Verse Lens · Context pointer
Numbers 34:8 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 8. 8From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad:
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Role in This Section
Numbers 34:8 within “Canaan's Idealized Boundaries and Tribal Allocation Are Named,” locates this case inside the full allocation or refuge process; in lightly modernized wording, the clause reads: From mount Hor you shall point out your border to the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad.
Read It With
- Numbers 34:1–15
Read Numbers 34:8 with 34:1–15. It within “Canaan's Idealized Boundaries and Tribal Allocation Are Named,” locates this case inside the full allocation or refuge process; in lightly modernized wording, the clause reads: From mount Hor you shall point out your border to the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad. The complete unit establishes this contextual meaning: The LORD describes southern, western, northern, and eastern boundaries for the land to be allotted by lot to nine and a half tribes, while Reuben, Gad, and half-Manasseh have already received holdings east of Jordan.
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Read Numbers 34:1–15 — Canaan's Idealized Boundaries and Tribal Allocation Are NamedSources used for this context pointer
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Numbers 34:1–15, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Numbers
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project
Open Scriptures, release 2.2, 2021
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, numbers, speeches, poems, legal clauses, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Num.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 34:1–15
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