all Naphtali The lofty country N. and N.W. of the Lake of Galilee, some of whose hills, over 2,500 feet, may (as Dri. says) be visible from Nebo, as the lower Mt Tabor to the S. of them is.

and all the land of Ephraim and Manasseh So LXX. These certainly are in sight with Ebal and Gerizim and the intervening valley particularly distinct.

all the land of Judah, unto the hinder sea A natural hyperbole; the hinder or Western Sea (Deuteronomy 11:24). The Mediterranean is hidden by the hills of Judah. But again the bulk of Judah is in sight, and the Sea is mentioned as its W. boundary.

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