Numbers 34:6 · King James Version
Numbers 34:6 in the Original Hebrew
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Numbers 34:6 in Other Translations
| KJV | And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border. |
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| WEB | “‘For the western border, you shall have the great sea and its border. This shall be your west border. |
| ASV | And for the western border, ye shall have the great sea and the borderthereof: this shall be your west border. |
| YLT | ‘As to the west border, even the great sea hath been to you a border; this is to you the west border. |
| WBT | And [as for] the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border. |
| DBY | And as west border ye shall have the great sea, and [its] coast. This shall be your west border. |
Commentary on Numbers 34:6
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown · 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.
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Questions about Numbers 34:6
What does Numbers 34:6 say?
Numbers 34:6 in the King James Version reads: “And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.” Read it in the full context of Numbers 34, alongside the classic commentary on this page.
Where is Numbers 34:6 found in the Bible?
Numbers 34:6 is in the book of Numbers, chapter 34, verse 6, in the Old Testament.
What Bible translation is Numbers 34:6 shown in?
This is the King James Version (KJV), a public-domain translation. You can compare how other translations render Numbers 34:6 in the table on this page.
And as for the western border,.... Of the land of Canaan:
you shall even have the great sea for a border; and no other, meaning the Mediterranean sea, which lies west of the land of Judea; Aben Ezra calls it the Spanish sea: it has the name of "great", in comparison of some in the land of Canaan, as the salt sea, and the sea of Tiberias:
this shall be your west border; namely, the Mediterranean sea.