Numbers 34:4

“And your border, etc.] That is, the south border, which is still describing: shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim; or Maalehacrabbim, as in (<061503>Joshua 15:3) so called from the multitude of serpents and scorpions in it, (see <050815>Deuteronomy 8:15), so Kimchi says f486, a place of serpents and scorpions was this ascent: Dr. Shaw f487 says Akrabbim may probably be the same with the mountains of Accaba, according to the present name, which hang over Eloth, where there is a “high steep road”, well known to the Mahometan pilgrims for its ruggedness: and he thinks f488 it very probable, that Mount Hor was the same chain of mountains that are now called Accaba by the Arabs,…”

“The southern boundary commenced at the Dead Sea. The broad and desolate valley by which the depressed bed of that sea is protected toward the south, is called the Ghor. A deep narrow glen enters it at its southwest corner; it is called Wady-el-Fikreh, and is continued in the same southwestern direction, under the name of Wady el-Marrah; a wady which loses itself among the hills belonging to “the wilderness of Zin;” and Kadesh-barnea (see Numbers 13:26 note), which is “in the wilderness of Zin,” will be, as the text implies, the southernmost point of the southern boundary. Thence, if Kadesh be identical with the present Ain el-Weibeh, westward to the river, or brook of Egypt, now Wady…”

“From the south - Or, on the south, that is, proceeding onward towards the south. Azmon - Which is at the west - end of the mount of Edom. Numbers 34:5”

“34:4 From the southern end of the Dead Sea, the boundary ran through Scorpion Pass toward Zin (cp. 13:21). The southernmost point was Kadesh-barnea (cp. 13:26). Hazar-addar and Azmon are unknown.”

“Akrabbim: Jos 15:3; Jdg 1:36 Zin: Num 34:3, Num 13:21, Num 20:1, Num 33:36, Num 33:37 Kadeshbarnea: Num 13:26, Num 32:8 Hazaraddar: Jos 15:3, Jos 15:4 Numbers 34:5”