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This shall be the border of the land: On the north side, from the great sea, by the way of Hethlon, to the entrance of Zedad;
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A Promise Reoriented
Commentators note that these borders echo the original promise in Numbers 34. However, the description starts from the north, not the south. This reflects Israel's new situation: returning from exile in Babylon (to the north) rather than entering from Egypt (to the south), showing God's faithfulness in a new era.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The borders of the land follow closely (Numbers 34:0), where they begin from the south, as the people came up from Egypt; in Ezekiel, t…
19th Century
Anglican
This shall be the border of the land.— The boundaries are essentially the same as those given in Numbers 34:1-15, except that ther…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side The description of the borders of the land begins on the n…
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