Numbers 34

Numbers 34:1

I. Boundaries of the Promised Land (Chap. 34)34:1-15 The boundaries of the land which God promised to Israel are given in verses 1-15. In general, the southern boundary extended from the southern tip of the Salt (Dead) Sea to the Brook (not River) of Egypt and to the Mediterranean Sea (vv. 3-5). The western border was the Great (Mediterranean) Sea (v. 6). The northern border stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to Mount Hor (not the one mentioned in the journeys of Israel) to the entrance of Hamath and Hazar Enan (vv. 7-9). The eastern border extended from Hazar Enan south to the Sea of Chinnereth (Galilee), down . . . the Jordan River to the Salt (Dead) Sea (vv. 10-12). The nine and one-half tribes were to inherit the above land, since the two and one-half tribes had already been promised the land east of the Jordan (vv. 13-15). 34:16-29 The names of the men who were appointed to divide the land are given in verses 16-29.