9 Ard the border ſhal go unto Ziphron, andthe go- ings out of it (hal be at Hazar-enan : this ſhal be your _
10rth-border.
10 And ye ſbal point out your eaſt-border, Hazar-enan to Shepham. 11 And the coaſt ſhal go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the eaſt-ſide of Ain: and the border ſha] deſcend, and fbal reach unto the | ſide of the ſea ot Chinnereth q eaſtward.
7 Of this name we have a city, Jof. 19,35. and a country, Jof: IT. 2. 1 King. 15- 20. and a Sea or Lake, here and Joſ. 12.3. and 13.27. which in the New Teſtament is called the ſea of Geneſareth Luk, 5. 1. and of Galilee, and of Ttberias, Joh, 6, r.
12 And the border ſhal go downt© Jordan r, and the goings our of it ſhal be at the falt ſea: this ſhal be your 'and with the coaſts thereof roundabout. | | r ( 7.e. ) All along the river of Jordan even to theend of it,which is tae caſtern border.
12 And Moſes commanded the children of Ifrael, ſaying, This zs the land which they ſhal inherit by lot, which the LORD cemm anded to give unte the nine tribes, and to the halt tribe. | | 14 * For the tribe ofthe children of Rerben, accord- 4, ,,:;x; ing to the houſe of theirfathers, and the tribe of, the Joſk;14.2, chiidren of G:1d.according tothe houſe of their fathers, 3.
have received their inheritance, and haltrche tribe of Ma-
nafleh have received their uheritance.
15 The two tribes, and the, half cribe, have received
from
ſboulaer: d
their inheritance on this ſide Jordan neer Jericho, caft- | ward, toward the ſun-rifing.
16 And the LORD -ſpake unto Moſes, ſaying, DT 3h 17 Theſe are the names of themen whicty ſhal divide
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| lap. XXXV. >.14.r the land unto you : *Eleazar the prieſt s, and Joſhua Wy 59: 55- the ſon of Nun. LI 1 8 s Who was to a& in God's name, 1 rences and contentions, to conſult with Godin caſes of difficulty, to tranſa& the whole buſineſs in a ſolemn and 145,gt j27 —a_geges 18 And ye ſhal take one prince of every tribe, to dt- vide the land by inheritance, 19 Andthe names of the men are theſe : of Judah #, Caleb the ſon of Jephunneh. £ The order ofthe Tribes is here differing from that Numb. 1- 7,
26. and in other places, being here, as , and 19. conformed to the order of their ſeveral inheritances,which
afterwards
[16 I +
to caſt lots, to prevent diffe-
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of the tribe
eculiar care over his people- | | ; 20 And of the tribe ofthe children of Simeon, She-
muel the ſon of Ammihud.
21 Of the tribe of Benjamin,Elidad 22 And theprince of the tribe
Dan, Bukki the ſon of Jogli.
the ſon of Chisbon.
RE +. of the children of Manaſſeh, Hannie! the ſon of Ephcd. 7
9 And the prince of the tribe of the children of E- phraim, Kemuel the ſon of Shiphtan-
bulun, Eiizaphan the ſon of Parnach.
26 And the Prince of the tribe of the children of Iſlachar, Paltiel theſon of Azzan.
27 And the prince of the tribe of the Aſher, Ahihud the fon of Shelomi.-
28 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphrtali ; Pcdahel the ſon of Ammihud.
29 Theſe are they whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Iſrael,in the land of Canaan.
C H A P. KXXV.
Eight and forty Cities given to the Levites : together with their ſuburbs : an mong which ſix Cities of Refuge : for an Ijraelite or Stranger who had kill'd another unawares, 1=-15. Wilful murther decided : and the murtherer t0 be put to death, 16-21. Fhe Man-ſlayer muſt abide in the City of Refuge till the death of the High-Prieſt : and if caught out of it might be killed, 25-29. Fwo witneſſes required to condemn a man to die, 30. No ſatisfa- Aion to be taken for the Life of a Murtherer, 31. nor that any one might return from a City of Refuge before the time, 32. -that the land be not acfiled and polluted and not cleanſed of the Blood ſbed in it, 33, 34.
AN D the LORD ſpake unto Moſes in the plains of
Moab by Jordan, mear Jericho, ſaying,
2 * Command the children of Iſrael, that they give | © unto the Levites of the inheritance of their poileſlion, \5O% wiay * Eities to dwell ins and ye ſhal give 4//o unto the Le- 21 ſuburbs for the cities round about them.
children of
goods, and for all their beaſts,
a For paſturage for their cattel: where they might not build houſes, nor plant gardens, orchards or vineyards, no nor ſow corn, for which they were abundantly pro) ided out of the firſt-fruits and tithes. And theſe ſuburbs did not belong ro the Levites in common, but were diſtributed ro them in convenient proportions,as may ap- pear from fof. 21.18. 1 Chron. 6. 60,
4 And the ſuburbs ot the cities which ye ſhal give unto the Levites, ſhall reach from the wall of the city and outward, a thouſand cubits round about 5.
bObj. In the next verſe it is wo thouſand. How do theſe agree: Anſw. 1. LXX Interpreters read both here and wer. 5. zwo thouſand cu- bits, rhence ſome ſuppoſe this to be an error in the Hebrew Text, which, being in a matter neither concerning faith nor good manners,is not prejudicial to the authority of the holy Scriptures. nſw. 2. The one thouſand cubits may be in length from the city, and the two thouſand cubits in breadth on each tide of the city, and fo they well agree ;' for a line of a thouſand cubits being drawn in length eait- ward and another weſtward and another northward and another ſouthward, a line, d at a thouſand cubits diſtance from the city,from eaſt I contain two thouſand cubits, and ſo mult the other;Jine: north to ſouth, and io on every fide of the city there muſt be rwo thouſand cubits. 47ſw. 3. This verſe and the next do not ſpeak to the ſame thing : this ſpeaks of the ſpace or Place from whence the ſuburbs ſhall be meaſured, the next verſe ſpeaks of the ſpace unto which that meaſure ſhall be extended ; and
e words may very well be read thus, And the ſuburbs-- ſhall be ( fo it is only an elJlipſis of the verb ſubſtantive,which is moſt frequent, and the mezning is, ſhall be taken or accounted ) from the wallof the city and from ( that particle being ſupplied or underſtood from the