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Numbers 34:1

WEBKJVBSBESVNKJVNASBNLT
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers 34:1 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
  • BSB Then the LORD said to Moses,
  • NKJV Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
  • NASB Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
  • NLT Then the Lord said to Moses,

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Quick answer

The Lord speaks to Moses, introducing the description of Canaan's appointed boundaries. God Himself defines the borders of the promised inheritance.

Overview

This divine address opens the chapter that maps out the land's limits before Israel has entered it. That God specifies the boundaries shows the inheritance is His precise gift, not a matter of human conquest or ambition. The God who appoints the bounds of nations (Acts 17:26) graciously sets apart a land for His covenant people.

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  • VideoBibleProject — Numbers videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

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Christ at the center

In the wilderness Christ is the water from the rock, the bronze serpent lifted up that the dying might look and live (John 3:14), and the star and scepter that Balaam saw rising out of Jacob.

How Numbers 34:1 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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And the LORDיְהֹוָהspakeדָבַרunto Mosesמֹשֶׁהsayingאָמַר
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