near Jericho. 49 Andthey pitched by Jordan from Beth-jeſimoth. |Or, t&e even unto || * Abei- Shictim o, in the piains of Moab plain of o Called Sittim, Numb. 25. 1. and here Abel-ſittim, for the grievou: Shitim- mourning which there was both for the heinous crimes committed, *ch. 25.1, and horrible judgments there infl: Qed. 5= And the LORD fſpake unto Moſes, in the plains of Moab, by Jordan ner Jericho, ſaying, 51 Speak unto the children of Iſrael.andiay unto them When ye are palſed over Jordan into the land of Canaat. *Deut: 7, F2 * Then ye ſhal drive outp ail the inhabitants of 2, the land frombefore you, and deſtroy all their pictures Joſ.11.12. * , and deſtroy all their molten 1mages r, and quite 4+ pluck down all their high places 5. gl p Not by baniſhing, but by. deſtroying them, as it isexp/ained. Deut. 7.1,2. and elſewhere. q W hich ſeem to have been ſtones curi ouſly engraven,and ſet up for worſhip. See Deut. 16. 22. r See Exod. 23.24,32. Deut.7.5. 5 (7. e. ) By a Metonymy, the Chappels, Altars, Groves, or other means of worſhip there ſet up, for the hills them- ſelves could not be deſtroyed by them. See on Dent. 12. 2.
523 And ye ſhal diſpollets the inhabitents of the land, and dwell therein : for I have given you the land to pol- {els it.
"26.53, 54 And *ye ſhal divide the land by lot for an inheri t Heb, © tanceamong your families, ard to the more ye ſal | multiply his give the more inheritance, and tothe fewer ye ſhal | we ance. give the leſs inheritance : every mans inheritance ihal be
eb. di. * f , . . miniſþ þ;3_ 12 the piace where his lot falterh,according to the tribes inherit ance. of your fathers ye (hal inherit.
LA 23: FF But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the
d > - . . Gulg, 2.3 thoſe which ye let remain of them, ſbel/l be * pricks in
your eyes ?, and thorns in your ſides, andibalvex you in the land wherein ye dwell, t (7. e. ) Both vexatious and perr:icious, for the eye is a tender part, and a wound there is very miſchievous. 56 Moreover, it thal come to pals, t4arT ſhal do un- to-you, as I thought to do unto them. Y CHAFP. XXXIV. God deſcribes the Borders of Canaan, 1-15. And names thoſe who fbould'| Aivide the ſame among the Children of Iſrael, 16-—29.
land frem before you, then it thal come to paſs, that |
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XXXIME 21 And they departed from Moſeroth, and pitched | in Bene-jaakan hk. ©
h Called more fully Beereth-benc-jaacan, Deut. 10.6. See Gen, 32 And they removed from * Bene-jaakan, and en- 36.27. campedat * Hor-hagidgad z. Deut-10.9 ; Called Guagrdeh, as Jorbathah is called Jotbath, Dent. 10. 7. ©, in +* 33 Andthey went from Hor-hagidgad, and pitched
Deut-19: 56 Jotbathah. 34 And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamp-
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| Chap. XXXIV; AN D the LORD. ſpake unto Moſes, faying, 2 Command the children of Iſrael, and ſay un-
to them, When ye come into the Iand of Canaan ( this is the land that ſhal fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coaſts 2 thereof, ) as Or, limits or bounds, to wit, of the land beyond fordan, Which are here particularly deſcribed, 1. to dire& and bound them in their warsand conqueſts, that chey might aot ſ:ek the enlargem-nt of their empire, after the manner of other nations, but be content- ed with their 0--n portion. 2. To encourag: them in their attempt upon Canzan, and aiſure them of theirſucceſs. . 3. To guide them in the approaching diſt: ivution of the land. : 2 Then * your fourth-quarter b ſhal be from the wil- *Joſ. 15.1? : derneſs of Zin, along by the coaſt of Edomc; and your | ſouth-border thal be the outmoſt coaſt of * the ſair-ſea d * Gen. 14: | eaſtward e, 3. i b Which is here deſcribed from Eaſt to Weſt by divers windings and turnings, by reaſon «f the mountains, riveis,&c. c Bordering all along upon the Edomites, d So called f om the falt and fulphu- rous taſte of its waters. e(3.e.) Ar the eaſtern part of that ſea; where the Eaſtern and Southern bor.ers meet. 4 And your burder ſhal turn from the ſouth ro the af- cenc of Akrabbim f, and paſs unto Zin : and the going torch thereof ihal be from theſouth g ro Kadeſh Barnea h, and ſhal go on to Hazar-addar z,and paſs on ro Azmon &. f Called Maaleh-akrabbim, Joſ. 15. 3. which was at the ſouth end of the ſalt or dead ſea. g Or, on the ſouth, i.e. p:oceeding onwa-d towards the South. hþ Which wason the Southern part of Canaan, Numb. 13.17: # Which in of. 15. 3. may ſeem diſtinguiſhed into two places, Hezron and Addar, which here are unired, becauſe per- adventure they were contiguous,or joined together. Or, the village of Adaar,and ſo this is the ſame place called Aaaar, Jo. r5. 3. and for Hezrwn, that may be anorher place her- omitred, and there ſupplied for more exaCtneſs.k Whichis at the Weſt-end of the mount of Eaom. 5 And the border ſhal ferch a compaſs rom Azmon unto the river of Egypt /, and the goings out of it ſhal be at the ſea mw. I Called Sihor, Fof. 13. 3. which divided Egypt from Canaan, See Gen 15. 18. m The midland ſea, called the ſex emphatically, w here- as the other ſeas there, as they are called, are indeed bur lakes. 6 And as for the weſtern border,ye (hal even have the great » ſea for a border : this ſhal be your weſt-border. z The micland ſea from the South to the North ſo far as runs pa« callel with mount Libanus. - And this {bai be your north border : from the great {ea ye ſhal point out for you mount Hor o. o Not that Hor where Aaron died, Numb. 20.22. which was South-« ward, and bordering upon Edom, Numb. 33. 37, 38. and therefore could not be their northern border, but another mountain, :nd, as it is conceived, the mountain of Libanus, which is elſewhere men- rioned as the northern Border of the land,and which, in regard of divers parts, 0» by divers people, is called by divers names, as Siri« on and Senir, Deut. 3. 9. and Sion, Dent. 4. 48. and Hermon, Joſ. 3. 5. an. here Hor, which ſignifies a mountain, and rhis may be cal- 1:d ſo by way of eminency. Certain it is, that as Hey hete, ſo Hers mn, 7oſ- 13. 5. is Joined with the entrance of Hamath, which makeg it p. obable they are one and the ſame place. |
8 From mount Hor, ye {hal point out your border n- to the entrance of Hamath p, and the goings forth of tie border ſhal be to Zedad.
p Called Hamath the great, Amos 6. 2. which is among the Nor- rhern borders, Ezek. 47. 16, 17. See Gen. 10. 15, 18. Numb, 13. 21s Fudg 3.3. 1 King. 8. 65. : |