Numbers 34:9 · King James Version

And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazar-enan: this shall be your north border.
Numbers 34:9 in the King James Version reads: “And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazar-enan: this shall be your north border.”. Read it in the full context of Numbers 34, or compare how other translations render it below.

Numbers 34:9 in Other Translations

KJV And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazar-enan: this shall be your north border.
WEB Then the border shall go to Ziphron, and it shall end at Hazar Enan. This shall be your north border.
ASV and the border shall go forth to Ziphron, and the goings out thereof shall be at Hazar-enan: this shall be your north border.
YLT and the border hath gone out to Ziphron, and its outgoings have been at Hazar-Enan; this is to you the north border.
WBT And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the limits of it shall be at Hazar-enan: this shall be your north border.
DBY and the border shall go to Ziphron, and shall end at Hazar-enan. This shall be your north border.

Commentary on Numbers 34:9

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John Gill · Numbers 34:9

And the border shall go on to Ziphron,.... Which in the Jerusalem Targum is called Zapherin; and Jerom (s) says, that in his time this city was called Zephyrium, a town in Cilicia; but this seems to be at too great a distance:

and the goings out of it shall be at Hazarenan; which was the utmost of the northern border, and so it is in Eze 47:17 and there called the border of Damascus: Reland (t) takes it to be the same with Enhazor, a city in the tribe of Naphtali, Jos 19:37, the words only inverted:

this shall be your northern border: from the Mediterranean sea to Hazarenan in Naphtali.

(s) Comment. in ver. 15. (t) Palestin. lllustrat. par. 1. l. 1. p. 123.

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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown · Numbers 34:9

Ziphron--("sweet odor").

Hazar-enan--("village of fountains"); but the places are unknown. "An imaginary line from mount Cassius, on the coast along the northern base of Lebanon to the entering into the Bekaa (Valley of Lebanon) at the Kamosa Hermel," must be regarded as the frontier that is meant [VAN DE VELDE].

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Questions about Numbers 34:9

What does Numbers 34:9 say?

Numbers 34:9 in the King James Version reads: “And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazar-enan: this shall be your north border.” Read it in the full context of Numbers 34, alongside the classic commentary on this page.

Where is Numbers 34:9 found in the Bible?

Numbers 34:9 is in the book of Numbers, chapter 34, verse 9, in the Old Testament.

What Bible translation is Numbers 34:9 shown in?

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