la NUMBERS XXIV might not be defrauded of their right by other nations which fometimes fought with Ifraahere- about, Judg.i i.13 &ce as the Ammonites rïpt up the women with childe of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border , Amos 1. 13. Likewile, that Ifrael might reft contented with their limits allotted them of God, both generally and particularly, and not remove the ancient bound, Prov. 23;10. & 22. 28. Deut.2.5,9, t 9. And thefe limits of Çanaan fi- gured the Bate and condition of the Church of Chrirl , (who rejoyceth that the lines are fallen unto him in pleafànt places , and that hee hath a goodly heritage, Phil. 16.6.) which therefore is !hewed to the Prophet in a vifion,Iike the land of Canaan, inherited by the Tribes of Ifrael, and the borders appointed of their habitations, Ezek. 47.13,14,í5,&c. 3 Verte 3. South quarter] Or South corner , which the Chaldee talleth the South -rand: as in Mat. 24. 31 the fourewinds are put for the foure quar- ters of the world. The limits here are let o- wards all the foure quarters, South, Well, North and East : the order of proceeding is thus ; for the South-fide bee begiuneth at the Eaft corner, and goeth alongto the WeB;the Weft fide begin- neth at the South end,& extendeth to the North; the Northerne quarter is likewife from the Well to the Earl; and the Eafterne fide from the North to the South. But in Ezek. 47. 15, &c. he begin- neth with the North, which here is begun at the South,and endette at the Weii,as here at the Earl. wilderneffi of Zen] whereof fee Numb. 33.36, This was the uttermoß part of the South coati, and fell by lot unto the Tribe of Iudah, Jof. 15. r. the fides of Edom] Hebr. the bands of Edam:, that is, the border of Edom, as is explained in Jof. 15.1. the fielt fia] or, lea of fait, fo in ver. i a. This was the lake of Sodom, called all() the dead Sea, for that it had nofifh or living thing in it ; wherof fee Gen. 14.3. From the end of that Sea, front the tongue (or boy) therofthat looked Southward,was their South border, Jof. 15.2. This Sea is in humane writers called Alrbaltirei, Plin.l.5. c. t 6. 4 Verfe 4. (hall turne about] that is, fetch a cons- paffe; as the Greek tranflateth it, flall compaf,for which in Jof, r 5.3. it is faid,it went out. from the South] or , on the South-fide: fo after. the afcent f Akrabbin] or, Maakb Akrabbim, as in JoC 15. 3. which is by interpretation,tbe afcent (or gokag up) of Scorpions : which place foure thinke was fo na- med of the Scorpions which were in the wilder - neffe, Deuter. 8. 15. the goings out thereof] for this, in Jof, 15.3. is laid, it afcended up. it(ball goe out t. Hazar Adder] by going out is meant a paf- fing along, as is expounded In Jof. 15.3. where Ha- zar Adder are two places, Hezron and Adder ; for it is Paid, it pa Sid along to Hezron, and went up to Addar. to Azmon] in Jolt 5. 3, 4. there is ad- ded, that it turned about (or fetched a compas) te Karkaa, and pad on to Amnon. This Azmon is in ?hargutn Ionar an called Kefam; in Grceke,A- felmona. í Verfe 5. unto the river of Egypt] it went out unto the river of Egypt , Jof. r 5... the river called Si- i 199 hor, Jof.13.3. in 7bargum Ionatban, Nilos. go- ing, out of it] namely, of the coafi (or border) Joli 5. 4. tit the fea] to wit, the great Sea , as the Greeketranllateth it, whereof 11ío/e, fpeaketh in theverfe followingt the Chaidee talleth it, the Neff Sea. Verte 6. the Sea border] that is , as the Chaldee explaineth it,the Weft border : fo called becaulè the great Sea lay Weftward from the land of Canaan: tee Gen.' 2. 8. . you (ball ezeu haze] or ?nail be to you : which two phralès expound one another,as is noted on Gen. 12. i 6. So after in verfe 7. and 12. the great Sea] fo called in refpeft of the lei.- fcr inland S=as, as the /'alt Sea, verfe 3. and she Bea fChinnereth,verfe i T. This great Sea is common- ly called the Mediterrane Sea, and the border thereof] fo the Chaldee here trapflateth it , fup- plying the word thereof: and fo it is Englifhed in Jof 15. 12, 47. The Greeke interpreteth it, the great Sea shall bound(or fhall limit.) Verfe 7. you fball point out] or, fhall markeout, fball defrgne ; in Greeke, yee fhall meafure out : fo in verfe 8. and I o. mount Hor] This is not that mount Hor where Aaron died, -which was South- ward in the edge of Etloms laud, Num. 33. 37,3 8. but another mountain on the North fide of Ca- naan, which in JoC 13. 5. is called mount Hermon, and neere the entring into Hamath, as mount Her is here. And Hermon had many names , as ¡Wafer Iheweth in Dem. 3.9. & 4.48. Verfe 8. the entrance ofHalnath] or, themiring in- to Chamath : this Hamath (in Greeke, Emath) is in Amos 6,2. called Hemath the great. See the An- notations on Num. i 3. 21. Hamoth is alto men- tioned among the Northerne borders of the land, in Ezek. 47 t 6,17. Zedad] in Greeks, Sedada : foin Ezek.47. i 5. Verfe 9. Hazar -enan] in Ezek. 47. 17. Haear- enon; in Greeke , Arfenain. This was the N orth- Eaft part of the land. Verfe lo. Sbepbam] called in 1 Sam. 30.28. Io Siphmotb: in Greeke, Sepphama: by Thargum Ionathan , and fonte other, it is called Apa- mioh. Verfe I i, Riblab] a cille in theland ofHamatb, I I where God executed his judgments ouf the Kings 'of Iudab, for their finites, by the Kings of Egypt and of Babylon, 2 King. 23. 33. & 25. 6.20, 21. Jet. 39. 5, 6. taf ofAin] Am by interpretati- on is an eie,or a fbumtaine, and fo is translated here in Greek, Foumaines: and by the old Latine In- terpreter, thefountaine Daphnis. the fide] or,tbe fhou/der, that is, the fhore of the fea. the Sea of Chimeretb] called in Greeks , Chenereth ; in Chal- dee, Gimofar ; and in the New Teftamen, the lait of Gennefaret, Luke 5. I. &in i Mac. 11.67. there is mentioned the water of Gennefar. And the coun- trcy adjoyning was called the land of Gennefaret, Mat. t 434. Mar.6.53, This Sea is allo natnedtbe fea ofGalibe,and the fea ofT iberiat, Joh.6. t. & a lake andfia are the fame; as,they ran into the lake, Luke 8.33, that is,into the fea,Mar.8.32, Qf thefia Chin - neretk there is mention all'o in Jof. t a.3. & 13.27. & of a chie fo named,Jof i9.35.& of the country, Rrrr 4' _ Jot: 6 7 9
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