ſt of it, and Damaſers to the Eaſt by North, ſomewhat nearer © Hamath than to Damaſizs. 5 Tho we render it as a proper Name, ome render it otherwiſe. The ſmall Villages between them two ( ſo £ Or Aran, ſome Miles *yond Jorden, Eaſtward from Hamath, which alſo gives Name to the
Is N <1 Epiphanes, who repair rtha a ſmall and inconſj
the We
ne Fr.) i.e. between Hamathand Hauran.
ountry called Auranicis.
17 And the border « from the ſea x, ſhall be * Ha- *4-enan y, the border of Damaſcus, and- the north , and the border of Hamath ; and #hzs 35 the
northward & north: ſide.
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ic moſt Southern of Syria Damaſcens,
1s And the eaſt-ſide ye ſhall meaſure -+ from
Hauran a Vol. ]
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h So we llrael, y indefeiſable Righr,| This dire&s what they ſhould do, as well as foretels the Evens
1 The urmoſt Northern Bounds. x Vid. wer. 15. Jer. 1. y The k q By Enan, or Enon near Sebada. 2, A Line drawnfrom Weſt co wt, that ſhall diftinguith the moſt Nothern Boundaries of 17 ael from
children q among you: and they ſhall be unto you as born in the countrey among the children r of Iſrael, they ritance 5 with you 7 among the tribes « of
that ſhall be. » So *"twas divided before, ſo ic muſt again, for thus all Controverſies ſhall be prevented ; thus he will chooſe thelr Inheri. tance for them, for the Diſpoſition of the Lot is of the Lord. o Thar are the natural Seed of Abraham. p Foreigners never had ſuch Pri. vilege before, tho they mighe dwell and trade among the Jews, yet they were excluded all Hereditary Right, could not purchaſe, nor poſlefls Inheritances ; bur now the Conſtitution is altered, and by this Temporal External incorporating them, a Spiritual and Heavenly is ſignified no doubt. They are pur into Capacity of inheciting with Iſrael 'in both Canaans, in this below, in that above. 4 Who frony cheir Birth ſhould be inveſted with this Right of inheriting. - Equally witch the Children of 1/-ael in point of Right, and with thar very Tribe 1n which they ſojourn. 5 Poſleſſs and enjoy as well as you. £ This ſpeaks the equal Title or Privilege. « This dire&s where the Inherirance of theſe Stangers born among them, or thar firft cams with them, whea they came out of Babylon, ſhould be aſign'd them, viz. 1n that very Tribe where they ſojourn'd, which is fully expreſt in the next Verſe.
23 And itſhall come to paſs x, rhat in what tribe y the ſtranger zſojourneth, there ſhall ye give « him his b inhes ritance, ſaith the Lord GOD c.
x See ver. 22. let. m, y Whether by choice or chance the Stranger fix'd in that Tribe, No Stranger ſhall be excluded out of the Tribe's Inheritance among whom he hath ſojourn'd and begotten Children. z Every Proſelyte or Gentile that joins himſelf ro the People of God. a Neither the 7ew might thruſt a Scanger out into another Tribe, nor might the Stranger by choice go to another. #& *Tis called his, for ſo much as he had a Right preceding the Afſignation, c All this eons firmed by Divine Authority.
CHAP. xty1n.
The portion of the twelve tribes in the new land of inheritante, 15, Of the ſanftuary, city, ſuburbs, and of the prince, 8 —29. The meaſure and gates of the new city, 39—35« .
I OW theſe « are the natnes of the ttibes, from the north + ehd to «© the coaſt of the way of Hethlon 4, as one goeth to Hamiath e, Hazar-enan f, the
border g of Damaſcus northward, to the coaſt of Ha. math 4, ( for theſe are his # ſides eaſt & and weſt) a -þ por- tzon for Dan /.
a Which follow in theirorder. 5 As the Meaſuter began to bound portion.
the Land firſt on the North-tide, fo he will firſt p!ace the Ttibeto whom the moſt Northern Lot fell, or rather was aſltign'd by a- Divine Dire&ion. c Along through the Coaſt that leads from the Weſt or great Sea to Hethlon. d See chap. 47.15. let.m, e A PFrontier City
, and from: Damaſcus b, and from Gilead c,
of that Name ; ſee c49p. 47. 16. let. o. antiently the Royal City of
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