20The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath. This is the west side.
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And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.
Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazarenan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-22)We are now to pass from the affairs of the sanctuary to those of the state, from the city to the country. 1. The Land of Canaan is here secured to them for an inheritance (Ezek. 47:14): I lifted up my hand to give it unto your fathers , that is, promised it upon oath to them and their posterity. Though the possession had been a great while discontinued, yet God had not forgotten his oath which he…
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