Add parallel Print Page Options

then it is to turn southward to the ascent of Akrabbim, cross Zin, and then run south of Kadesh-barnea and proceed from there to Hazar-addar and across to Azmon. Then the border is to turn from Azmon toward the wadi[a] of Egypt and from there to the Mediterranean[b] Sea.’”

The Western Border of Israel

“‘The western[c] border is to be the Mediterranean[d] Sea. This is to be the western border.’”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 34:5 I.e. a seasonal stream or river that channels water during rain seasons but is dry at other times
  2. Numbers 34:5 The Heb. lacks Mediterranean
  3. Numbers 34:6 Lit. sea
  4. Numbers 34:6 Lit. Great; and so throughout the chapter