Numbers 13:29
Context13:29 The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the banks 1 of the Jordan.” 2
Numbers 33:8
Context33:8 They traveled from Pi-hahiroth, 3 and passed through the middle of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, and camped in Marah.
Numbers 34:11-12
Context34:11 The border will run down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain, and the border will descend and reach the eastern side of the Sea of Chinnereth. 4 34:12 Then the border will continue down the Jordan River 5 and its direction will be to the Salt Sea. This will be your land by its borders that surround it.’”
1 tn Heb “by the side [hand] of.”
2 sn For more discussion on these people groups, see D. J. Wiseman, ed., Peoples of Old Testament Times.
3 tc So many medieval Hebrew manuscripts, Smr, Syriac, and Latin Vulgate. Other witnesses have “from before Hahiroth.”
4 tn Or “the Sea of Galilee” (so NLT); NCV, TEV, CEV “Lake Galilee.”
sn The word means “harp.” The lake (or sea) of Galilee was so named because it is shaped somewhat like a harp.
5 tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.