Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “’Your southern side will include some of the Desert of Zin along the border of Edom. Your southern boundary will start in the east from the southern end of the Dead Sea, New Living Translation The southern portion of your country will extend from the wilderness of Zin, along the edge of Edom. The southern boundary will begin on the east at the Dead Sea. English Standard Version 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. Berean Standard Bible Your southern border will extend from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your southern border will run from the end of the Salt Sea, King James Bible 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 the salt sea eastward: New King James Version Your southern border shall be from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom; then your southern border shall extend eastward to the end of the Salt Sea; New American Standard Bible Your southern region shall extend from the wilderness of Zin along the side of Edom, and your southern border shall extend from the end of the Salt Sea eastward. NASB 1995 ‘Your southern sector shall extend from the wilderness of Zin along the side of Edom, and your southern border shall extend from the end of the Salt Sea eastward. NASB 1977 ‘Your southern sector shall extend from the wilderness of Zin along the side of Edom, and your southern border shall extend from the end of the Salt Sea eastward. Legacy Standard Bible And your southern sector shall extend from the wilderness of Zin along the side of Edom, and your southern border shall extend from the end of the Salt Sea eastward. Amplified Bible your southern region shall be from the Wilderness of Zin along the side of Edom, and your southern boundary from the end of the Salt (Dead) Sea eastward. Christian Standard Bible Your southern side will be from the Wilderness of Zin along the boundary of Edom. Your southern border on the east will begin at the east end of the Dead Sea. Holman Christian Standard Bible Your southern side will be from the Wilderness of Zin along the boundary of Edom. Your southern border on the east will begin at the east end of the Dead Sea. American Standard Version then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the side of Edom, and your south border shall be from the end of the Salt Sea eastward; Aramaic Bible in Plain English And the side of the south from the wilderness of Tsin on the border of Adum will be for you, and the border of the south from the end of the Sea of Salt from the East will be for you: Brenton Septuagint Translation And your southern side shall be from the wilderness of Sin to the border of Edom, and your border southward shall extend on the side of the salt sea eastward. Contemporary English Version The southern border will be the Zin Desert and the northwest part of Edom. This border will begin at the south end of the Dead Sea. Douay-Rheims Bible The south side shall begin from the wilderness of Sin, which is by Edom: and shall have the most salt sea for its furthest limits eastward: English Revised Version then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the side of Edom, and your south border shall be from the end of the Salt Sea eastward: GOD'S WORD® Translation "The southern side includes part of the Desert of Zin along the border of Edom. In the east the southern border starts from the end of the Dead Sea Good News Translation The southern border will extend from the wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. It will begin on the east at the southern end of the Dead Sea. International Standard Version "'To your south is the Wilderness of Zin, bordering Edom. Your southern border is to extend east toward the far end of the Dead Sea, JPS Tanakh 1917 Thus your south side shall be from the wilderness of Zin close by the side of Edom, and your south border shall begin at the end of the Salt Sea eastward; Literal Standard Version then the south quarter has been to you from the wilderness of Zin, by the sides of Edom, indeed, the south border has been to you from the extremity of the Salt Sea eastward; Majority Standard Bible Your southern border will extend from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your southern border will run from the end of the Salt Sea, New American Bible Your southern boundary will be at the wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom; on the east your southern boundary will begin at the end of the Salt Sea. NET Bible your southern border will extend from the wilderness of Zin along the Edomite border, and your southern border will run eastward to the extremity of the Salt Sea, New Revised Standard Version your south sector shall extend from the wilderness of Zin along the side of Edom. Your southern boundary shall begin from the end of the Dead Sea on the east; New Heart English Bible then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the side of Edom, and your south border shall be from the end of the Salt Sea eastward; Webster's Bible Translation Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the border of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward: World English Bible then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the side of Edom, and your south border shall be from the end of the Salt Sea eastward. Young's Literal Translation then hath the south quarter been to you from the wilderness of Zin, by the sides of Edom, yea, the south border hath been to you from the extremity of the Salt Sea, eastward; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Boundaries of Canaan…2“Command the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land of