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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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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:)
Num 34:2 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:)
Ver. 2. This is the land that shall fall. ] It is God that assigns us our quarters, and cuts us out our several conditions, "appointing the bounds of our habitation." Act 17:26 This should make us rest contented with our lot, and, having God our portion, say howsoever, as David did, "The lines are fallen to me in pleasant places." Psa 16:6 It is what our Father sees fit for us.
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Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:
Num 34:3 Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:
Ver. 3. Then your south quarter shall be. ] Judea was not above two hundred miles long, and fifty miles broad; not near the half of England by much, but far more fertile, called, therefore, Sumen totius orbis. And yet England is, for good cause, counted the western granary; the garden of God, whose valleys are like Eden, whose hills are as Lebanon, whose springs are as Pisgah, whose rivers are as Jordan, whose walls is the ocean, whose defence is the Lord Jehovah. a
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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 Kadesh-barnea, and shall go on to Hazar-addar, and pass on to Azmon:
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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.
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And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.
Num 34:6 And [as for] the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.
Ver. 6. The great sea. ] Commonly called the Mediterranean Sea, betwixt which and the Jews lay the Philistines; as now betwixt the Church and the Turk lies the Pope and his followers, Italy being the mark that the Turk shoots at. Lo, a sweet providence of God!
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And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor:
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From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad:
Num 34:8 From mount Hor ye shall point out [your border] unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad:
Ver. 8. Unto the entrance of Hamath. ] Called Hamath the great, Amo 6:2 affecting haply to be held the greatest village, as the Hague in Holland doth, and remains therefore unwalled.
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And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazar-enan: this shall be your north border.
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And ye shall point out your east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham:
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And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:
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And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.
Num 34:12 And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.
Ver. 12. It shall be at the salt sea. ] That is, the Lake of Sodom, called also Asphaltites, and the Dead Sea. Josephus saith, that an ox, having all his legs bound, will not sink into the water of this sea, it is so dense.
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And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:
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For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance:
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The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
Num 34:17 These [are] the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
Ver. 17. E1eazar the priest. ] Pointing to the High Priest of the new covenant, by whom we have entrance into the promised inheritance, whither he is gone before to prepare a place for us, and hath told us, that in his "Father’s house are many mansions," room enough.
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And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.
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And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
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And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.
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Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.
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And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli.
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The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod.
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And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.
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And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.
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And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan.
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And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.
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And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.
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These are they whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.