Polyglot Bible: Numbers: Numbers 34

This is Numbers 34 (Hebrew Bible / Old Testament), a priestly legal-administrative text presented here in a scholarly parallel-column format showing four ancient versions side by side: the King James Version (English), the Septuagint (ancient Greek), the Tanakh (Hebrew Masoretic Text), and the Vulgate (Latin). The chapter consists of two distinct legal directives from God to Moses: first, a detailed demarcation of the boundaries of Canaan as the territory Israel is to inherit, tracing the land's perimeter from the Salt Sea in the south, westward to the Mediterranean, northward through Mount Hor toward Hamath, and eastward back down through the Sea of Chinnereth to the Jordan; second, the appointment of specific named individuals — Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and one prince per tribe — who are tasked with administering the territorial allotment by lot among the nine-and-a-half tribes (Reuben, Gad, and half of Manasseh having already received their inheritance east of the Jordan). The presentation's most distinctive feature is its use of interlinear-style Strong's concordance numbers embedded within the KJV text, enabling word-by-word comparison of the English translation against the original Hebrew. No interpretive argument is advanced; this is a primary-source document in a reference or study-Bible format, useful to readers engaged in textual criticism, translation comparison, or detailed geographical study of the Israelite settlement tradition.

Polyglot Bible: Numbers: Numbers 34

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