Here arethe Dimenſions of the Suburbs, which added to thoſe of the City, thus, 250 added te the 4500 on the North-ſide, and 250 added tothe 4500 onthe Southſide, makes 5000; fo on the Eaſt add 250 to 4500,and then add 250 to the 4500 on the Weſt, it makes up a Square equilateral 5oeo in each ſide.
18 And the reſidue in —_— p over againſt the obls e
tion of the holy portion, ſhall be q ten thouſand eaſtward, and ten thouſand weſtward : and it ſhall be over againſt » the oblation of the holy portion, and the in creaſe s thereof ſhall be for food *t unto them that ferves the city.
> Which remains on each fide of the 5000 Cubir ſquare 4, 7 Will be 10000 on the Eaſt, and 10000 on the Weſt. r Lie pr rallel, and even with the South-ſide of the Lewites Portion both on Exiſt and Weſt. 5s ProduR, the Revenues of his Land. '* The Main- tenance, both Salary and Allowances of Bread and Wine. « For tht City Officers, ſo they may live by the City, whoſe Life is ſpent for the City ; that the Labourer may, as he 1s worthy of it, receive his Wages.
19 Andthey that ſerve the city, ſhall ſerve it out of al the tribes of Ifrael 0.
e Either this Service1s a Burden ; if fo, ris fit all ſhould bear their part in it, or tis a Privilege and Advantage, and then 'tis as fit t Advantage ſhould be equally given to all the Tribes ; all Tribes ſhall be capable of the Advantage, and liable to the Burden.
20 All the oblation ſhall be five and twenty thouſand, by five and twenty thouſand p: ye ſhall offer the holy oblation four-ſquare, with the poſleflion 9 of the city.
p Having particularly meaſur'd out 10000 for the Prieſts, an 10000 for the Lewites, and 5000 for the City broad-ways,theſe make in all 25000. Andthelength of each the ſame 25000, here is evident 25000 by 25000, that a perfe& equilateral Square, whoſe ſides ar® 25000 each ſide, q The Land aſſigned for the City, being added to that of the Prieſts and Levites, makes their twice ten thouſand to #- mount to twenty five thouſand broad.
21 T And the reſidue » ſh:ll be for the prince on tit one fide s and on the other * of the holy oblation, and of the poſleflion «of the city over againſt the fi!e and twenty thouſand x, of the oblation toward ti? eaſt-border y, and weſtward over againſt the five and
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thereof c. 7 _ Y Ofthe Land, which isa great Portion, for 'tis the Remainder of 4 nd an half taken out of 6o ; ſo that the Remainder will be 47 A half. s Suppoſe it be the Eaſt-ſide , there will be 23 and three y 'rers. £ On the Welt juſt as much, 23 and three quarters. The reſidue of that which is on each ſide, Eaſt and .Weſt of the : o Square Ares x Which amounts out of the Prieſts, Levites and Fry dara y Of the Land of Gonsan. All from the Eaſt-ſide of the $1 ro the utmoſt Bounds Eaſtward fhall be the Prince his Por- pe and.ſo likewiſe on the Welſt-ſide Weſtward to the great Sea, « Theſe 25000 on both ſides lay over againſt, orrun parallel] with the breadth of the Princes Portion, but the length of the Prince his Por. tion on each ſide exceeded the length of the holy Portion and the City- Jand, as 23 and three quarters exceed 12 and an half.. a The holy Mount. þ Of the Temple of God. c Of the Land aſlign'd to.the Prieſts, which lay as deſcribed, bounded and guarded with the Prince his Portion at Eaſt and Weſt-Ends. 22 Moreover, from the poſlefiion of the Levites, and from the poſleflion of. the city , being in the mid(t that which is the princes, . between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin , ſhall be for the prince d. _ 4 GE hat we may clearly underſtand this, we muſt remember that F.. | nh of Ts = laid from Weſt to Eaſt next to the holy Portion and the Portion of Benjamin is in ver. 23. laid likewiſe from Weſt ro Eaſt nextto the Poſſeſſion of the Cizy. So that on each ſide the
S ortent of Judab and Benjamixrun out to 23 Miles and three quarters
further than the holy Portion, and Poſleſſion of rhe City did ; and all the Land contain'd between the Borders of Judah and Benjamin were whe Prince his Right, both-cthe '12 Miles and an half broad, 23 and three quarterslong on the Wett, and the ſame proportion on the Eaſt ; and this is the Sum of the 224 Verſe.
23 As for the reſt of the tribes, from the calt-ſide unto the weſt-ſide, Benjamin e ſhall have + a portion.
e We left withthe Prophet the laſt aſſign'd Portion to Jadahin the 1th Verſe on the Northtſide of the holy Portions; now the firſt on
© the South-ſide of the Poſſeſſion of the City is Benjamin ,, whoſe Por-
tion, as all the reſt, runs in length from Eaſtto Weſt ,and its breadth from North to South.
24 And by the border of Benjamin , from the eaſt-ſide
T untothe weſt-ſide, Simeon ſhall have @ portion.
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25 And by the boxder of Simeon, from the eaſt-ſide unto the weſt-ſide, Ifſachar a portion,
26 Andby the border of Hfſachar , from the eaſt-ſide un- to the welt-ſide , Zebulun a portion,
27 And by the border of Zebulun , from the eaſt-fide untothe weſt-ſide, Gad a portion f.
f Thus all the Tribes have their Inhericances afſign'd them, but their Lot is nox here as in Joſbuah's Diviſion; it was a new Church and State, that was here intended, and accordingly many Changes made init, which differenced it from the old, which Changes no doube are inſtru&ive, but the particular InſtruQions fall not within the deſign f a Paraphraſe or Comment, that is, tomake the Letter of the Text plain to ordinary Capacities.
28 And by the border 4 of Gad, at the ſouth-ſide, outhward, the border b ſhall be even from Tamar c unto
e waters of | ſtrifein Kadeſh, «nd to the river d toward
6 great ſea. # The South-Border of Gad. b Of the whole Land Southward.
s See chap. 47. 19. let. f,g,h,i. d Siber, ſay ſome ; but if Sibor be ilus, as Ortellius makes it, it cannot bethe Boundary; *tis indeed a
River that ariſeth , as ſome place ir, out of the North-part of the
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