for the deciſion of the matter. 2. That although an exatt Survey cf this Land was nor taken till Joſb. 18. 4, 5. yet there was, and muſt needs be a general deſcription of ir, and a divifion thereof 1nto nine parts and a half; which, asfaras they could gueſs, were equal either in Quantity or in Quality. 3- That the Lor did not at this time ſo peremptorily and unchangeably determine each Tribe, thar cheir portion could neither be encreaſed nor diminiſhed ; as 1s manifeſt, becauſe after Judah's Lot was fixed, Simeen's Lot was taken out of it,
Joſh. 19. 9. though afier the Land was more diſtin&ly known and |
ſurveyed, Joſh. 18 3t js likely the Bounds were more certain and fixed. 4. That the Lot determined only in general what part or quarter of the Land belonged to each Tribe, but left the particu- Jars to be determined by Joſhvz and Eleazar, &c. For the manner O this Lottery, it is probably conceived, that there were two Urns or Pots, iato one of which were put the Names of all the Tribes, each in adiſtin& Paper, and into the other the Names ot each Por- tion deſcribed; then Eleazar, or ſome other perſon, drew our firſt the Name of one of the Tribes our of one Por, and then the Name of one Portion out of the other Pet, and that Portion was appro- priated rothat Tribe ; and fo in the reſt. And wich reſpe&ro theſe Pots, in the botrom of which the Papers lay, theſe Lots are oft ſaid to come up,or come forth, b WhoſeLot came out firſt by God's dif- poſition, as anote of bis Preeminency above his Brethren. c Which lay South-eaſt from Judahs portion.
2 And their ſouth-border was from the ſhore of the
ſalr-ſea, from the F bay d that looketh ſouthward. a Heb the Tongue: By which he underſtands either a Creek or Arm of that Sea ; or a Promontory, which by learned Authors is ſometimes called a Tongue ; it is not material to know which of
theſe ir was.
2 Andit went out to the ſouth- fide e to F Maaleh- acrabhim, and paſſed along to Zin, and aſcended up on the ſouth-fide unto Kadeſh-harnea : and paſled along
to Hezron, and went up to Adar, ard fetched a com- pals to Karkaa. e Concerning this diſcription of the Southern-Ccaſt of Judah ſee Numb. 34. 3» 4» 5. 4 4 Froms thence it paſſed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt and the goings out of that coalt were at the ſea : this ſhal be your ſouth-coaft. | 5 And the eaſt-border was the fſalt-ſea, even unto the end of Jordan f: and their border in the north quarter 4s from the bay of the ſea, at the uttermoſt part of Jordan. F i. e. The place where Jordan runs into the Salt-ſea. 6 And the border went up to Beth-hogla, and paſſed along by the North of Beth-arabah g, and the border
went up to the ſtone of Bohan the ſon of Reuben 6.
g Or, on the North, or Northward to Beth-arabaheW hich place isattri- buted to Judah h-:re, wer. 61« and to Benjamin, Joſh. 18. 22. becaule it was a Frontier Town inthe nos of Judah and Benjamin, & there- fore promiſcuouſly belonging to both ; which alſo was the Caſe of ſome other Places : And rhis Cohabitation was convenient to main- tain brother]y Love and Union between the ſeveral Tribes, eſpeci- ally in the borders, where differences oft ariſe, h A place ſo called, not frem Bohans dwelling there, ( for the Reubenites had nv portion on this ſide Jordan) but from ſome notable Exploit which he did there, though 1t be not recorded in Scripture.
7 And the border went up toward Debir ; from the yalley of Achor, and ſv northward, looking roward Gilgal &, that js before the going up to Adummim, which 3s on the ſouth fide of the river /: and the bor-
der paſſed towards the waters of En-ſhemethb, and the goings out ther2of were * at Enrogel.
z: A diff:ring place from that Debir, vere 15. which was near He- bron, & remote from Juda*s border ; as alſo from that Dcbir.Jothe 173. 26. which was beycne Jordan. k Either that Gilzal nigh Jordan, Joſh. 4+ I9. Or anotner place efthat name. [. Or, brook, or valley.
8 Andrthe border went up by the valley of the ſon of Hinnom », unto the ſouth ſide of the * Jebuſite o, the fame is Jeruſalem p : and the border went up to the top of the mountain, that /izth - before the valley of Hinnom, weſtward, which js at the end of the valley of the giants, northward.
mn Properly, tor the Line went from Jordan and the ſalt Sza to the higher giounds nighJerrſilem; & therefore the Line is ſaid to go «own, Joſh. 18. 16. becaule there ittakes a contrary courſe,and goes down- wards ! 0 Jordan ang the Sea. n A very. pleaſant place, but afterward made 1N'amous, 2 King. 23, 10. 0 (5. e. ) Of rhe city of the Jebuſites, which wes encieatiy called Jef, Joſh 18. laſt, Judg, 19. 10. p Ir may ſeem tence, and from Deur, 33. 12. Joſh. 18. laſt, Jud. r. 21 thar Jer ſalcm properly, -Or ar lealt principally, belonged to Benja- min; ni. yct.tis atcribed to Juds/ alſo here, verſe 63. and elſewhere, £1t.-r b-caule a part Otthe Lity was allotted to Judah ; or becauſ: the Zenjamnices necded or defied the help and Conjunttion of this |
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c| paſſed along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabne-
powerful Tribe of Jud#h, for the getting and keepirg of this mott important place. And when the Benjamites had in vain attempted to drive out the Jebuſites, this work was at laſt dene by the Tribe of J»dah, who therefore had an intereſt init by the Right of War; as Ziglag which belonged to the Tribe of Simeon, being gotten from the Philiſtines by David, was adjoyned by him to his Tribe of }uda/, I Sam. 27. 6.
9 And the border was drawn fiom the top of the hill, unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron 9, and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjath-jearim re.
q (+. e, ) belonging to, or bordering upon Mount Ephron. r Cal- led Kiriath-baal, v. 60. and Joſh. 18. 14+
10 And the border compailed from Baalah weſtward unto mount Seir s, and paſſed along unto the ſide of mount Jearim, ( which 5s Cheſalon ) on the north ſide, and went down to Beth-ſhemeſh r, and paſſed on to Timnah.
s Not that of Edom, but another ſo called from ſome reſemblance it had with that in quality. s There were divers Cities of this Name ; this in J:4ah here, Joſh. 21, 16. 2 Kings, 14 11. another in 1ſachar, and a third in Naphtali, Joſh. 19 22, 38.
11 And the border went out unto the ſide of Ekron northward, and the border was drawn to Shicrsn and