Canaan, it will be allotted to you as an inheritance with these boundaries: 3Your southern border will extend from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your southern border will run from the end of the Salt Sea, 4cross south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Zin, and go south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it will go on to Hazar-addar and proceed to Azmon,… Cross References Joshua 1:4 Your territory shall extend from the wilderness and Lebanon to the great River Euphrates--all the land of the Hittites--and west as far as the Great Sea. Joshua 15:1 Now the allotment for the clans of the tribe of Judah extended to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin at the extreme southern boundary: Joshua 15:5 The eastern border was the Salt Sea as far as the mouth of the Jordan. The northern border started from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan, Ezekiel 47:19 On the south side it will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, and along the Brook of Egypt to the Great Sea. This will be the southern boundary. Treasury of Scripture 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 the salt sea eastward: south quarter Exodus 23:31 And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee. Joshua 15:1-12 This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast… Ezekiel 47:13,19 Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions… salt sea eastward. Genesis 14:3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea. Joshua 3:16 That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho. Joshua 15:2 And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward: Jump to Previous Alongside Begin Border Boundary Close Coast Desert East Eastward Edom End Extend Extremity Include Limit Outmost Quarter Salt Sea Side South Southern Start Waste Wilderness ZinJump to Next Alongside Begin Border Boundary Close Coast Desert East Eastward Edom End Extend Extremity Include Limit Outmost Quarter Salt Sea Side South Southern Start Waste Wilderness ZinNumbers 34 1. The borders of the land16. The names of the men who shall divide the land Verse 3. - Then your south quarter. Rather, "and your south side." From the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom. This general preliminary definition of the southern frontier marks the "wilderness of Zin" as its chief natural feature, and asserts that this wilderness rested "upon the sides" (עַל־יְדֵי) of Edom. The wilderness of gin can scarcely be anything else than the Wady Murreh, with more or less of the barren hills which rise to the south of it, for this wady undoubtedly forms the natural southern boundary of Canaan. All travelers agree both as to the remarkable character of the depression itself and as to the contrast between its northern and southern mountain walls. To the south lies the inhospitable and un-cultivatable desert; to the north the often arid and treeless, but still partially green and habitable, plateau of Southern Palestine. The expression, "on the sides of Edom," can only mean that beyond the Wady Murreh lay territory belonging to Edom, the Mount Seir of Deuteronomy 1:2, the Seir of Deuteronomy 1:44; it does not seem possible that Edom proper, which lay to the east of the Arabah, and which barely marched at all with the land of Canaan, should be intended here (see on Joshua 15:1, and the note on the site of Kadesh). And your south border. This begins a fresh paragraph, in which the southern boundary, already roughly fixed, is described in greater detail. Shall be the utmost coast of the salt sea eastward. Rather, "shall be from the extremity (מִקְצֵה) of the salt sea eastward" (cf. Joshua 15:2). The easternmost point in this boundary was to be fixed at the southernmost extremity of the Salt Sea. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Your southernנֶ֛גֶב (ne·ḡeḇ) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 5045: South country, the Negeb, south border פְּאַת־ (pə·’aṯ-) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 6285: Mouth, direction, region, extremity will extend וְהָיָ֨ה (wə·hā·yāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be from the wilderness מִמִּדְבַּר־ (mim·miḏ·bar-) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech of Zin צִ֖ן (ṣin) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 6790: Zin -- a desert area which included Kadesh-barnea along עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the border יְדֵ֣י (yə·ḏê) Noun - fdc Strong's 3027: A hand of Edom. אֱד֑וֹם (’ĕ·ḏō·wm) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 123: The name of a condiment On the east, קֵֽדְמָה׃ (qê·ḏə·māh) Adverb | third person feminine singular Strong's 6924: The front, of place, time your southern נֶ֔גֶב (ne·ḡeḇ) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 5045: South country, the Negeb, south border גְּב֣וּל (gə·ḇūl) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1366: A cord, a boundary, the territory inclosed will extend וְהָיָ֤ה (wə·hā·yāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be from the end מִקְצֵ֥ה (miq·ṣêh) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 7097: End, extremity of the Salt הַמֶּ֖לַח (ham·me·laḥ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4417: Powder, salt Sea, יָם־ (yām-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin Links Numbers 34:3 NIVNumbers 34:3 NLT Numbers 34:3 ESV Numbers 34:3 NASB Numbers 34:3 KJV Numbers 34:3 BibleApps.com Numbers 34:3 Biblia Paralela Numbers 34:3 Chinese Bible Numbers 34:3 French Bible Numbers 34:3 Catholic Bible OT Law: Numbers 34:3 Then your south quarter shall be (Nu Num.) |
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