Numbers 34:1
INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 34
In this chapter the bounds and borders of the land Canaan are described, according to the direction of the Lord to Moses, Nu 34:1, the south border, Nu 34:3, the western border, Nu 34:6, the north border, Nu 34:7, the east border, Nu 34:10, which is ordered to be divided by lot to the nine tribes and a half, two tribes and a half having received their inheritance on the other side Jordan, Nu 34:13, and the persons are nominated to divide the land, Eleazar and Joshua, with one prince out of every tribe, and who are mentioned by name, Nu 34:16.
Ver. 1. And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... At the same time that he ordered him to direct the children of Israel, when they had passed over Jordan, to drive out the inhabitants of the land of Canaan, and divide their land among them, he proceeded to give the limits and boundaries of the land:
saying; as follows.