Bilangan 34:1-10

The Southern Border of the Land

34:1 ¹ Then the Lord spoke to Moses: 34:2 “Give these instructions ²  to the Israelites, and tell them: ‘When you enter Canaan, the land that has been assigned to you as an inheritance, ³  the land of Canaan with its borders, 34:3 your southern border ⁴  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, 34:4 and then the border will turn from the south to the Scorpion Ascent, ⁵  continue to Zin, and then its direction ⁶  will be from the south to Kadesh Barnea. Then it will go to Hazar Addar and pass over to Azmon. 34:5 There the border will turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and then its direction is to the sea. ⁷ 

The Western Border of the Land

34:6 “‘And for a western border ⁸  you will have the Great Sea. ⁹  This will be your western border.

The Northern Border of the Land

34:7 “‘And this will be your northern border: From the Great Sea you will draw a line to Mount Hor; 34:8 from Mount Hor you will draw a line to Lebo Hamath, ¹⁰  and the direction of the border will be to Zedad. 34:9 The border will continue to Ziphron, and its direction will be to Hazar Enan. This will be your northern border.

The Eastern Border of the Land

34:10 “‘For your eastern border you will draw a line from Hazar Enan to Shepham.

[34:1]  ¹ sn This chapter falls into several sections: the south (vv. 1-5), the west (v. 6), the north (vv. 7-9), the east (vv. 10-15), and then a list of appointed officials (vv. 16-29).

[34:2]  ² tn Or “command.”

[34:2]  ³ tn Heb “this is the land that will fall to you as an inheritance.”

[34:3]  ⁴ tn The expression refers to the corner or extremity of the Negev, the South.

[34:4]  ⁵ tn Or “the Ascent of Scorpions” (עַקְרַבִּים [’aqrabbim] means “scorpions” in Hebrew).

[34:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “its going forth,” or the way it runs.

[34:5]  ⁷ sn That is, the Mediterranean.

[34:6]  ⁸ tn The word for west is simply “sea,” because the sea is west of Israel.

[34:6]  ⁹ sn That is, the Mediterranean Sea (also in the following verse).

[34:8]  ¹⁰ tn Or “to the entrance to Hamath.”