48:1 Now these [are] the names of the a tribes. From the
north end to the border of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth
to Hamath, Hazarenan, the border of Damascus northward, to
the border of Hamath; for these are his sides east [and]
west; a [portion for] Dan.
(a) The tribes after they entered into the land under
Joshua divided the land somewhat otherwise then is here
set forth by this vision.
48:8 And by the border of Judah, from the east side to the west
side, b shall be the offering which ye shall offer of
five and twenty thousand [reeds in] breadth, and [in]
length as one of the [other] parts, from the east side to
the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of
it.
(b) That is, the portion of the ground which they will
separate and appoint to the Lord which will be divided
into three parts for the priests for the prince and for
the city.
48:16 And these [shall be] the measures of it; the north side
(c) four thousand and five hundred, and the south side
four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four
thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand
and five hundred.
(c) Meaning that it would be square.
48:20 All the oblation [shall be] five and twenty thousand by
d five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy
oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city.
(d) Every way it will be five and twenty thousand.
48:22 Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the
possession of the city, [being] in the midst [of that]
which is the prince's, between the border e of Judah and
the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince.
(e) So that Judah was on the north side of the princes and
Levites portions and Benjamin on the south side.
48:28 And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the
f border shall be even from g Tamar [to] the waters of
strife [in] Kadesh, [and] to the h river toward the
great sea.
(f) Which is here taken for Idumea.
(g) Which was Jericho the city of palm trees.
(h) Meaning, the Nile that runs into the sea called the
Mediterranean.
