Matthew Poole and continuators on Numbers 34:2

2 Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof.)

Or, limits or bounds, to wit, of the land beyond Iordan. Which are here particularly described, 1. to direct and bound them in their wars and conquests, that they might not seek the enlargement of their empire, after the manner of other nations, but be contented with their own portion. 2. To encourage them in their attempt upon Can[illegible: 1+ letters]an, and assure them of their success. 3. to guide them in the approaching distribution of the land.