aa {hall be for meat x, and the leaf » thereof for | medI1- | and hath many particular Names ih particular places, and fectns toend
» All along this River, which way ever it runs, it ſhall make its Banks ſo fruittul, that on both ſides thereof it ſhall be abundantly planted with beſt Trees. o Take Root, flouriſh. and be fruirful, as Trees that like their Soil. p They ſhall not be as Trees that are
his Sourhern Progreſs at the Rock Aarzot. d From urſide of the q the ourſid L Land of J/rael, which lay beyord Jordan. e Thence to Ho © Pons ne Dead S:a, which lay on the Eaſt of Jeraſal;m. Thus a Line dravr1 from Damaſcus throgh Auron:tis, Gilcad, the Land of Iſrael beyond Jer-
4an to the Eaſt. Sea, made the Eaſtern Ftonticr.
ſer only for Pleaſure, their Fruit ſhall be for Food. q Ever green i9 And the. ſouth f ſide ſouthward from Tamar,
and flouriſhing,as Trees in the Spring,and in their Prime. » Never | ever TH ; : TT be ſo little as ro be conſumed and ſpent, never rot and decay, there| yer Pays _ rs of . {rife g in Kadelh, the | rj- Ot* Met:« ſhaltalways be Fruit, and enough. 5 Theſe Trees have, as the Tree » TO the great Ia z: of Life, their Fruit every Month, Rev. 22.2. #t Called their Waters, becauſe watered by this Stream. v And ſo carried a Bleſſing with them, theſe Waters carne from the Temple, and were indeed a Spel]
; d thi i 4 C4. bah. || ſouthward. an 1; the ſouth-ſide l
againſt Barrenneſs. x See let. p. y There are many Herbs of a heal. dition of Hazezon Tamar ; and ſo ſome place the Lake of Sodom, that mn
ing Property, none like the Leaves of theſe Trees. z Healing the Nations, as Rev. 22. 2. Theſe Trees moſt likely were Palmeto-Trees, whence the Balm that healeth, the Fruit thar feedeth, and Juice thar
the greateſt part will be this Southern Frontier From
. p 7 Linedrawn to Meribah in Kadeſh, of which Numb. K.. t3. and prog by þ Called the Riverof Egyp:, and was on the South of Judah, lay dis
refreſheth, and allays our Thirſt. Thus the Lerrer ; the Myſtery T do reCtly in the way to Egypr, from Jeruſalem. i Tothe South. welt parC nor inliſt on, 'tisno hard matter for private Chriſtians to accommo- | ®* "ie Mediterranean Sea near Gaza. This is the Southern Frontier:
date 1t tO themſelves.
20 The welſt-ſide alſo ſhall be the great ſea from the
13 T Thus faith the Lord GOD, This ſhall be the bor. | border, till a m me * Ds der a, whereby ye ſhall inherit 5 the land according to] weſt-ſide. Oe nn + SU
twelve c tribes of Iſrael : Joſeph 4d ſhall have two +.* This Boundary begins where the River fallsints the Mediterr ane 4
portions.
little South of Gaza, this the South Point of the Weſtern Boundary ;
a The utmoſt Bounds ofthe whole Land. 5 That is, ſhall divide and the Line runs all along t he Sea-ſhore Northward ,U] you come iti
for Inheritance to the Tribes of 1j-ac/. c As'twas at firſt divided into twelve Portions, ſo now again. 4d That is, the two Sons of 57o-
a ſtreighr Line to Hamath, and this is the Nothern Point of the Weſt Frontier, over-right Sidon, or little differing.
ſeph, Ephraim and Manaſſeh, and this purſuant of their Adoption by] 21 So ſhall ye divide this land # ; accordi Jacob, as well as in fulfilling the Will of 7ac6h, who gave Yoſeph 4 the tribes / of Gael nd & unto you, according tg
double ſhare.
k Now bounded. ! Into twelve Parts or Tribes, to wit, all buc
14 And ye ſhall inhericit, one e as well as another : con | whar is allorred to Pr; i i : : | ; pn l EE nce, Prieſts, Levites, and the City: h +, Cerning che which I i * lifted up mine hand 7 to give: It holy, muſt be reſerved ; and when reſerved, a very fair - 0 ic Tefe
7. unto your fathers inheritance.
2, and this land ſhall fall 4unto you #for| ©? the twelve Tribes, if youmeaſure the holy Pottion by Cubits, and
not by Reeds.
e By equal Right eath Ttibe, and each Family ſhall inherit their| . 22 Y And it ſhall come to paſs ”, that ye ſhall &- aſſign'd Portion, by rightof Children deſcendaar from a Father,whoſe vide it by lot 2 for an inheritance unto you o, and tothe ewas by Letters Patents from Heaven. f Which by. Oath bound ſtrangers that ſojourn ? among you, Which ſhall beget
= my {clf, faich God, to give to you, ſee this form of Oath, chap. 20. ver. 5. Tet. r. andehap. 36. wer. 7. let.g. g Firſt to Abraham, Gen. 13. Is. and 15.18. nextto Iſaac, Gen. 26. 3. next to Jacob, Gen. 28. 13.14 I! . | andall three are frequently mentioned, as thoſe to whom the Lord | 123 have inhe ſware in this thing, Exed. 33. 1. Deut. 1. 8. and 6. 10, & ſpeak of the Inherirance which is ſure and firna b and comes into aQtual Poſſeſſion ; beſide it may referto the dividing by Lor, which God will guide, char each may have their own. 5 Retur- ned Captives, who were carried away, and uſed as if nothing were your
you never ſhould have any thing, but in their ſight you
own, andasif ſhall inherir.
Is And this ſhall be the border of the land toward the north-ſide &, from the great ſea /, the way of He
thion »z, as men go to Zedad »:
& In bounding the Land, the Prophet is informed what is the North. Border firſt. 1-This called fo, not that 'tis the greateſt, for 'cis the 5 Meaiterrane here ſpoken of, but with reſpe& to the Jews; this to them = was the greateſt they knew. or traded on; from the Sea doth the mea- £ furing of the Land begia, from the Weſt point along to Herlon. # » Which is called Het2alon by Adrichomius in the Tribe of 4ſher, ar the foot, or near the Mount Hermon or Senir, as chap. 27. 5. calls thar Mount : This City was in the North-Eaſt of /4ſher's Lor, and on the North-Welſt of Naprhali's Lot, in- the old Diviſion of the Land. » Whichis Seda, a ſmall Town under the ſame Hill, and near the
head of theRiver Eleutherns, antient]y Gebat.
76 Hamath 0, Berothah p, Sibraim 4, which 3s be- tween 7 the border of Damaſcus, and the border of : Hamath; || Hazar-hatticon s , which is by the coaſt of
auran ?,
0 Very near to the Head of Elenthers, or Gebat, and to Sedada : It like to be that mentioned. ſa. 10. 9. ſituate about the middle ofthe orth-boundary of the Land, called ſometime Epiphanis, from Antio- 'd it, and ſome ſay now called Enimas. p Be. derable Town or Village, lying Eaſt of Seaa- as, q Or Sabarim, a place of no farther note than the former, known thus by being a Boundary. » It lay berween theſe two, Hemath to