XXXIV. (2, 3) WHEN YE COME... — Better, _Ye are entering into the land of Canaan; this is the land which shall fall unto you for an inheritance,_ (even) _the land of Canaan, according to the borders thereof. And your south quarter_ (or, _district_)_ shall be from the wilderness of Zin by the side of... [ Continue Reading ]
AND YOUR BORDER SHALL TURN FROM THE SOUTH... — Better, _And your border shall turn on_ (or, _to_)_ the south side of the ascent of Akrabbim, and shall pass over to Zin; and the goings forth thereof shall be on the south of Kadesh-barnea._ The meaning appears to be that the boundary line was to go in... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE BORDER SHALL FETCH A COMPASS... — Although the exact spots of some of the places which determined the southern border have not been positively ascertained, there seems, on the whole, very little doubt that the boundary line ran along the valleys which form a natural division between the cult... [ Continue Reading ]
AND AS FOR THE WESTERN BORDER... — Better, _And as for the western border, ye shall have the great sea and_ (its) _border_ (_i.e.,_ its coast). (See Joshua 15:47. “the great sea and the border thereof.”)... [ Continue Reading ]
MOUNT HOR. — It has been thought by some that Hermon is the mountain to which reference is made. But, as Ritter has observed (“Comparative Geography of Palestine,” 3, p. 176), “Hermon stands too far eastward to answer the conditions of the problem,” and he thinks that some peak very near the Mediter... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM MOUNT HOR... — From Mount Hor the boundary line was to pass the unknown Ziphron to the village of Enan, or Hazar-enan, which is likewise unknown. (Comp. Ezekiel 47:16.) This line probably crossed the northern portion of the Lebanon.... [ Continue Reading ]
RIBLAH, ON THE EAST SIDE OF AIN. — Ain (Heb., a _fountain_) is supposed to be the great fountain of Neba Anjar at the foot of Antilibanus, in which case Riblah must be distinguished from the Riblah in the land of Hamath, which is mentioned in 2 Kings 23:33 and in Jeremiah 39:9. From this point the b... [ Continue Reading ]
ON THIS SIDE JORDAN. — Better, _Along the side or bank of Jordan._ (See Note on chapter 32:19.)... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH SHALL DIVIDE THE LAND UNTO YOU. — Better, _Which shall give_ (or, _allot_)_ the land as an inheritance unto you. _... [ Continue Reading ]
AND YE SHALL TAKE ONE PRINCE OF EVERY TRIBE... — In addition to Eleazar the high priest, and Joshua the commander of the army, one chief man, or prince, was to be selected out of each of the ten tribes which were interested in the division, as at the first census one out of each tribe was associated... [ Continue Reading ]