John Gill Commentary Numbers 34:9

John Gill Commentary

Numbers 34:9

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
John Gill
John Gill

John Gill Commentary

Numbers 34:9

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"and the border shall go forth to Ziphron, and the goings out thereof shall be at Hazar-enan: this shall be your north border." — Numbers 34:9 (ASV)

And the border shall go on to Ziphron
Which in the Jerusalem Targum is called Zapherin; and Jerom F19 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 (Ezekiel 47:17) and there called the border of Damascus: Reland F20 takes it to be the same with Enhazor, a city in the tribe of Naphtali, (Joshua 19:37) , the words only inverted:

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


FOOTNOTES:

  • F19: Comment. in ver. 15.
  • F20: Palestin. lllustrat. par. 1. l. 1. p. 123.