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Numbers 34:5

King James Version (KJV)

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And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.

Numbers 34:5 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Numbers 34:5

Theological / Devotional

Fetch a compass. Literally, “make a turn,” that is, in a more westerly direction.

The river of Egypt. Not the river Nile, but the Wadi el-‘Arish, which was to form the western boundary of Israel, until it reached the Mediterranean Sea about 50 mi. below Gaza. This was to be their border with Egypt.

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