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Your southern boundary will start in the east from the southern end of the Dead Sea, <a href="/nlt/numbers/34.htm">New Living Translation</a> 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. <a href="/esv/numbers/34.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/bsb/numbers/34.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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, <a href="/kjv/numbers/34.htm">King James Bible</a> 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: <a href="/nkjv/numbers/34.htm">New King James Version</a> 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; <a href="/nasb_/numbers/34.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nasb/numbers/34.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8216Your 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. <a href="/nasb77/numbers/34.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘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. <a href="/lsb/numbers/34.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> 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. <a href="/amp/numbers/34.htm">Amplified Bible</a> 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. <a href="/csb/numbers/34.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/hcsb/numbers/34.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/asv/numbers/34.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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; <a href="/cev/numbers/34.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> 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. <a href="/erv/numbers/34.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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: <a href="/gwt/numbers/34.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "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 <a href="/gnt/numbers/34.htm">Good News Translation</a> 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. <a href="/isv/numbers/34.htm">International Standard Version</a> "'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, <a href="/msb/numbers/34.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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, <a href="/net/numbers/34.htm">NET Bible</a> 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, <a href="/nheb/numbers/34.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> 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; <a href="/wbt/numbers/34.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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: <a href="/web/numbers/34.htm">World English Bible</a> 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/numbers/34.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> 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; <a href="/ylt/numbers/34.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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; <a href="/slt/numbers/34.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And to you was the south side from the desert of Zin upon the hands of Edom, and to you was the south boundary from the extremity of the salt sea eastward.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/numbers/34.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> 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: <a href="/cpdv/numbers/34.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> The southern part shall begin from the wilderness of Sin, which is next to Edom, and it shall have the Sea of Salt as a limit to the east. <a href="/nabre/numbers/34.htm">New American Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nrsvce/numbers/34.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> 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;<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/numbers/34.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Then your south boundary shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the border of Edom, and your southern border shall be from the end of the salt sea eastward; <a href="/hpbt/numbers/34.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> 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:<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/numbers/34.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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; <a href="/sep/numbers/34.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> 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. <a href="/parallel/numbers/34-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=10533" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/numbers/34.htm">The Boundaries of Canaan</a> …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: 3<a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">Your</a> <a href="/hebrew/5045.htm" title="5045: ne·ḡeḇ (N-proper-fs) -- From an unused root meaning to be parched; the south; specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt.">southern</a> <a href="/hebrew/6285.htm" title="6285: pə·’aṯ- (N-fsc) -- Corner, side. Feminine of poh; properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. Direction, region, extremity.">border</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">will extend</a> <a href="/hebrew/4057.htm" title="4057: mim·miḏ·bar- (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- A pasture, a desert, speech. From dabar in the sense of driving; a pasture; by implication, a desert; also speech.">from the Wilderness</a> <a href="/hebrew/6790.htm" title="6790: ṣin (N-proper-fs) -- A desert area which included Kadesh-barnea. From an unused root meaning to prick; a crag; Tsin, a part of the Desert.">of Zin</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">along</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yə·ḏê (N-fdc) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">the border</a> <a href="/hebrew/123.htm" title="123: ’ĕ·ḏō·wm (N-proper-ms) -- The name of a condiment. Or oedowm; from 'adom; red; Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region occupied by him.">of Edom.