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Numbers 34:6

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— ‘As for the western border, you shall have the Great Sea, that is, [its] coastline; this shall be your west border.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— And [as for] the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— And for the western border, ye shall have the great sea and the border [thereof]: this shall be your west border.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— And for the western border, ye shall have the great sea and the border [thereof]: this shall be your west border.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And [as for] the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And as west border ye shall have the great sea, and [its] coast. This shall be your west border.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— And, for a west boundary,—ye shall have the great sea, even a boundary, this, shall serve you as west boundary.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— 'As to the west border, even the great sea hath been to you a border; this is to you the west border.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And the west side shall begin from the great sea, and the same shall be the end thereof.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— And your Westquarter shall bee the great Sea: euen that border shalbe your Westcoast.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And as for the Westerne border, you shall euen haue the great sea for a border: this shall be your West border.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— And as for the western border, you shall have the Great Sea and its coasts; this shall be your western border.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And ye shall have your border on the west, the great sea shall be the boundary: this shall be to you the border on the west.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And [as for] the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
And [as for] the western 3220
{3220} Prime
יָם
yam
{yawm}
From an unused root meaning to roar; a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article) the Mediterranean; sometimes a large river, or an artificial basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south.
border, 1366
{1366} Prime
גְּבוּל
g@buwl
{gheb-ool'}
From H1379; properly a cord (as twisted), that is, (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed.
ye shall even have x1961
(1961) Complement
הָיָה
hayah
{haw-yaw'}
A primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, that is, be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary).
the great 1419
{1419} Prime
גָּדוֹל
gadowl
{gaw-dole'}
From H1431; great (in any sense); hence older; also insolent.
sea 3220
{3220} Prime
יָם
yam
{yawm}
From an unused root meaning to roar; a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article) the Mediterranean; sometimes a large river, or an artificial basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south.
for a border: 1366
{1366} Prime
גְּבוּל
g@buwl
{gheb-ool'}
From H1379; properly a cord (as twisted), that is, (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed.
this x2088
(2088) Complement
זֶה
zeh
{zeh}
A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.
shall be x1961
(1961) Complement
הָיָה
hayah
{haw-yaw'}
A primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, that is, be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary).
your west 3220
{3220} Prime
יָם
yam
{yawm}
From an unused root meaning to roar; a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article) the Mediterranean; sometimes a large river, or an artificial basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south.
border. 1366
{1366} Prime
גְּבוּל
g@buwl
{gheb-ool'}
From H1379; properly a cord (as twisted), that is, (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Numbers 34:6

_ _ the western border — There is no uncertainty about this boundary, as it is universally allowed to be the Mediterranean, which is called “the great sea” in comparison with the small inland seas or lakes known to the Hebrews.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Numbers 34:1-15.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Numbers 34:6

The great sea — This midland sea from the south to the north, so far as it runs parallel with mount Libanus.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Numbers 34:6

And [as for] the western border, ye shall even have the (c) great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.

(c) Which is called the Mediterranean.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance

Joshua 1:4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.
Joshua 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 Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard [thereof];
Joshua 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.
Joshua 15:47 Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border [thereof]:
Joshua 23:4 Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.
Ezekiel 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 the great sea, exceeding many.
Ezekiel 47:15 And this [shall be] the border of the land toward the north side, from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad;
Ezekiel 47:20 The west side also [shall be] the great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath. This [is] the west side.
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Jsh 1:4; 9:1; 15:12, 47; 23:4. Ezk 47:10, 15, 20.

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