Bible Strands
Numbers 34:11
then go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Chinnereth.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses addresses the Israelite leaders on the plains of Moab, charting the eastern boundary of the promised inheritance before the Jordan crossing.
The words — גְּבֻל (geVul) marks the territorial line, while יָרַד (yaRad) describes its downward path from Shepham to Riblah and along the eastern slopes.
The thread — The route aligns with Numbers 34:10 and Numbers 34:12, which frame the eastern and southern limits, and appears in Deuteronomy 3:17 regarding the Jordan's course, 2 Kings 23:33 which locates Riblah as a northern stronghold, and Joshua 11:2 which places Naphoth-dor to the west of the Chinnereth region.
Why it lands — The text first records a literal geographic descent before establishing fixed tribal boundaries, requiring a reader to treat the land allocation as a concrete territorial assignment rather than an abstract promise.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 3:17 The Jordan River in the Arabah bordered it from Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) with the slopes of Pisgah to the east.
- 2 Kings 23:33 And Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of Hamath so that he could not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
- Joshua 11:2 to the kings of the north in the mountains, in the Arabah south of Chinnereth, in the foothills, and in Naphoth-dor to the west;
- Joshua 19:35 The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth,
- 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.
- Matthew 14:34 When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret.
- Luke 5:1 On one occasion, while Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret with the crowd pressing in on Him to hear the word of God,
- Joshua 13:27 and in the valley, Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, with the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon (the territory on the east side of the Jordan up to the edge of the Sea of Chinnereth).
- 2 Kings 25:6 The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him.
- Jeremiah 52:10 There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the officials of Judah.