Numbers 34:9 continue to Ziphron, and end at Hazar-enan. This will be your boundary on the north.

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New International Version
continue to Ziphron and end at Hazar Enan. This will be your boundary on the north.

New Living Translation
and Ziphron to Hazar-enan. This will be your northern boundary.

English Standard Version
Then the border shall extend to Ziphron, and its limit shall be at Hazar-enan. This shall be your northern border.

Berean Standard Bible
continue to Ziphron, and end at Hazar-enan. This will be your boundary on the north.

King James Bible
And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazarenan: this shall be your north border.

New King James Version
the border shall proceed to Ziphron, and it shall end at Hazar Enan. This shall be your northern border.

New American Standard Bible
and the border shall proceed to Ziphron, and its termination shall be at Hazar-enan. This shall be your northern border.

NASB 1995
and the border shall proceed to Ziphron, and its termination shall be at Hazar-enan. This shall be your north border.

NASB 1977
and the border shall proceed to Ziphron, and its termination shall be at Hazar-enan. This shall be your north border.

Legacy Standard Bible
and the border shall proceed to Ziphron, and its termination shall be at Hazar-enan. This shall be your north border.

Amplified Bible
then the [northern] boundary shall go on to Ziphron, and its limit shall be at Hazar-enan. This shall be your northern boundary.

Christian Standard Bible
Then the border will go to Ziphron and end at Hazar-enan. This will be your northern border.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then the border will go to Ziphron and end at Hazar-enan. This will be your northern border.

American Standard Version
and the border shall go forth to Ziphron, and the goings out thereof shall be at Hazar-enan: this shall be your north border.

Contemporary English Version
From Zedad, the border will continue east to Ziphron and end at Hazar-Enan.

English Revised Version
and the border shall go forth to Ziphron, and the goings out thereof shall be at Hazar-enan: this shall be your north border.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
From there the border goes to Ziphron and ends at Hazar Enan.

Good News Translation
and to Ziphron, and will end at Hazar Enan.

International Standard Version
then through Ziphron, and then to Hazar-enan. This is to be the northern border.'"

Majority Standard Bible
continue to Ziphron, and end at Hazar-enan. This will be your boundary on the north.

NET Bible
The border will continue to Ziphron, and its direction will be to Hazar Enan. This will be your northern border.

New Heart English Bible
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the limits of it shall be at Hazar-enan: this shall be your north border.

World English Bible
Then the border shall go to Ziphron, and it shall end at Hazar Enan. This shall be your north border.

Literal Translations

Literal Standard Version
and the border has gone out to Ziphron, and its outgoings have been at Hazar-Enan; this is the north border to you.

Young's Literal Translation
and the border hath gone out to Ziphron, and its outgoings have been at Hazar-Enan; this is to you the north border.

Smith's Literal Translation
And the boundary went forth to Ziphron, and the goings out were the Enclosure of Enan: this shall be to you the north boundary.

Catholic Translations

Douay-Rheims Bible
nod the limits shall go as far as Zephrona, and the village of Enan. These shall be the borders on the north side.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And its confines shall go all the way to Ziphron, and to the village of Enan. These shall be the limits on the northern side.

New American Bible
Then the boundary extends to Ziphron and terminates at Hazar-enan. This will be your northern boundary.

New Revised Standard Version
then the boundary shall extend to Ziphron, and its end shall be at Hazar-enan; this shall be your northern boundary.

Translations from Aramaic

Lamsa Bible
And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and its end shall be at Hazar-enan; these shall be your northern boundaries.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And the border will be going out to Zaphrun and its limits shall be to Khatsar Aynan; these shall be your borders of the north.

OT Translations

JPS Tanakh 1917
and the border shall go forth to Ziphron, and the goings out thereof shall be at Hazar-enan; this shall be your north border.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the border shall go out to Dephrona, and its termination shall be at Arsenain; this shall be your border from the north.

Additional Translations ...

Audio Bible

Context

The Boundaries of Canaan
…8and from Mount Hor to Lebo-hamath, then extend to Zedad, 9 continue to Ziphron, and end at Hazar-enan. This will be your boundary on the north. 10And your eastern border will run straight from Hazar-enan to Shepham,…

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Cross References

Joshua 13:5
the land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath.

Ezekiel 47:15-17
This shall be the boundary of the land: On the north side it will extend from the Great Sea by way of Hethlon through Lebo-hamath to Zedad, / Berothah, and Sibraim (which is on the border between Damascus and Hamath), as far as Hazer-hatticon, which is on the border of Hauran. / So the border will run from the Sea to Hazar-enan, along the northern border of Damascus, with the territory of Hamath to the north. This will be the northern boundary.

1 Kings 4:24
For Solomon had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates—over all the kingdoms from Tiphsah to Gaza—and he had peace on all sides.

Judges 3:3
the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.

1 Chronicles 5:16
They lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its towns, and throughout the pasturelands of Sharon.

Deuteronomy 3:9
which the Sidonians call Sirion but the Amorites call Senir—

Joshua 11:17
from Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir, as far as Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon at the foot of Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and struck them down, putting them to death.

Joshua 12:7
And these are the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered beyond the Jordan to the west, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir (according to the allotments to the tribes of Israel, Joshua gave them as an inheritance

2 Samuel 8:3
David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, who had marched out to restore his dominion along the Euphrates River.

