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Numbers 34:6 Cross-References
Explore 8 cross-references for Numbers 34:6 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Numbers chapter 34 verse 6 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.”
Numbers 34:6 (KJV)
Commentary on Numbers 34:6
And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border—The Mediterranean Sea (yam ha-gadol, the great sea) forms Israel's western boundary. Unlike other borders requiring detailed landmarks, the sea provides natural, unambiguous limit. God uses geography—mountains, seas, rivers—to define covenant space.The western boundary is simplest, yet Israel struggled to occupy Philistine coastal plain (Joshua 13:2-3; Judges 1:19, 3:3). The sea represents both blessing (trade, ports, fishing) and limitation (Israel wasn't called to be naval empire like...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Numbers 34:6
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“when all the kings who were beyond the Jordan”
“that fishermen shall stand by it: from En Gedi even to En Eglaim shall be a place for the spreading of nets; their fish shall be after their kinds”
“from the great sea”
“its towns and its villages; Gaza”
“and the border [of it]. This is the border of the children of Judah round about according to their families.”
“I have allotted to you these nations that remain”
“from the [south] border as far as over against the entrance of Hamath. This is the west side.”
“and this Lebanon”