7 And by the border H1366 of Reuben, H7205 from the east H6921 side H6285 unto the west H3220 side, H6285 a H259 portion for Judah. H3063
This then was the lot H1486 of the tribe H4294 of the children H1121 of Judah H3063 by their families; H4940 even to the border H1366 of Edom H123 the wilderness H4057 of Zin H6790 southward H5045 was the uttermost part H7097 of the south coast. H8486 And their south H5045 border H1366 was from the shore H7097 of the salt H4417 sea, H3220 from the bay H3956 that looketh H6437 southward: H5045 And it went out H3318 to the south side H5045 to Maalehacrabbim, H4610 and passed H5674 along to Zin, H6790 and ascended up H5927 on the south side H5045 unto Kadeshbarnea, H6947 and passed H5674 along to Hezron, H2696 and went up H5927 to Adar, H146 and fetched a compass H5437 to Karkaa: H7173 From thence it passed H5674 toward Azmon, H6111 and went out H3318 unto the river H5158 of Egypt; H4714 and the goings out H8444 of that coast H1366 were at the sea: H3220 this shall be your south H5045 coast. H1366 And the east H6924 border H1366 was the salt H4417 sea, H3220 even unto the end H7097 of Jordan. H3383 And their border H1366 in the north H6828 quarter H6285 was from the bay H3956 of the sea H3220 at the uttermost part H7097 of Jordan: H3383 And the border H1366 went up H5927 to Bethhogla, H1031 and passed H5674 along by the north H6828 of Betharabah; H1026 and the border H1366 went up H5927 to the stone H68 of Bohan H932 the son H1121 of Reuben: H7205 And the border H1366 went up H5927 toward Debir H1688 from the valley H6010 of Achor, H5911 and so northward, H6828 looking H6437 toward Gilgal, H1537 that is before H5227 the going up H4608 to Adummim, H131 which is on the south side H5045 of the river: H5158 and the border H1366 passed H5674 toward the waters H4325 of Enshemesh, H5885 and the goings out H8444 thereof were at Enrogel: H5883 And the border H1366 went up H5927 by the valley H1516 of the son H1121 of Hinnom H2011 unto the south H5045 side H3802 of the Jebusite; H2983 the same is Jerusalem: H3389 and the border H1366 went up H5927 to the top H7218 of the mountain H2022 that lieth before H6440 the valley H1516 of Hinnom H2011 westward, H3220 which is at the end H7097 of the valley H6010 of the giants H7497 northward: H6828 And the border H1366 was drawn H8388 from the top H7218 of the hill H2022 unto the fountain H4599 of the water H4325 of Nephtoah, H5318 and went out H3318 to the cities H5892 of mount H2022 Ephron; H6085 and the border H1366 was drawn H8388 to Baalah, H1173 which is Kirjathjearim: H7157 And the border H1366 compassed H5437 from Baalah H1173 westward H3220 unto mount H2022 Seir, H8165 and passed H5674 along unto the side H3802 of mount H2022 Jearim, H3297 which is Chesalon, H3693 on the north side, H6828 and went down H3381 to Bethshemesh, H1053 and passed on H5674 to Timnah: H8553 And the border H1366 went out H3318 unto the side H3802 of Ekron H6138 northward: H6828 and the border H1366 was drawn H8388 to Shicron, H7942 and passed along H5674 to mount H2022 Baalah, H1173 and went out H3318 unto Jabneel; H2995 and the goings out H8444 of the border H1366 were at the sea. H3220 And the west H3220 border H1366 was to the great H1419 sea, H3220 and the coast H1366 thereof. This is the coast H1366 of the children H1121 of Judah H3063 round about H5439 according to their families. H4940 And unto Caleb H3612 the son H1121 of Jephunneh H3312 he gave H5414 a part H2506 among H8432 the children H1121 of Judah, H3063 according H413 to the commandment H6310 of the LORD H3068 to Joshua, H3091 even the city H7151 of Arba H704 H7153 the father H1 of Anak, H6061 which city is Hebron. H2275 And Caleb H3612 drove H3423 thence the three H7969 sons H1121 of Anak, H6061 Sheshai, H8344 and Ahiman, H289 and Talmai, H8526 the children H3211 of Anak. H6061 And he went up H5927 thence to the inhabitants H3427 of Debir: H1688 and the name H8034 of Debir H1688 before H6440 was Kirjathsepher. H7158 And Caleb H3612 said, H559 He that smiteth H5221 Kirjathsepher, H7158 