Numbers 34:6-7

The Western Border of the Land

34:6 “‘And for a western border ¹  you will have the Great Sea. ²  This will be your western border.

The Northern Border of the Land

34:7 “‘And this will be your northern border: From the Great Sea you will draw a line to Mount Hor;

Numbers 34:9

34:9 The border will continue to Ziphron, and its direction will be to Hazar Enan. This will be your northern border.

Numbers 35:26

35:26 But if the slayer at any time goes outside the boundary of the town to which he had fled,

Numbers 20:23

20:23 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom. He said:

Numbers 21:13

21:13 From there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends from the regions ³  of the Amorites, for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

Numbers 21:24

21:24 But the Israelites ⁴  defeated him in battle ⁵  and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the Ammonites, for the border of the Ammonites was strongly defended.

Numbers 22:36

Balaam Meets Balak

22:36 When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at a city of Moab which was on the border of the Arnon at the boundary of his territory.

Numbers 34:3

34:3 your southern border ⁶  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,

¹ tn The word for west is simply “sea,” because the sea is west of Israel.

² sn That is, the Mediterranean Sea (also in the following verse).

³ tn Or “border.”

⁵ tn The Hebrew text has “Israel,” but the verb is plural.

⁶ tn Heb “with the edge of the sword.”

⁷ tn The expression refers to the corner or extremity of the Negev, the South.