_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 cu... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Eng... [ Continue Reading ]
_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,... [ Continue Reading ]
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 ther... [ Continue Reading ]
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... [ Continue Reading ]
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... [ Continue Reading ]