and taketh H3920 it, to him will I give H5414 Achsah H5915 my daughter H1323 to wife. H802 And Othniel H6274 the son H1121 of Kenaz, H7073 the brother H251 of Caleb, H3612 took H3920 it: and he gave H5414 him Achsah H5915 his daughter H1323 to wife. H802 And it came to pass, as she came H935 unto him, that she moved H5496 him to ask H7592 of her father H1 a field: H7704 and she lighted off H6795 her ass; H2543 and Caleb H3612 said H559 unto her, What wouldest thou? Who answered, H559 Give H5414 me a blessing; H1293 for thou hast given H5414 me a south H5045 land; H776 give H5414 me also springs H1543 of water. H4325 And he gave H5414 her the upper H5942 springs, H1543 and the nether H8482 springs. H1543 This is the inheritance H5159 of the tribe H4294 of the children H1121 of Judah H3063 according to their families. H4940 And the uttermost H7097 cities H5892 of the tribe H4294 of the children H1121 of Judah H3063 toward the coast H1366 of Edom H123 southward H5045 were Kabzeel, H6909 and Eder, H5740 and Jagur, H3017 And Kinah, H7016 and Dimonah, H1776 and Adadah, H5735 And Kedesh, H6943 and Hazor, H2674 and Ithnan, H3497 Ziph, H2128 and Telem, H2928 and Bealoth, H1175 And Hazor, H2674 Hadattah, H2675 and Kerioth, H7152 and Hezron, H2696 which is Hazor, H2674 Amam, H538 and Shema, H8090 and Moladah, H4137 And Hazargaddah, H2693 and Heshmon, H2829 and Bethpalet, H1046 And Hazarshual, H2705 and Beersheba, H884 and Bizjothjah, H964 Baalah, H1173 and Iim, H5864 and Azem, H6107 And Eltolad, H513 and Chesil, H3686 and Hormah, H2767 And Ziklag, H6860 and Madmannah, H4089 and Sansannah, H5578 And Lebaoth, H3822 and Shilhim, H7978 and Ain, H5871 and Rimmon: H7417 all the cities H5892 are twenty H6242 and nine, H8672 with their villages: H2691 And in the valley, H8219 Eshtaol, H847 and Zoreah, H6881 and Ashnah, H823 And Zanoah, H2182 and Engannim, H5873 Tappuah, H8599 and Enam, H5879 Jarmuth, H3412 and Adullam, H5725 Socoh, H7755 and Azekah, H5825 And Sharaim, H8189 and Adithaim, H5723 and Gederah, H1449 and Gederothaim; H1453 fourteen H702 H6240 cities H5892 with their villages: H2691 Zenan, H6799 and Hadashah, H2322 and Migdalgad, H4028 And Dilean, H1810 and Mizpeh, H4708 and Joktheel, H3371 Lachish, H3923 and Bozkath, H1218 and Eglon, H5700 And Cabbon, H3522 and Lahmam, H3903 and Kithlish, H3798 And Gederoth, H1450 Bethdagon, H1016 and Naamah, H5279 and Makkedah; H4719 sixteen H8337 H6240 cities H5892 with their villages: H2691 Libnah, H3841 and Ether, H6281 and Ashan, H6228 And Jiphtah, H3316 and Ashnah, H823 and Nezib, H5334 And Keilah, H7084 and Achzib, H392 and Mareshah; H4762 nine H8672 cities H5892 with their villages: H2691 Ekron, H6138 with her towns H1323 and her villages: H2691 From Ekron H6138 even unto the sea, H3220 all that lay near H3027 Ashdod, H795 with their villages: H2691 Ashdod H795 with her towns H1323 and her villages, H2691 Gaza H5804 with her towns H1323 and her villages, H2691 unto the river H5158 of Egypt, H4714 and the great H1419 H1366 sea, H3220 and the border H1366 thereof: And in the mountains, H2022 Shamir, H8069 and Jattir, H3492 and Socoh, H7755 And Dannah, H1837 and Kirjathsannah, H7158 which is Debir, H1688 And Anab, H6024 and Eshtemoh, H851 and Anim, H6044 And Goshen, H1657 and Holon, H2473 and Giloh; H1542 eleven H259 H6240 cities H5892 with their villages: H2691 Arab, H694 and Dumah, H1746 and Eshean, H824 And Janum, H3241 and Bethtappuah, H1054 and Aphekah, H664 And Humtah, H2547 and Kirjatharba, H7153 which is Hebron, H2275 and Zior; H6730 nine H8672 cities H5892 with their villages: H2691 Maon, H4584 Carmel, H3760 and Ziph, H2128 and Juttah, H3194 And Jezreel, H3157 and Jokdeam, H3347 and Zanoah, H2182 Cain, H7014 Gibeah, H1390 and Timnah; H8553 ten H6235 cities H5892 with their villages: H2691 Halhul, H2478 Bethzur, H1049 and Gedor, H1446 And Maarath, H4638 and Bethanoth, H1042 and Eltekon; H515 six H8337 cities H5892 with their villages: H2691 Kirjathbaal, H7154 which is Kirjathjearim, H7157 and Rabbah; H7237 two H8147 cities H5892 with their villages: H2691 In the wilderness, H4057 Betharabah, H1026 Middin, H4081 and Secacah, H5527 And Nibshan, H5044 and the city of Salt, H5898 and Engedi; H5872 six H8337 cities H5892 with their villages. H2691 As for the Jebusites H2983 the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem, H3389 the children H1121 of Judah H3063 could H3201 H3201 not drive them out: H3423 but the Jebusites H2983 dwell H3427 with the children H1121 of Judah H3063 at Jerusalem H3389 unto this day. H3117