2 Kings 14:25
This Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher.

Isaiah 9:1
Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those in distress. In the past He humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future He will honor the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:

Matthew 4:15
“Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—

Acts 9:31
Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced a time of peace. It grew in strength and numbers, living in the fear of the Lord and the encouragement of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 15:3
Sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, recounting the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.

Romans 15:19
by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.

Treasury of Scripture

And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazarenan: this shall be your north border.

Hazar-enan

Ezekiel 47:17
And the border from the sea shall be Hazarenan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north side.

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Numbers 34

1. The borders of the land
16. The names of the men who shall divide the land

Berean Study Bible

continue to Ziphron
The phrase "continue to Ziphron" indicates a progression or movement towards a specific location. In the Hebrew context, the word for "continue" suggests a journey or path that is being followed. Ziphron, though not widely mentioned elsewhere in the Bible, is part of the northern boundary of the Promised Land. The name itself may derive from a root meaning "fragrance" or "watchtower," suggesting a place of significance or oversight. This reflects the idea that God’s people are to move forward with purpose, guided by His divine plan, towards a place of promise and oversight.

end at Hazar-enan
The phrase "end at Hazar-enan" marks the conclusion of the northern boundary. "Hazar" in Hebrew often refers to a village or settlement, while "Enan" could mean "spring" or "fountain." This suggests a place of habitation and life-giving water, symbolizing sustenance and community. The boundary ending here signifies a completion of God’s designated territory for His people, emphasizing the importance of divine boundaries in providing security and identity. It serves as a reminder that God’s provision includes both physical and spiritual sustenance.

This will be your boundary on the north
The declaration "This will be your boundary on the north" establishes a clear demarcation for the Israelites. In the ancient Near Eastern context, boundaries were crucial for defining ownership, responsibility, and protection. The Hebrew word for "boundary" implies a limit or border that is divinely ordained. This northern boundary signifies God’s sovereign allocation of land, underscoring His authority and the importance of respecting His divine order. It serves as a metaphor for the spiritual boundaries that God sets for His people, within which they find safety and blessing. This verse, therefore, is a call to recognize and honor the limits God places in our lives, trusting in His wisdom and provision.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 9. - Ziphron. A town called Sibraim is mentioned by Ezekiel (Ezekiel 47:16) as lying on the boundary between Damascus and Hamath, and there is a modern village of Zifran about forty miles north-east of Damascus, but there is no probable ground for supposing that either of these are the Ziphron of this verse. Hazar-enan, i.e., "fountain court." There are of course many places in and about the Lebanon and anti-Lebanon ranges to which such a name would be suitable, but we have no means of identifying it with any one of them. It must be confessed that this "north border" of Israel is extremely obscure, because we are not told whence it started, nor can we fix, except by conjecture, one single point upon it. A certain amount of light is thrown upon the subject by the description of the tribal boundaries and possessions as given in Joshua 19, and by the enumeration of places left unconquered in Joshua 13 and Judges 3. The most northerly of the tribes were Asher and Naphtali, and it does not appear that their allotted territory extended beyond the lower valley of the Leontes where it makes its sharp turn towards the west. It is true that a portion of the tribe of Dan afterwards occupied a district further north, but Dan-Laish itself, which was the extreme of Jewish settlement in this direction, as Beersheba in the other, was southward of Mount Hermon. The passage in Joshua 13:4-6 does indeed go to prove that the Israelites never occupied all their intended territory in this direction, but as far as we can tell the line of promised conquest did not extend further north than alden and Mount Hermon. "All Lebanon toward the sunrising" cannot well mean the whole range from south to north, but all the mountain country lying to the east of Zidon. One other passage promises to throw additional light upon the question, viz., the ideal delimitation of the Holy Land in Ezekiel 47; and here it is true that we find a northern frontier (verses 15-17) apparently far beyond the line of actual settlement, and yet containing two names at least (Zedad and Hazar-enan) which appear in the present list. It is, however, quite uncertain whether the prophet is describing any possible boundary line at all, or whether he is only mentioning(humanly speaking at random)certain points in the far north; his very object would seem to be to picture an enlarged Canaan extending beyond its utmost historical limits. Even if it should be thought that these passages require a frontier further to the north than the one advocated above, it will yet be impossible to carry it to the northern end of the valley between Lebanon and anti-Lebanon. For in that case the northern frontier will not be a northern frontier at all, but will actually descend from the "entrance of Hamath" in a southerly or south-westerly direction, and distinctly form part of the eastern boundary.

Parallel Commentaries ...

Hebrew

continuing
וְיָצָ֤א (wə·yā·ṣā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

to Ziphron,
זִפְרֹ֔נָה (zip̄·rō·nāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 2202: Ziphron -- a place on northern boundary of the promised land

and ending
וְהָי֥וּ (wə·hā·yū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

at Hazar-enan.
עֵינָ֑ן (‘ê·nān)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 2704: Hazar-enan -- a place on the southeast border of Canaan

This
זֶֽה־ (zeh-)
Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

will be
יִהְיֶ֥ה (yih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

your
לָכֶ֖ם (lā·ḵem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

boundary
גְּב֥וּל (gə·ḇūl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1366: A cord, a boundary, the territory inclosed

on the north.
צָפֽוֹן׃ (ṣā·p̄ō·wn)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6828: Hidden, dark, the north as a, quarter

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OT Law: Numbers 34:9 And the border shall go forth (Nu Num.)