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6924.htm" title="6924: qê·ḏə·māh (Adv:: 3fs) -- The front, of place, time. Or qedmah; from qadam; the front, of place or time; often used adverbially.">On the east,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5045.htm" title="5045: ne·ḡeḇ (N-proper-fs) -- From an unused root meaning to be parched; the south; specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt.">your southern</a> <a href="/hebrew/1366.htm" title="1366: gə·ḇūl (N-msc) -- Border, boundary, territory. Or gbul; from gabal; properly, a cord, i.e. a boundary; by extens. The territory inclosed.">border</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">will run</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/7097.htm" title="7097: miq·ṣêh (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- End, extremity. Or qetseh; from qatsah; an extremity.">from the end</a> <a href="/hebrew/4417.htm" title="4417: ham·me·laḥ (Art:: N-ms) -- Salt. From malach; properly, powder, i.e. salt">of the Salt</a> <a href="/hebrew/3220.htm" title="3220: yām- (N-msc) -- A sea or large body of water; specifically, the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river.">Sea,</a> 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,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/joshua/15-1.htm">Joshua 15:1-4</a> 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: / Their southern border started at the bay on the southern tip of the Salt Sea, / proceeded south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continued on to Zin, went over to the south of Kadesh-barnea, ran past Hezron up to Addar, and curved toward Karka. ... <a href="/ezekiel/47-13.htm">Ezekiel 47:13-20</a> This is what the Lord GOD says: “These are the boundaries by which you are to divide the land as an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel; Joseph shall receive two portions. / You are to divide it equally among them. Because I swore with an uplifted hand to give it to your forefathers, this land will fall to you as an inheritance. / This shall be the boundary of the land: On the north side it will extend from the Great Sea by way of Hethlon through Lebo-hamath to Zedad, ... <a href="/genesis/15-18.htm">Genesis 15:18</a> On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates— <a href="/deuteronomy/11-24.htm">Deuteronomy 11:24</a> Every place where the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Western Sea. <a href="/joshua/13-1.htm">Joshua 13:1-7</a> Now Joshua was old and well along in years, and the LORD said to him, “You are old and well along in years, but very much of the land remains to be possessed. / This is the land that remains: All the territory of the Philistines and the Geshurites, / from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites; ... <a href="/joshua/14-1.htm">Joshua 14:1-5</a> Now these are the portions that the Israelites inherited in the land of Canaan, as distributed by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes of Israel. / Their inheritance was assigned by lot for the nine and a half tribes, as the LORD had commanded through Moses. / For Moses had given the inheritance east of the Jordan to the other two and a half tribes. But he granted no inheritance among them to the Levites. ... <a href="/1_kings/4-21.htm">1 Kings 4:21</a> And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life. <a href="/2_chronicles/9-26.htm">2 Chronicles 9:26</a> He reigned over all the kings from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. <a href="/genesis/13-14.htm">Genesis 13:14-17</a> After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west, / for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever. / I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted. ... <a href="/exodus/23-31.htm">Exodus 23:31</a> And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you. <a href="/deuteronomy/1-7.htm">Deuteronomy 1:7-8</a> Resume your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the foothills, in the Negev, and along the seacoast to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great River Euphrates. / See, I have placed the land before you. Enter and possess the land that the LORD swore He would give to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants after them.” <a href="/acts/13-19.htm">Acts 13:19</a> And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance. <a href="/acts/7-5.htm">Acts 7:5</a> He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham and his descendants, even though he did not yet have a child. <a href="/hebrews/11-9.htm">Hebrews 11:9-10</a> By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. / For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God. <a href="/romans/4-13.htm">Romans 4:13</a> For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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<a href="/exodus/23-31.htm">Exodus 23:31</a> 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.<a href="/joshua/15-1.htm">Joshua 15:1-12</a> 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… <a href="/ezekiel/47-13.htm">Ezekiel 47:13,19</a> 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.<a href="/genesis/14-3.htm">Genesis 14:3</a> All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.