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The Natural Boundary
Commentators clarify that the "brook of Egypt" is not the famous Nile River, but rather the Wady el-Arish, a stream that formed a natural boundary. This border separated the fertile land of Canaan from the desert, marking the southwestern edge of the territory God designated for Israel before it reached the Mediterranean Sea.
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Albert Barnes
On Numbers 34:3–5
18th Century
Theologian
The southern boundary began at the Dead Sea. The broad and desolate valley by which the depressed bed of that sea is protected to the south is call…
Charles Ellicott
On Numbers 34:5
19th Century
Bishop
And the border shall fetch a compass ... — Although the exact locations of some of the places that determined the southern border …
John Gill
On Numbers 34:5
17th Century
Pastor
And the border shall fetch a compass
Not go on in a straight line, but turn about:
from Azmon to …
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Matthew Henry
On Numbers 34:1–15
17th Century
Minister
Canaan was of small extent; as it is bounded here, it is only about 160 miles in length and about 50 in breadth; yet this was the country promised …