Numbers 34:4

What does Numbers 34:4 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 34:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and your border shall turn about southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass along to Zin; and the goings out thereof shall be southward of Kadesh-barnea; and it shall go forth to Hazar-addar, and pass along to Azmon;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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 Kadesh–barnea, and shall go on to Hazar–addar, and pass on to Azmon:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and your border shall turn about southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass along to Zin; and the goings out thereof shall be southward of Kadesh-barnea; and it shall go forth to Hazar-addar, and pass along to Azmon;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And round to the south of the slope of Akrabbim, and on to Zin: and its direction will be south of Kadesh-barnea, and it will go as far as Hazar-addar and on to Azmon:

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and the border hath turned round to you from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and hath passed on to Zin, and its outgoings have been from the south to Kadesh-Barnea, and it hath gone out at Hazar-Addar, and hath passed on to Azmon;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Which limits shall go round on the south side by the ascent of the Scorpion and so into Senna, and reach toward the south as far as Cadesbarne, from whence the frontiers shall go out to the town called Adar, and shall reach as far as Asemona.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

and your border shall turn from the south of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin, and shall end southward at Kadesh-barnea, and shall go on to Hazar-Addar, and pass on to Azmon.

Context

v.3then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the side of Edom, and your south border shall be from the end of the Salt Sea eastward;

v.4This passage

v.5and the border shall turn about from Azmon unto the brook of Egypt, and the goings out thereof shall be at the sea.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Numbers 33:36

    And they journeyed from Ezion-geber, and encamped in the wilderness of Zin (the same is Kadesh).

  • Judges 1:36

    And the border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.

  • Numbers 32:8

    Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.

  • Numbers 13:26

    And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.

  • Numbers 13:21

    So they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, to the entrance of Hamath.

  • Joshua 15:3

    and it went out southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and went up by the south of Kadesh-barnea, and passed along by Hezron, and went up to Addar, and turned about to Karka;

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