Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan. FROM THE NORTH END TO THE COAST OF ... HAMATH ... A P... [ Continue Reading ]
And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Asher. A portion for Asher - a tribe of which no one of note is mentioned in the Old Testament. In the New Testament one is singled out of it, the prophetess Anna, in Luke 2:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Naphtali. No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Manasseh. A PORTION FOR MANASSEH. THE CONTACT AND UNITY BETWEEN THE TWO AND A HALF TRIBES EAST OF THE JORDAN, AND THE NINE AND A HALF WEST OF IT, HAD BEEN MUCH KEPT UP BY THE SPLITTING OF MANASSEH, CAUSING THE VISI... [ Continue Reading ]
And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Ephraim. A portion for Ephraim. This tribe with its two dependent tribes, Manasseh and Benjamin, for upwards of 400 years under the Judges held the preeminence.... [ Continue Reading ]
And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Reuben. A portion for Reuben - doomed formerly, for incest and instability, "not to excel" (). So no distinguished prophet, priest, or king had come from it. Of it were the notorious Dathan and Abiram, the mutin... [ Continue Reading ]
And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Judah. No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_ And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof. _ The five thousand that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousa... [ Continue Reading ]
And the residue in length over against the oblation of the holy portion shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: and it shall be over against the oblation of the holy portion; and the increase thereof shall be for food unto them that serve the city. No JFB commentary on these vers... [ Continue Reading ]
_ And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side, Simeon shall have a portion. _ By the border of Benjamin - cf. Jacob's prophecy ( ; ), It alone with Judah had been throughout loyal to the house of David, so its prowess at the "night" of the national history was celebrated as... [ Continue Reading ]
And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar a portion. Simeon - omitted in the blessing of Moses in Deuteronomy 33:1, perhaps because of the Simeonite "prince" who at Baalpeor led the Israelites in their idolatrous whoredoms with Midian (). _ _ And by the border of... [ Continue Reading ]
And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad a portion. No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the Lord GOD. This is the land which ye shall divide. Thus the order of allotments is: IN THE MIDDLE OF A WAS THE TEMPLE, AND THIS WHOLE PORTION WAS GIVEN TO THE PRIESTS OF... [ Continue Reading ]
And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, four thousand and five hundred measures. _ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE._... [ Continue Reading ]
And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi. The gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel - ( _ , the city "had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and... [ Continue Reading ]
And at the east side four thousand and five hundred: and three gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan. No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city The name of the city from that day shall be, The Lord is there - Yahweh-shammah. Not that the city will be called so in mere name, but that the reality will be best expressed by this descriptive title ( ; ; ; ; ). Remarks: (1... [ Continue Reading ]