Bilangan 34:8

34:8 from Mount Hor you will draw a line to Lebo Hamath, ¹  and the direction of the border will be to Zedad.

Bilangan 34:1

The Southern Border of the Land

34:1 ² Then the Lord spoke to Moses:

Kisah Para Rasul 8:1

8:1 And Saul agreed completely with killing ³  him.

Saul Begins to Persecute the Church

Now on that day a great ⁴  persecution began ⁵  against the church in Jerusalem, ⁶  and all ⁷  except the apostles were forced to scatter throughout the regions ⁸  of Judea and Samaria.

Yehezkiel 47:15-17

47:15 “This will be the border of the land: ⁹  On the north side, from the Great Sea by way of Hethlon to the entrance of Zedad; 47:16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath, as far as Hazer-hattikon, which is on the border of Hauran. 47:17 The border will run from the sea to Hazar-enan, at the border of Damascus, and on the north is the border of Hamath. This is the north side.

[34:8]  ¹ tn Or “to the entrance to Hamath.”

[34:1]  ² 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).

[8:1]  ³ tn The term ἀναίρεσις (anairesi") can refer to murder (BDAG 64 s.v.; 2 Macc 5:13; Josephus, Ant. 5.2.12 [5.165]).

[8:1]  ⁴ tn Or “severe.”

[8:1]  ⁵ tn Grk “Now there happened on that day a great persecution.” It is less awkward to say in English “Now on that day a great persecution began.”

[8:1]  ⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[8:1]  ⁷ sn All. Given that the Jerusalem church is still active after this and that the Hellenists are the focus of Acts 6-8, it is possible to argue that only the Hellenistic Christians were forced to scatter.

[8:1]  ⁸ tn Or “countryside.”

[47:15]  ⁹ sn The measurements resemble those in Num 34:1-2.