Coasts — Or limits or bounds, to wit, of the land beyond Jordan. Which are here particularly described, 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. To encou... [ Continue Reading ]
Your fourth quarter — Which is here described from east to west by divers windings and turnings, by reason of the mountains and rivers. The salt sea — So called from the salt and sulphurous taste of its waters. Eastward — That is, at the eastern part of that sea, where the eastern and southern borde... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
The river of Egypt — Called Sihor, Joshua 13:3, which divided Egypt from Canaan. The sea — The midland sea, called the sea emphatically, whereas the other seas, as they are called, are indeed but lakes.... [ Continue Reading ]
The great sea — This midland sea from the south to the north, so far as it runs parallel with mount Libanus.... [ Continue Reading ]
Hor — Not that Hor where Aaron died, which was southward, and bordering upon Edom, but another mountain, and, as it is conceived, the mountain of Libanus, which is elsewhere mentioned as the northern border of the land, and which, in regard of divers parts, or by divers people, is called by divers n... [ Continue Reading ]
Eleazar — Who was to act in God's name, to cast lots, to prevent contentions, to consult with God in cases of difficulty, to transact the whole business in a solemn and religious manner.... [ Continue Reading ]
Judah — The order of the tribes is here different from that, Numbers 1:7, Numbers 1:26, and in other places, being conformed to the order of their several inheritances, which afterwards fell to them by lots. Which is an evident demonstration of the infinite wisdom of God's providence, and of his pec... [ Continue Reading ]