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Numbers 34:3

Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:

KJV

Pars meridiana incipiet a solitudine Sin, quæ est juxta Edom : et habebit terminos contra orientem mare salsissimum.

Vulgate

καὶ ἔσται ὑμῖν τὸ κλίτος τὸ πρὸς λίβα ἀπὸ ἐρήμου Σεὶν ἕως ἐχόμενον Ἐδώμ, καὶ ἔσται ὑμῖν τὰ ὅρια πρὸς λίβα ἀπὸ μέρους τῆς θαλάσσης τῆς ἁλυκῆς ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν·

LXX

then 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;

ASV

וְ/הָיָ֨ה לָ/כֶ֧ם פְּאַת נֶ֛גֶב מִ/מִּדְבַּר צִ֖ן עַל יְדֵ֣י אֱד֑וֹם וְ/הָיָ֤ה לָ/כֶם֙ גְּב֣וּל נֶ֔גֶב מִ/קְצֵ֥ה יָם הַ/מֶּ֖לַח קֵֽדְמָ/ה

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Esau
Places Dead Sea

In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱד֔וֹם
'dvm
proper_noun · 99×
גְּב֣וּל
gbvl
noun · 239×
ה
h
noun · 393×
ה
h
noun · 111×
ה
h
proper_noun · 10×
ה
h
noun · 87×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
מֶ֑לַח
mlch
noun · 29×
מִּדְבָּ֑ר
mdbr
noun · 270×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פְּאַת
p't
noun · 86×
קְצֵ֣ה
qtsh
noun · 97×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 11:24 — Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.
  • Exod 23:31 — And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive
  • Ezek 47:13 — Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.
  • Gen 14:3 — All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
  • Josh 3:16 — That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea,
  • Num 34:12 — And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.