Numbers 34:4-5

34:4 and then the border will turn from the south to the Scorpion Ascent, ¹  continue to Zin, and then its direction ²  will be from the south to Kadesh Barnea. Then it will go to Hazar Addar and pass over to Azmon. 34:5 There the border will turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and then its direction is to the sea. ³ 

Numbers 34:9

34:9 The border will continue to Ziphron, and its direction will be to Hazar Enan. This will be your northern border.

Numbers 34:12

34:12 Then the border will continue down the Jordan River ⁴  and its direction will be to the Salt Sea. This will be your land by its borders that surround it.’”

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¹ tn Or “the Ascent of Scorpions” (עַקְרַבִּים [’aqrabbim] means “scorpions” in Hebrew).

² tn Heb “its going forth,” or the way it runs.

³ sn That is, the Mediterranean.

⁴ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.