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and the border shall go forth to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazar-enan: this shall be your north border.
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Defining the Northern Border
Commentators note that this verse concludes the description of the northern border. While the exact locations of Ziphron and Hazar-enan are debated, scholars suggest they were likely northeast of Damascus. This detailed description emphasizes the concrete, physical reality of God's promise to Israel, defining the specific territory He set apart for them.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The northern border. On “Mount Hor,” compare the note on Numbers 20:22. Here the name denotes the whole western crest of Mount Lebanon, 80 miles in…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the border shall go on to Ziphron Which in the Jerusalem Targum is called Zapherin; and Jerom F19 say…
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 …
