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Texts -- Numbers 34:9 (NET)
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- Num 34:7-9 -- The Northern Border of the Land
Bible Dictionary
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Hazar-enan
[ebd] village of fountains, a place on the north-east frontier of Palestine (Num. 34:9, 10). Some have identified it with Ayan ed-Dara in the heart of the central chain of Anti-Libanus. More probably, however, it has been identifi...
[nave] HAZAR-ENAN, the N.E. boundary point of the promised land, Num. 34:9, 10; Ezek. 47:17; 48:1.
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Ziphron
[ebd] sweet odour, a city on the northern border of Palestine (Num. 34:9), south-east of Hamath.
[nave] ZIPHRON, a place in the N. of Palestine, Num. 34:9.
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Canaanites
[nave] CANAANITES Eleven nations, descended from Canaan, Gen. 10:15-19; Deut. 7:1; 1 Chr. 1:13-16. Territory of, Gen. 10:19; 12:6; 15:18; Ex. 23:31; Num. 13:29; 34:1-12; Josh. 1:4; 5:1; given to the Israelites, Gen. 12:6, 7; 15:18...
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HAZER
[smith] topographically, seems generally employed for the villages of people. As a proper name it appears in the Authorized Version -- In the plural, HAZERIM and HAZEBOTH, for which see below. In the slightly different form of HAZOR...
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ZIPHRAN
[smith] (fragrance), appoint in the north boundary of the promised land as specified by Moses. (Numbers 34:9)
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PALESTINE, 3
[isbe] PALESTINE, 3 - IV. Palestine in the Poetic Books of the Old Testament. 1. Book of Job: In Job the scene is distinctively Edomite. Uz (Job 1:1; compare Gen 22:21 the English Revised Version; Jer 25:20; Lam 4:21) and Buz (Job ...
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JOSHUA (2)
[isbe] JOSHUA (2) - || I. FORM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF NAME II. HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF JOSHUA 1. First Appearance 2. The Minister of Moses 3. One of the Spies 4. The Head of the People (1) His First Act--Sending of the Spies (2) Crossi...
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Palestine
[ebd] originally denoted only the sea-coast of the land of Canaan inhabited by the Philistines (Ex. 15:14; Isa. 14:29, 31; Joel 3:4), and in this sense exclusively the Hebrew name Pelesheth (rendered "Philistia" in Ps. 60:8; 83:7;...
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GOING; GOINGS
[isbe] GOING; GOINGS - go'-ing, go'-ingz: Besides, occasionally, forms of the common words for "go" (see Go), for "going" and "goings," the Hebrew has 'ashshur ('ashur, 'ashur), "step," motsa', totsa'oth, "goings out," "outgoings."...
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HAZAR
[isbe] HAZAR - ha'-zar (chatsar, construct of chatser, "an enclosure," "settlement," or "village"): Is frequently the first element in Hebrew place-names. 1. Hazar-addar: Hazar-addar (Hebrew chatsar 'addar), a place on the southern...
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NORTH; NORTH COUNTRY
[isbe] NORTH; NORTH COUNTRY - north, (tsaphon, from tsaphan, "to hide," i.e. "the hidden," "the dark" (Gesenius); borrhas, boreas (Judith 16:4); septentrio (2 Esdras 15:43)): In addition to the many places where "north" occurs mere...
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