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Numbers 34:6

Great Sea

4 And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea, and shall go on to Hazar-addar, and pass on to Azmon:

5 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.

And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.

7 And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor:

8 From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad:

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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
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)

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Cross references

  • Ezekiel 47:10

    And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.

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  • Joshua 15:47

    Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof:

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  • Joshua 1:4

    From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.

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  • Ezekiel 47:20

    The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath. This is the west side.

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  • Joshua 23:4

    Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.

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  • Ezekiel 47:15

    And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad;

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  • Joshua 9:1

    And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;

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  • Joshua 15:12

    And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof. This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families.

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