Out of the portion H2256 of the children H1121 of Judah H3063 was the inheritance H5159 of the children H1121 of Simeon: H8095 for the part H2506 of the children H1121 of Judah H3063 was too much H7227 for them: therefore the children H1121 of Simeon H8095 had their inheritance H5157 within H8432 the inheritance H5159 of them.
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Commentary on Ezekiel 48 Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
CHAPTER 48
Eze 48:1-35. Allotment of the Land to the Several Tribes.
1. Dan—The lands are divided into portions of ideal exactness, running alongside of each other, the whole breadth from west to east, standing in a common relation to the temple in the center: seven tribes' portions on the north, five in the smaller division in the south. The portions of the city, the temple, the prince, and the priesthood, are in the middle, not within the boundaries of any tribe, all alike having a common interest in them. Judah has the place of honor next the center on the north, Benjamin the corresponding place of honor next the center on the south; because of the adherence of these two to the temple ordinances and to the house of David for so long, when the others deserted them. Dan, on the contrary, so long locally and morally semi-heathen (Jud 18:1-31), is to have the least honorable place, at the extreme north. For the same reason, St. John (Re 7:5-8) omits Dan altogether.
3. Asher—a tribe of which no one of note is mentioned in the Old Testament. In the New Testament one is singled out of it, the prophetess Anna.
4. Manasseh—The intercourse and unity between the two and a half tribes east of the Jordan, and the nine and a half west of it, had been much kept up by the splitting of Manasseh, causing the visits of kinsmen one to the other from both sides of the Jordan. There shall be no need for this in the new order of things.
5. Ephraim—This tribe, within its two dependent tribes, Manasseh and Benjamin, for upwards of four hundred years under the judges held the pre-eminence.
6. Reuben—doomed formerly for incest and instability "not to excel" (Ge 49:4). So no distinguished prophet, priest, or king had come from it. Of it were the notorious Dathan and Abiram, the mutineers. A pastoral and Bedouin character marked it and Gad (Jud 5:16).
15-17. The five thousand rods, apportioned to the city out of the twenty-five thousand square, are to be laid off in a square of four thousand five hundred, with the two hundred fifty all around for suburbs.
profane—that is, not strictly sacred as the sacerdotal portions, but applied to secular uses.
24. Benjamin—Compare Jacob's prophecy (Ge 49:27; De 33:12). It alone with Judah had been throughout loyal to the house of David, so its prowess at the "night" of the national history was celebrated as well as in the "morning."
25. Simeon—omitted in the blessing of Moses in De 33:1-29, perhaps because of the Simeonite "prince," who at Baal-peor led the Israelites in their idolatrous whoredoms with Midian (Nu 25:14).
26. Issachar—Its ancient portion had been on the plain of Esdraelon. Compared (Ge 49:14) to "a strong ass crouching between two burdens," that is, tribute and tillage; never meddling with wars except in self-defense.
31. gates—(Re 21:12, &c.). The twelve gates bear the names of the twelve tribes to imply that all are regarded as having an interest in it.
35. Lord is there—Jehovah-Shammah. Not that the city will be called so in mere name, but that the reality will be best expressed by this descriptive title (Jer 3:17; 33:16; Zec 2:10; Re 21:3; 22:3).