Azmon

A border line has to start and stop somewhere, and Azmon is one of its markers. When the LORD describes the edges of Canaan, the southern boundary runs from Kadeshbarnea, and “the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt” (Numbers 34:5). Joshua repeats it for Judah’s south coast, passing “toward Azmon” before it reaches the river and the sea (Joshua 15:4). Azmon is never a story, only a landmark on the edge of the promised land, as a fixed point in a long list of places. Numbers 34 sets out the whole boundary.

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Numbers

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 34:5

And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.

Joshua

Joshua 15:4

From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast.

From Smith's Bible Dictionary

William Smith, 1884

(strong), a place named as being on the southern boundary of the Holy Land, apparently near the torrent of Egypt (Wadi el-Arish). (Numbers 34:4,5; Joshua 15:4) It has not yet been identified.

Based on Nave's Topical Bible by Orville J. Nave (1896). Dictionary entries from Smith's Bible Dictionary. Public domain. KJV scripture text, public domain.