Numbers 34:8

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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:

Literal

From Mount Hor you shall mark out to Lebo-hamath; and the direction of the border shall be toward Zedad;

Latin

…a quo venient in Emath usque ad terminos Sedada:

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Numbers 34:6–9

The natural western boundary of Canaan was the Mediterranean coast ("the Great Sea," 34:6). The northern boundary started at the Mediterranean and went east to Mount Hor. This was somewhere in the Lebanon mountain range (not the place of Aaron's death, 20:22–29).
Lebo-hamath: Compare 13:21; 1 Kings 8:65; Amos 6:14.

Numbers 34:1–29

Chapter 34 describes the borders of Canaan. This is where God commanded Israel to settle, following the guidelines in 26:52–56. Since Abraham's call, the promised land of Canaan has been central to the Old Testament story (Genesis 12:1–7). A generation of Hebrews died in the wilderness for not believing what the faithful spies reported (Numbers 13). Yet, God reaffirmed his promise of land (33:53).

Here, God reviews the plan and outlines the promised land's intended boundaries (compare Joshua 13–19; Ezekiel 47–48). Old Testament Israel did not fully capture this territory. It almost did during the time of the kings David and Solomon (see 2 Samuel 24:1–9). But these borders generally describe the region of Canaan as defined by Egyptian texts from 1500–1200 BC. This was when the Hebrews invaded. The region actually occupied by Israel changed from time to time.

Related verses

Numbers 13:21
So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.
2 Kings 14:25
This Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher.
Ezekiel 47:15–20
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,
Joshua 13:5–6
…the land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath.
Jeremiah 39:5
But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him.
2 Samuel 8:9
When King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,

Parallels

Genesis 15:8–21

Places

Hamath: A major city and kingdom in Syria, often mentioned in the Bible Mount Hor: A mountain marking Israel's northern boundary Zedad: A place on the northern border of the Promised Land

Glossary

Allotment of the Land Arabah Dead Sea Deuteronomy, Book of Hamath Hamath, Entrance of Kerioth Lebanon Lebo-Hamath Moses Mount Hor Numbers, Book of Palestine Zedad

Topics

Canaanites: Territory of Hamath: A City of Upper Syria Holy Land: Extent of As at First Divided Hor: The Mountain Upon Which Aaron Died Mountains: Hor Zedad: A Place Near Hamath

Numbers 34:8

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