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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

Numbers 34

Numbers 34:1

NUMBERS CHAPTER 34 God describes the borders of Canaan, NUMBERS 34:1; and names those who should divide the same among the children of Israel, NUMBERS 34:16. No text from Poole on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 34:2

Or, _limits_, or _bounds_, to wit, of the land beyond Jordan; 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... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 34:3

THE SOUTH QUARTER is here described from east to west by divers windings and turnings, by reason of the mountains, rivers, &c. BY THE COAST OF EDOM, bordering all along upon the Edomites. THE SALT SEA, so called from the salt and sulphurous taste of its waters. EASTWARD, i.e. at the eastern part of... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 34:4

AKRABBIM, called _Maaleh-acrabbim_, JOSHUA 15:3, which was at the south end of the Salt or Dead Sea. FROM THE SOUTH, or, _on the south_, i.e. proceeding onward towards the south. KADESH-BARNEA was on the southern part of Canaan, NUMBERS 13:17. HAZAR-ADDAR, in JOSHUA 15:3, may seem distinguished into... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 34:5

THE RIVER OF EGYPT, called _Sihor_, JOSHUA 13:3, which divided Egypt from Canaan. See GENESIS 15:18. THE SEA; the midland sea, called _the sea_ emphatically; whereas the other seas there, as they are called, are indeed but lakes.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 34:7

Not that _Hor_ where Aaron died, NUMBERS 20:23, which was southward, and bordering upon Edom, NUMBERS 33:37,38, and therefore could not be their northern border; but another mountain, and, as it is conceived, the mountain of Libanus, which is elsewhere mentioned as the northern border of the land, a... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 34:8

HAMATH, called _Hamath the great_, AMOS 6:2, which is among the northern borders, EZEKIEL 47:16,17. See GENESIS 10:15,18 NUM 13:21 JUDGES 3:3 1 KINGS 8:65.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 34:11

CHINNERETH; of this name we have a city, JOSHUA 19:35, and a country, JOSHUA 11:2 1 KINGS 15:20 and a sea or lake, here an JOSHUA 12:3, JOSHUA 13:27 which in the New Testament is called _the sea of Gennesaret_, LUKE 5:1 and _of Galilee_, and _of Tiberas_ 1 THESSALONIANS 6:1.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 34:17

ELEAZAR was to act in God's name, to cast lots, to prevent differences and contentions, to consult with God in cases of difficulty, to transact the whole business in a solemn and religious manner.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 34:19

The order of the tribes is here differing from that NUMBERS 1:7,26, and in other places, being here, as also JOS 16 JOS 17 JOS 18 JOS 19 conformed to the order of their several inheritances, which afterwards fell to them by lot; which is an evident demonstration of the infinite wisdom of God's provi... [ Continue Reading ]

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