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 Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on to Hazaraddar, and pass on to Azmon:
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Interpretation
Canaan was of small extent; as it is here bounded, it is but about 160 miles in length, and about 50 in breadth; yet this was the country promised to the father of the faithful, and the possession of the seed of Israel. This was that little spot of ground, in which alone, for many ages, God was known.
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This thought runs through Numbers 34:1-5.
Glossary
- Akrabbim Place
- Biblical mountain pass. Modern identification: Ma’ale Akrabbim.
- Azmon Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Ain Muweileh.
- Hazar-addar Place
- Village of Addar, a place in the southern boundary of Palestine ( Num. 34:4 ), in the desert to the west of Kadesh-barnea. It is called Adar in Josh. 15:3 . Modern identification: Ein Qedeis.
- Kadesh-barnea Place
- Holy, or Kadesh-Barnea, sacred desert of wandering, a place on the south-eastern border of Palestine, about 165 miles from Horeb. It lay in the “wilderness” or “desert of Zin”. Modern identification: Ain el Qudeirat.
- Zin Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Zin Desert.