Numbers 34:5

From there, the border will turn from Azmon toward the brook of Egypt and follow it to the sea.

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In The King James Version

And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.

In Context

4Your border will turn south from the hill of Akrabbim and pass along through the wilderness of Zin. From there, it will run south of Kadesh Barnea and continue to Hazar Addar and further to Azmon.

6The western border will be the coastline of the Great Sea. This will be your western border.

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Cross References

Numbers 34:6The western border will be the coastline of the Great Sea. This will be your western border.

Joshua 15:47Ashdod, its surrounding towns, including their villages; Gaza, its surrounding towns including their villages; to the brook of Egypt, and to the Great Sea with its coastline.

Isaiah 27:12It will come about on that day 1 that Yahweh will thresh from the Euphrates River to the Wadi of Egypt 1 and you, the people of Israel, will be gathered together one by one. 1

Matthew Henry on Numbers 34:2-16

The Boundaries of Canaan. ( b. c. 1452.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:) 3 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: 4 And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of… Read the whole commentary →

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