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The vision of the holy waters, ver. 1 - 12.
The borders of the land of Canaan, ver. 13 - 23.
1: Eastward - The fountain lay to the west, the conduit pipes were
laid to bring the water to the temple, and so must run eastward, and
perhaps one main pipe might be laid under the east - gate of the temple.
The right side - On the south - side of the temple.
2: Out - Of the inmost court. The outer gate - The outmost
north - gate in the wall that compassed the whole mountain of
the Lord's house.
3: He measured - By the line in his hand. He brought me - Went
before, and the prophet followed; all this was in vision.
8: The sea - The Dead - sea, or lake of Sodom.
Shall be healed - The waters of the sea shall be healed, made wholesome.
So where the grace of God from his temple and altar flows, it heals
the corrupt nature of man, and renders barren terrible deserts, as a
land of waters and gardens.
9: Shall live - Be preserved alive, and thrive, whereas no fish
can live in the Dead - sea. For they - The poisonous waters of the
Dead - sea shall be made wholesome for fish. Shall live - Thrive, and
multiply in the virtue of the healing streams. Thus is the fruitfulness
of the grace of God in the church set forth.
10: En - gedi - Which lay on the south - west of the lake of Sodom.
En - eglaim - A city on the north - east of the Dead - sea.
To spread forth nets - All along on the west - side of this sea to dry them.
12: Consumed - Never be consumed, never decay, there shall always
be fruit, and enough. Their waters - Those that watered them.
Issued out - And so carried a blessing with them.
13: The border - The utmost bounds of the whole land.
Shall inherit - That is, shall divide for inheritance to the tribes
of Israel. Joseph - That is, the two sons of Joseph, Ephraim, and
Manasseh.
15: The great sea - The Mediterranean, which was the greatest
sea the Jews knew.
18: The east sea - The Dead - sea, which lay on the east of
Jerusalem. Thus a line drawn from Damascus through Auranitis,
Gilead, the land of Israel beyond Jordan to the east - sea, made
the eastern frontier.
19: The river - Called the river of Egypt, lay directly in
the way to Egypt from Jerusalem. The great sea - To the south - west
part of the Mediterranean sea near Gaza.
22: Children - Who from their birth should be invested with this
right of inheriting.
23: His inheritance - This certainly looks at gospel times, when the
partition - wall between Jew and Gentile was taken down, and both put on
a level before God, both made one in Christ Jesus.
