The Church Fathers on this verse

Numbers 34:12Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

And shall reach as far as the Jordan, and at the last shall be closed in by the most salt sea. This shall be your land with its borders round about.

Douay-Rheims

וְיָרַ֤ד הַגְּבוּל֙ הַיַּרְדֵּ֔נָה וְהָי֥וּ תוֹצְאֹתָ֖יו יָ֣ם הַמֶּ֑לַח זֹאת֩ תִּהְיֶ֨ה לָכֶ֥ם הָאָ֛רֶץ לִגְבֻלֹתֶ֖יהָ סָבִֽיב׃

Hebrew (Masoretic text)

The Church Fathers on this verse

One Church Father comments on this verse

Jerome of Stridon

4th centuryChurch Father

And He proclaimed that they shall travel as far as the Jordan and will ultimately be severed by the sea—or by the Dead Sea, or as some suggest, by the Gulf of the Red Sea, near Agila, where the Roman legion and garrison currently reside. Allegorical Interpretation - Refer to Ezekiel 47:18.

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