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Numbers 34:12

JordanSalt Sea

10 And your eastern border will run straight from Hazar-enan to Shepham,

11 then go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Chinnereth.

Then the border will go down along the Jordan and end at the Salt Sea. This will be your land, defined by its borders on all sides.”

13 So Moses commanded the Israelites, “Apportion this land by lot as an inheritance. The LORD has commanded that it be given to the nine and a half tribes.

14 For the tribes of the Reubenites and Gadites, along with the half-tribe of Manasseh, have already received their inheritance.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then the border will go down along the Jordan and end at the Salt Sea. This will be your land, defined by its borders on all sides.”
KJV
And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.
WEB
The border shall go down to the Jordan, and end at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land according to its borders around it.’”
ASV
and the border shall go down to the Jordan, and the goings out thereof shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land according to the borders thereof round about.
DARBY
and the border shall go down to the Jordan, and shall end at the salt sea. This shall be your land according to the borders thereof round about.
BLB
And the border shall go down along the Jordan, and it shall end at the Salt Sea. This shall be to you⁺ the land with its boundaries all around.”
ÅB
Så skal grensen gå videre ned til Jordan og ende ved Salthavet. Dette skal være deres land etter dets grenser rundt omkring.
OTB
Deretter skal grensen gå ned langs Jordan og ende ved Saltsjøen. ‘Dette skal være deres land, med dets grenser på alle sider.’"
B1930
Så skal grensen gå videre ned til Jordan og ende ved Salthavet. Dette skal være eders land efter dets grenser rundt omkring.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Numbers 34:3

    Your southern border will extend from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your southern border will run from the end of the Salt Sea,

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  • Genesis 14:3

    The latter five came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea ).

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  • Genesis 13:10

    And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

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  • Genesis 19:24–26

    Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.

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