<a href="/joshua/3-16.htm">Joshua 3:16</a> 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.<a href="/joshua/15-2.htm">Joshua 15:2</a> And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/21-13.htm">Alongside</a> <a href="/genesis/11-6.htm">Begin</a> <a href="/numbers/33-44.htm">Border</a> <a href="/numbers/22-36.htm">Boundary</a> <a href="/numbers/22-25.htm">Close</a> <a href="/numbers/24-24.htm">Coast</a> <a href="/numbers/33-36.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/numbers/33-7.htm">East</a> <a href="/numbers/32-19.htm">Eastward</a> <a href="/numbers/33-37.htm">Edom</a> <a href="/numbers/33-6.htm">End</a> <a href="/exodus/27-5.htm">Extend</a> <a href="/numbers/33-37.htm">Extremity</a> <a href="/numbers/29-38.htm">Include</a> <a href="/numbers/22-36.htm">Limit</a> <a href="/exodus/36-17.htm">Outmost</a> <a href="/numbers/28-14.htm">Quarter</a> <a href="/numbers/18-19.htm">Salt</a> <a href="/numbers/33-11.htm">Sea</a> <a href="/numbers/33-49.htm">Side</a> <a href="/numbers/33-40.htm">South</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-28.htm">Southern</a> <a href="/numbers/16-47.htm">Start</a> <a href="/numbers/33-52.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/numbers/33-36.htm">Wilderness</a> <a href="/numbers/33-36.htm">Zin</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_chronicles/26-16.htm">Alongside</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-24.htm">Begin</a> <a href="/numbers/34-4.htm">Border</a> <a href="/numbers/34-4.htm">Boundary</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-7.htm">Close</a> <a href="/numbers/34-6.htm">Coast</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-1.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/numbers/34-10.htm">East</a> <a href="/numbers/34-10.htm">Eastward</a> <a href="/joshua/15-1.htm">Edom</a> <a href="/numbers/34-4.htm">End</a> <a href="/numbers/34-9.htm">Extend</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-4.htm">Extremity</a> <a href="/joshua/17-7.htm">Include</a> <a href="/numbers/34-4.htm">Limit</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-4.htm">Outmost</a> <a href="/joshua/15-5.htm">Quarter</a> <a href="/numbers/34-12.htm">Salt</a> <a href="/numbers/34-5.htm">Sea</a> <a href="/numbers/34-11.htm">Side</a> <a href="/numbers/34-4.htm">South</a> <a href="/joshua/15-2.htm">Southern</a> <a href="/judges/7-19.htm">Start</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-1.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-1.htm">Wilderness</a> <a href="/numbers/34-4.htm">Zin</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 34</div>1. <a href="/numbers/34-1.htm">The borders of the land</a> 16. <a href="/numbers/34-16.htm">The names of the men who shall divide the land</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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It is significant in the biblical narrative as a place where the Israelites wandered during their 40 years in the desert. This area is often associated with testing and reliance on God, as seen in the story of Moses striking the rock to bring forth water (<a href="/numbers/20.htm">Numbers 20:1-13</a>). The designation of this area as part of the southern border of the Promised Land underscores the transition from wandering to settlement, marking a boundary between the past trials and the future inheritance.along the border of Edom Edom, the land of Esau's descendants, lies to the southeast of Israel. Historically, Edom had a contentious relationship with Israel, often characterized by conflict and rivalry. The border with Edom signifies a clear demarcation between the Israelites and their kin, the Edomites. This boundary also reflects the fulfillment of God's promise to Jacob, distinguishing the land given to Israel from that of Esau's descendants (<a href="/genesis/36-8.htm">Genesis 36:8</a>). The border's mention highlights the importance of maintaining distinct national identities and territories as ordained by God.On the east, your southern border will run from the end of the Salt Sea The Salt Sea, known today as the Dead Sea, is a significant geographical landmark. It is the lowest point on Earth's surface and is characterized by its high salinity. In biblical times, the Salt Sea marked the eastern boundary of the southern border of the Promised Land. This boundary is significant as it represents the easternmost point of the southern border, providing a natural barrier and a point of reference for the Israelites. The Dead Sea's unique properties and its location have made it a symbol of desolation and judgment, as seen in the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (<a href="/genesis/19-24.htm">Genesis 19:24-29</a>). The border's extension from this point emphasizes the completeness and specificity of God's promise to Abraham regarding the land his descendants would inherit (<a href="/genesis/15-18.htm">Genesis 15:18-21</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/w/wilderness_of_zin.htm">Wilderness of Zin</a> A desert region located in the southern part of Canaan, often associated with the Israelites' wanderings. It represents a boundary marker for the Promised Land. 2. <a href="/topical/e/edom.htm">Edom</a> A nation descended from Esau, Jacob's brother. Edom's border is significant as it represents a neighboring nation with historical tensions with Israel. 3. <a href="/topical/s/salt_sea.htm">Salt Sea</a> Known today as the Dead Sea, it is a significant geographical landmark in the region. It serves as a natural boundary for the southern part of the Promised Land. 4. <a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a> The people of God, descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who are receiving the land promised to their forefathers. 