Numbers 34:7

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

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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 34:6-8.

Numbers 34:6 Numbers 34:7 Numbers 34:8

Glossary

Great Sea Place: (Heb. yam), signifies (1) “the gathering together of the waters,” the ocean ( Gen. 1:10 ); (2) a river, as the Nile ( Isa. 19:5 ), the Euphrates ( Isa. 21:1 ; Jer. 51:36 ); (3) the Red Sea. Modern identification: Mediterranean Sea.
Mount Hor Place: Biblical mountain. Modern identification: Mount Hermon.