Numbers 34:6

Great Sea

⁴ cross south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Zin, and go south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it will go on to Hazar-addar and proceed to Azmon,

⁵ where it will turn from Azmon, join the Brook of Egypt, and end at the Sea.

Your western border will be the coastline of the Great Sea; this will be your boundary on the west.

⁷ Your northern border will run from the Great Sea directly to Mount Hor,

⁸ and from Mount Hor to Lebo-hamath, then extend to Zedad,

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.

Compare

BSB: Your western border will be the coastline of the Great Sea; this will be your boundary on the west.
KJV: And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.
WEB: “‘For the western border, you shall have the great sea and its border. This shall be your west border.
ASV: And for the western border, ye shall have the great sea and the border [thereof]: this shall be your west border.
DARBY: And as west border ye shall have the great sea, and [its] coast. This shall be your west border.
BLB: And as for the western border, the Great Sea shall be to you⁺ for a border; this shall be your⁺ western border.

ÅB: I vest skal deres grense være det store hav og landet langsmed det; dette skal være deres grense i vest.
OTB: ‘Deres vestlige grense skal være kystlinjen av Middelhavet. Dette skal være deres grense i vest.
B1930: I vest skal eders grense være det store hav og landet langsmed det; dette skal være eders grense i vest.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ezekiel 47:10
Fishermen will stand by the shore; from En-gedi to En-eglaim they will spread their nets to catch fish of many kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea.
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Joshua 15:47
Ashdod, with its towns and villages; Gaza, with its towns and villages, as far as the Brook of Egypt and the coastline of the Great Sea.
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Joshua 1:4
Your territory shall extend from the wilderness and Lebanon to the great River Euphrates—all the land of the Hittites—and west as far as the Great Sea.
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Ezekiel 47:20
And on the west side, the Great Sea will be the boundary up to a point opposite Lebo-hamath. This will be the western boundary.
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Joshua 23:4
See, I have allotted as an inheritance to your tribes these remaining nations, including all the nations I have already cut off, from the Jordan westward to the Great Sea.
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Ezekiel 47:15
This shall be the boundary of the land: On the north side it will extend from the Great Sea by way of Hethlon through Lebo-hamath to Zedad,
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Joshua 9:1
Now when news of this reached all the kings west of the Jordan—those in the hill country, the foothills, and all along the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon (the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites)—
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Joshua 15:12
And the western border was the coastline of the Great Sea. These are the boundaries around the clans of the descendants of Judah.
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