Numbers 34:4-6
New English Translation
4 and then the border will turn from the south to the Scorpion Ascent,[a] continue to Zin, and then its direction[b] will be from the south to Kadesh Barnea. Then it will go to Hazar Addar and pass over to Azmon. 5 There the border will turn from Azmon to the Stream of Egypt, and then its direction is to the sea.[c]
The Western Border of the Land
6 “‘And for a western border[d] you will have the Great Sea.[e] This will be your western border.
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- Numbers 34:4 tn Or “the Ascent of Scorpions” (עַקְרַבִּים [ʿaqrabbim] means “scorpions” in Hebrew).
- Numbers 34:4 tn Heb “its going forth,” or the way it runs.
- Numbers 34:5 sn That is, the Mediterranean.
- Numbers 34:6 tn The word for west is simply “sea,” because the sea is west of Israel.
- Numbers 34:6 sn That is, the Mediterranean Sea (also in the following verse).
Numbers 34:4-6
New International Version
4 cross south of Scorpion Pass,(A) continue on to Zin and go south of Kadesh Barnea.(B) Then it will go to Hazar Addar and over to Azmon,(C) 5 where it will turn, join the Wadi of Egypt(D) and end at the Mediterranean Sea.
6 “‘Your western boundary will be the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.(E) This will be your boundary on the west.(F)
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