Discovery BoxNumbers 34:3-6 
Context34:3 your southern border 1 will extend from the wilderness of Zin along the Edomite border, and your southern border will run eastward to the extremity of the Salt Sea, 34:4 and then the border will turn from the south to the Scorpion Ascent, 2 continue to Zin, and then its direction 3 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. 4
The Western Border of the Land
34:6 “‘And for a western border 5 you will have the Great Sea. 6 This will be your western border.
1 tn The expression refers to the corner or extremity of the Negev, the South.
2 tn Or “the Ascent of Scorpions” (עַקְרַבִּים [’aqrabbim] means “scorpions” in Hebrew).
3 tn Heb “its going forth,” or the way it runs.
4 sn That is, the Mediterranean.
5 tn The word for west is simply “sea,” because the sea is west of Israel.
6 sn That is, the Mediterranean Sea (also in the following verse).