5. <a href="/topical/p/promised_land.htm">Promised Land</a> The land of Canaan, promised by God to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as a place of rest and blessing.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_to_his_promises.htm">God's Faithfulness to His Promises</a> The specific boundaries of the Promised Land highlight God's faithfulness in fulfilling His covenant with Abraham. Believers can trust in God's promises for their lives. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_boundaries.htm">The Importance of Boundaries</a> Just as God set physical boundaries for Israel, He sets spiritual and moral boundaries for His people today. These boundaries are for our protection and blessing. <a href="/topical/l/living_in_the_promised_land.htm">Living in the Promised Land</a> The Promised Land is not just a physical location but represents living in the fullness of God's blessings. Christians are called to live in the spiritual "Promised Land" by walking in obedience and faith. <a href="/topical/h/historical_context_and_spiritual_lessons.htm">Historical Context and Spiritual Lessons</a> Understanding the historical context of Israel's boundaries helps us appreciate the spiritual lessons of trust, obedience, and reliance on God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_34.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 34</a> <a href="/q/what_defines_being_an_enemy_of_god.htm">What is the biblical significance of Kadesh Barnea?</a> <a href="/q/what's_the_dead_sea's_biblical_role.htm">What is the Dead Sea's biblical significance?</a> <a href="/q/how_do_skeptics_view_precise_borders.htm">How do skeptics address the scientific plausibility of defining such precise borders in a largely nomadic context described elsewhere in the Pentateuch?</a> <a href="/q/do_joshua_15_1-12's_borders_conflict.htm">Do the territorial descriptions in Joshua 15:1-12 conflict with other biblical texts or known ancient boundaries, suggesting an editorial or historical inconsistency?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/34.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>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 <a href="/deuteronomy/1-2.htm">Deuteronomy 1:2</a>, the Seir of <a href="/deuteronomy/1-44.htm">Deuteronomy 1:44</a>; 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. <a href="/joshua/15-2.htm">Joshua 15:2</a>). The easternmost point in this boundary was to be fixed at the southernmost extremity of the Salt Sea. <a href="/commentaries/numbers/34-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Your southern נֶ֛גֶב (ne·ḡeḇ) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5045.htm">Strong's 5045: </a> South country, the Negeb, south border פְּאַת־ (pə·’aṯ-) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6285.htm">Strong's 6285: </a> Mouth, direction, region, extremity will extend וְהָיָ֨ה (wə·hā·yāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be from the wilderness מִמִּדְבַּר־ (mim·miḏ·bar-) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4057.htm">Strong's 4057: </a> A pasture, a desert, speech of Zin צִ֖ן (ṣin) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6790.htm">Strong's 6790: </a> Zin -- a desert area which included Kadesh-barnea along עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the border יְדֵ֣י (yə·ḏê) Noun - fdc <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand of Edom. אֱד֑וֹם (’ĕ·ḏō·wm) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_123.htm">Strong's 123: </a> The name of a condiment On the east, קֵֽדְמָה׃ (qê·ḏə·māh) Adverb | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6924.htm">Strong's 6924: </a> The front, of place, time your southern נֶ֔גֶב (ne·ḡeḇ) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5045.htm">Strong's 5045: </a> South country, the Negeb, south border גְּב֣וּל (gə·ḇūl) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1366.htm">Strong's 1366: </a> A cord, a boundary, the territory inclosed will extend וְהָיָ֤ה (wə·hā·yāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be from the end מִקְצֵ֥ה (miq·ṣêh) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7097.htm">Strong's 7097: </a> End, extremity of the Salt הַמֶּ֖לַח (ham·me·laḥ) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4417.htm">Strong's 4417: </a> Powder, salt Sea, יָם־ (yām-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3220.htm">Strong's 3220: </a> A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/34-3.htm">Numbers 34:3 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/numbers/34-3.htm">Numbers 34:3 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/numbers/34-3.htm">Numbers 34:3 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/numbers/34-3.htm">Numbers 34:3 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/numbers/34-3.htm">Numbers 34:3 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/34-3.htm">Numbers 34:3 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/34-3.htm">Numbers 34:3 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/34-3.htm">Numbers 34:3 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/34-3.htm">Numbers 34:3 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/numbers/34-3.htm">Numbers 34:3 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/numbers/34-3.htm">OT Law: Numbers 34:3 Then your south quarter shall be (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/34-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 34:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 34:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/34-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 34:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 34:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>