Cp. for this kind of enumeration Jeremiah 32:44; Jeremiah 33:13.

the land of Benjamin lying north of Judah.

the lowland the low hills and flat valley-land stretching down towards the Philistine plain on the W. and S.W. of Judah.

the mountains the loftier part S. of Jerusalem in the neighbourhood of Hebron.

the South See on Jeremiah 13:19. The cities in these three districts are enumerated in Joshua, 15, viz. 33 44; 48 60; 21 32.

burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and oblations, and frankincense Three sorts of offerings are here mentioned, two bloody and one unbloody. The "oblations" (mg. "meal offerings") consisted of flour and oil, and had (Leviticus 2:1) frankincense (see on Jeremiah 6:20) strewn upon them.

sacrifices of thanksgiving thanksgiving. The word "sacrifices," omitted here and in Jeremiah 33:11, is supplied in the directions given in Leviticus 7:12.

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