mi.Ne.gev	H5045	the south (from its drought) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
ascent	מַעֲלֶה maʻăleh	H4608	an elevation
Akrabbim	לְמַעֲלֵ֤ה le.ma.'a.Leh	H4610	Steep of Scorpions · preposition + proper noun, a place name
on	וְעָ֣בַר ve.'A.var	H5674	to cross over · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Zin	צִ֔נָה Tzi.nah	H6790	Tsin · proper noun, a place name + directional suffix
forth	תּֽוֹצְאֹתָ֔יו totz.'o.Tav	H8444	(only in plural collective) exit · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
south	מִנֶּ֖גֶב mi.Ne.gev	H5045	the south (from its drought) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Kadesh-barnea	לְקָדֵ֣שׁ le.ka.Desh	H6947	Kadesh-Barnea · preposition + proper noun, a place name
on	וְיָצָ֥א ve.ya.Tza'	H3318	to go (causatively · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Hazar-addar	חֲצַר cha.tzar-	H2692	Chatsar-Addar · proper noun, a place name
on	וְעָבַ֥ר ve.'a.Var	H5674	to cross over · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Azmon	עַצְמֹֽנָה 'atz.Mo.nah	H6111	Atsmon · proper noun, a place name + directional suffix

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Cross-references

Numbers 32:8 Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.
Numbers 13:26 And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kades…
Joshua 15:3-4 And it went out to the south side to Maaleh-acrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh-barnea, and pas…
Numbers 13:21 So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
Numbers 20:1 Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; an…
Numbers 33:36-37 And they removed from Ezion-gaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.
Numbers 34:3 Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of…
Judges 1:36 And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.

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Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 34:3

your south quarter--The line which bounded it on the south is the most difficult to trace. According to the best biblical geographers, the leading points here defined are as follows: The southwest angle of the southern boundary should be where the wilderness of Zin touches the border of Edom, so that the southern boundary should extend eastward from the extremity of the Dead Sea, wind around the precipitous ridge of Akrabbim ("scorpions"), thought to be the high and difficult Pass of Safeh, which crosses the stream that flows from the south into the Jordan--that is, the great valley of the Arabah, reaching from the Dead to the Red Sea.

John Gill on Numbers 34:4

And your border,.... That is, the south border, which is still describing: shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim; or Maalehacrabbim, as in Joshua 15:3 so called from the multitude of serpents and scorpions in it, see Deuteronomy 8:15, so Kimchi says (k), a place of serpents and scorpions was this ascent: Dr. Shaw (l) says Akrabbim may probably be the same with the mountains of Accaba, according to the present name, which hang over Eloth, where there is a "high steep road", well known to the Mahometan pilgrims for its ruggedness: and he thinks (m) it very probable, that Mount Hor was the same chain of mountains that are now called Accaba by the Arabs, and were the easternmost r…

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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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Dictionary and topics

Akrabbim — Scorpions, probably the general name given to the ridge containing the pass between the south of the Dead Sea and Zin, es-Sufah, by which there is an ascent to the level of the land of Palestine.…
Azmon — (strong), a place named as being on the southern boundary of the Holy Land, apparently near the torrent of Egypt (Wadi el-Arish). (Numbers 34:4,5; Joshua 15:4) It has not yet been identified.
Hazar-addar — Village of Addar, a place in the southern boundary of Palestine (Num. 34:4), in the desert to the west of Kadesh-barnea. It is called Adar in Josh. 15:3.
Hazer — topographically, seems generally employed for the villages of people. As a proper name it appears in the Authorized Version—
Maaleh-acrabbim — Ascent of the scorpions; i.e., “scorpion-hill”, a pass on the south-eastern border of Palestine (Num. 34:4; Josh. 15:3). It is identified with the pass of Sufah, entering Palestine from the great…
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…
River of Egypt — (1.) Heb. nahar mitsraim, denotes in Gen. 15:18 the Nile, or its eastern branch (2 Chr. 9:26). (2.) In Num. 34:5 (R.V., “brook of Egypt”) the Hebrew word is nahal, denoting a stream flowing rapidly…
Akrabbim · A chain of hills in the — A chain of hills in the
Azmon · A place on the — A place on the
Canaanites · Territory of — Territory of
Hazar-Addar · Al — Al
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Numbers 34:4

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 34:3

John Gill on Numbers 34:4

John Calvin on Numbers 34:1-12

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Numbers 34:4

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Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 34:3

John Gill on Numbers 34:4

John Calvin on Numbers 34:1-12

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Numbers 34:3-5

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Numbers 34:4

Rashi on Numbers 34:4