Numbers 34:7

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

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — Moses addresses the Israelite tribes, detailing the territorial boundaries of the land as they prepare to enter Canaan.

The words — תְּתָא֥וּ (te.ta.'U) = you will mark out [H8376] and גְּב֣וּל (ge.Vul) = border of [H1366] denote the deliberate surveying of the northern limit.

The thread — This verse continues the geographic survey from Numbers 34:6 and extends into Numbers 34:8, while Mount Hor appears earlier as a campsite landmark in Numbers 33:37.

Why it lands — The text states the northern boundary runs from the Great Sea to Mount Hor, requiring the reader to recognize the precise, divinely assigned limits of the inheritance.

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The Hebrew words

וְזֶֽה־ve./zeh-and/ this יִהְיֶ֥הyih.Yehit will beלָכֶ֖םla./Khemof/ youגְּב֣וּלge.Vulborder of צָפ֑וֹןtza.Fon[the] north מִן־min-from הַיָּם֙hai./Yamthe/ sea הַגָּדֹ֔לha./ga.Dol<the>/ great תְּתָא֥וּte.ta.'Uyou will mark outלָכֶ֖םla./Khemfor <the>/ yourselvesהֹ֥רhorHor הָהָֽר׃ha./Harthe/ mountain

King James Version

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

Cross-references

Numbers 33:37 They set out from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the outskirts of the land of Edom.
Numbers 34:3 Your southern border will extend from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your southern border will run from the end of the Salt Sea,
Numbers 34:6 Your western border will be the coastline of the Great Sea; this will be your boundary on the west.
Numbers 34:9 continue to Ziphron, and end at Hazar-enan. This will be your boundary on the north.
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,