Numbers 34:5
Good News Translation
where it will turn toward the valley at the border of Egypt and end at the Mediterranean.

New Revised Standard Version
the boundary shall turn from Azmon to the Wadi of Egypt, and its termination shall be at the Sea.

Contemporary English Version
It will run along the Egyptian Gorge and end at the Mediterranean Sea.

New American Bible
Then the boundary will turn from Azmon to the Wadi of Egypt and terminate at the Sea.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the limits shall fetch a compass from Asemona to the torrent of Egypt, and shall end in the shore of the great sea.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the limits shall fetch a compass from Asemona to the torrent of Egypt, and shall end in the shore of the great sea.

the river

Genesis 15:18 That day God made a covenant with Abram, saying: To thy seed will I give this land, from the river to Egypt even to the great river Euphrates.

Joshua 15:4,47 And from thence passing along into Asemona, and reaching the torrent of Egypt: and the bounds thereof shall be the great sea, this shall be the limit of the south coast. . . .

1 Kings 8:65 And Solomon made at the same time a solemn feast, and all Israel with him, a great multitude, from the entrance of Emath to the river of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seven days and seven days, that is, fourteen days.

Isaiah 27:12 And it shall come to pass, that in that day the Lord will strike from the channel of the river even to the torrent of Egypt, and you shall be gathered together one by one, O ye children of Israel.

the sea

Numbers 34:6,7 And the west side shall begin from the great sea, and the same shall be the end thereof. . . .

Context
The Boundaries of Canaan
4Which 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. 5And the limits shall fetch a compass from Asemona to the torrent of Egypt, and shall end in the shore of the great sea.6And the west side shall begin from the great sea, and the same shall be the end thereof.…
Cross References
Numbers 34:6
And the west side shall begin from the great sea, and the same shall be the end thereof.

Joshua 15:4
And from thence passing along into Asemona, and reaching the torrent of Egypt: and the bounds thereof shall be the great sea, this shall be the limit of the south coast.

1 Kings 8:65
And Solomon made at the same time a solemn feast, and all Israel with him, a great multitude, from the entrance of Emath to the river of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seven days and seven days, that is, fourteen days.

Ezekiel 47:19
And the south side southward is, from Thamar even to the waters of contradiction of Cades: and, the torrent even to the great sea: and this is the south side southward.

Numbers 34:4
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