“‘This shall be your north border: from the great sea you shall mark out for yourselves Mount Hor.
Parallel translations
- KJV And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor:
- BSB Your northern border will run from the Great Sea directly to Mount Hor,
- NKJV ‘And this shall be your northern border: From the Great Sea you shall mark out your border line to Mount Hor;
- NASB ‘And this shall be your northern border: you shall draw your boundary from the Great Sea to Mount Hor.
- NLT “Your northern boundary will begin at the Mediterranean Sea and run east to Mount Hor,
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Quick answer
The northern border is marked from the Great Sea to Mount Hor. This begins the description of the land's upper boundary.
Overview
This Mount Hor differs from the one where Aaron died and refers to a peak in the northern region, likely in the Lebanon range. Defining the northern edge completed the framing of Canaan's full extent. The ideal borders described here represent the breadth of God's promise, even where Israel never fully occupied all of it.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Num 33:37They traveled from Kadesh, and encamped in Mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.
- Num 34:3then 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.
- Num 34:9–10Then the border shall go to Ziphron, and it shall end at Hazar Enan. This shall be your north border.
- Num 34:6“‘For the western border, you shall have the great sea and its border. This shall be your west border.
- Ezek 47:15–17This shall be the border of the land: On the north side, from the great sea, by the way of Hethlon, to the entrance of Zedad;
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