Numbers 34 — Rabbi

Numbers 34:1

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר

dâbar

and — perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue יְהוָ֖ה

Yᵉhôvâh

(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God אֶל

ʼêl

near, with or among; often in general, to מֹשֶׁ֥ה

Môsheh

Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver לֵּאמֹֽר

ʼâmar

to/for — to say (used with great latitude)

Numbers 34:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)

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Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

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The land's actual borders get formally specified here, by name, before a single tribe has crossed the Jordan - the inheritance is being drawn on the map as a real, bounded territory well before it's a lived reality.

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