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then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the side of Edom, and your south border shall be from the end of the Salt Sea eastward;
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God Sets Clear Limits
Commentator Charles Ellicott highlights that by defining the southern border, God was teaching Israel an important lesson. Their divine commission was to take the land of Canaan, not to engage in aggressive wars against neighboring nations like Edom. These boundaries defined their mission and prevented unauthorized expansion.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The southern boundary began at the Dead Sea. The broad and desolate valley by which the depressed bed of that sea is protected to the south is call…
19th Century
Anglican
When you come... — Better, You are entering into the land of Canaan; this is the land which shall fall to you for an inheritan…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then your south quarter Or border of the land; which, as Jarchi observes, was from east to west:
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Canaan was of small extent; as it is bounded here, it is only about 160 miles in length and about 50 in breadth; yet this was the country promised …
