Numbers 34:3
Numbers · Old Testament · Chapter 34
“Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:”Numbers 34:3
What Does Numbers 34:3 Mean?
Numbers 34:3 is found in the book of Numbers, chapter 34, verse 3 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 16 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (16)
These passages are connected to Numbers 34:3 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Genesis 14:3“All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.”Exodus 23:31“And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.”Numbers 34:12“And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.”Ezekiel 47:13“Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.”Deuteronomy 11:24“Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.”Joshua 3:16“That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.”Joshua 15:1“This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast.”Numbers 13:21“So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.”Numbers 34:4“And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on to Hazaraddar, and pass on to Azmon:”Numbers 34:7“And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor:”Deuteronomy 1:7“Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.”Deuteronomy 34:3“And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.”Joshua 15:2“And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:”Joshua 18:19“And the border passed along to the side of Bethhoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south coast.”Ezekiel 47:8“Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.”Ezekiel 47:18“And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And this is the east side.”
People & Places
EsauEdomSalt SeaZin
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