CHAPTER XXXIV _The land of Canaan is described_, 1, 2. _The_ south _quarter_, 3-5. _The_ western _border_, 6. _The_ north _border_, 7-9. _The_ east _border_, 10-12. _This land to be divided by lot among the_ nine tribes and half, 13; _two tribes and half, Reuben and Gad, and the half of Mana... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 34:2. _THE LAND OF CANAAN WITH THE COASTS THEREOF_] All description here is useless. The situation and boundaries of the land of Canaan can only be known by actual survey, or by consulting a good map.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 34:3. _THE SALT SEA_] The Dead Sea, or lake Asphaltites. Genesis 19:25, Genesis 19:25.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 34:5. _THE RIVER OF EGYPT_] The eastern branch of the river Nile; or, according to others, a river which is south of the land of the Philistines, and fails into the gulf or bay near _Calieh_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 34:6. _YE SHALL EVEN HAVE THE GREAT SEA FOR A BORDER_] The _Mediterranean_ Sea, called here the _Great Sea_, to distinguish it from the _Dead Sea_, the _Sea of Tiberias_, c., which were only a sort of _lakes_. In Hebrew there is properly but one term, ים _yam_, which is applied to all... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 34:11. _THE SEA OF CHINNERETH_] The same as the _sea of_ _Galilee, sea of Tiberias_, and _sea of Gennesareth_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 34:12. _THE BORDER SHALL GO DOWN TO JORDAN_] This river is famous both in the Old and New Testaments. It takes its rise at the foot of Mount Libanus, passes through the sea of _Chinnereth_ or _Tiberias_, and empties itself into the lake _Asphaltites_ or Dead Sea, from which it has no... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 34:13. _THIS IS THE LAND WHICH YE SHALL INHERIT BY LOT_] Much of what is said concerning this land is peculiarly emphatic. It is a land that contains a multitude of advantages in its climate, its soil, situation, c. It is bounded on the _south_ by a _ridge of_ _mountains_, which separ... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 34:19. - c. _AND THE NAMES OF THE MEN - ARE THESE_] It is worthy of remark that Moses does not follow any order hitherto used of placing the tribes, neither that in chap. i., nor that in chap. vii., nor that in chap. xxvi., nor any other but places them here exactly in that order in wh... [ Continue Reading ]