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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.

KJV

Plaga autem occidentalis a mari magno incipiet, et ipso fine claudetur.

Vulgate

καὶ τὰ ὅρια τῆς θαλάσσης ἔσται ὑμῖν· ἡ θάλασσα ἡ μεγάλη ὁριεῖ, τοῦτο ἔσται ὑμῖν τὰ ὅρια τῆς θαλάσσης.

LXX

And for the western border, ye shall have the great sea and the borderthereof: this shall be your west border.

ASV

וּ/גְב֣וּל יָ֔ם וְ/הָיָ֥ה לָ/כֶ֛ם הַ/יָּ֥ם הַ/גָּד֖וֹל וּ/גְב֑וּל זֶֽה יִהְיֶ֥ה לָ/כֶ֖ם גְּב֥וּל יָֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

גְּב֣וּל
gbvl
noun · 239×
גָּד֖וֹל
gdvl
verb · 528×
ה
h
noun · 393×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Deut 34:2 — And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea,
  • Ezek 47:10 — And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from Engedi even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of
  • Josh 9:1 — And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the
  • Josh 15:12 — And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof. This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families.