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460 A Commentary
Chapter and Weft- ward beyond that Boundary, even to the
XLVII1. Lands end, belonged to the Prince : And fuppofing
t>*"V^ the whole Country to be fixty Miles in b eadth,,
(as St. Jexom reckons it from Joppa to Jordan,
Epift. ad Dardanum) and the Holy Portion about
(ever! Miles Square : (See the Note upon Chapt.
xlv. 1.) there will remain above fix and twenty
Miles both on the Eaft and Weft Side for the Prince's
Share. See the Scheme placed at the xlvth Chapter.
Ver. 23. Ver. 23. As for the reft of the Tribes, from Eaft
to Weft, Benjamin fhall have a Portion.] The Portion
affigned to Judah was fituate next to the Ho-
ly Portion on the North-fide: See Verfe 1, 8.
The Portion affigned to Benjamin lay next to the
Ground allotted for the City on the South-fide :
See Verfe 28. All thefe Allotments run from Eaft
to Weft in length, and from North to South in.
breadth.
V24 27.
Ver. 24 27. And by the border of Benjamin,
'^ &c:] In thefe Verfes the four remaining Tribes have
their Allotments affigned them, lying on the South
fide of the Holy Portion. Thefe Appointments
are not laid out with any Regard to the Divifion
of the Land made in JoJhua r
s time ; for here a Platform
of a New Church and State is fet forth.
Ver. 28. Ver. 2 ^' And by the border of Gad, at the Southfide
the border Jhall be toward the Great Sea.~]
This is a Defcription of the Southermoft borders
of the Land, extending by the South and Weft
to the Mediterranean Sea. See Chapt. xlvii. 15?.
Ver 2 p. Ver. 2 9' This is the land which yejhall divide by
lot &c] See Chapt. xlvii. 14-, 22.
Ver. 30. Ver. 30. And thefe are the goings out of the City,
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on the North-fide^ &c.J The fame Meafures of the
City