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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Numbers 34 In this chapter the bounds and borders of the land Canaan are described, according to the direction of the Lord to Moses, Numbers 34:1, the south border, Numbers 34:3, the western border, Numbers 34:6, the north border, Numbers 34:7, the east border, Numbers 34:10, which is ordered to be divided by lot to the nine tribes and a half, two tribes and a half having received...
John Gill
And the border shall go down to Jordan,.... A well known river to the east of the land of Canaan: and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea; the sea of Sodom; and though all sea water is generally salt, this was remarkably so, through the great quantity of bitumen and nitre in it; hence it was called Asphaltites; thus as the description of the borders of the land began with the salt sea,...
Matthew Henry
In this chapter God directs Moses, and he is to direct Israel, I. Concerning the bounds and borders of the land of Canaan, ver. 1-15. II. Concerning the division and distribution of it to the tribes of Israel, ver. 16, &c. The Boundaries of Canaan. (b. c. 1452.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan;...