The rivers in Palestine were for the most part mere watercourses, dry in summer, in winter carrying the water along the wadys to the sea. The river…

A river that could not be passed over.— The whole distance measured is 4,000 cubits, or less than a mile and a half, during which …

Afterward he measured a thousand
A fourth time a thousand cubits.

Some think these four measurings respect th…

These waters signify the gospel of Christ, which went out from Jerusalem and spread into the surrounding countries; also the gifts and powers of th…