Matthew Poole and continuators on Deuteronomy 11:24

24 Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread , shall be yours : from the wilderness , and Lebanon , from the river, the river Euphrates , even unto the uttermost sea , shall your coast be.

Not absolutely, as if the Iewes should be Lords of all the world, as the Rabbi[illegible: 1+ letters] fondly conceit, but in the promised land▪ as it is restrained in the following words.

Either by possession, or by dominion, to wit▪ upon condition of your obedience.

To wit, of Sin, on the south-side.

And from Lebanon: or, and to Lebanon, which was the Northern border.

On the east. So far their right of dominion extended, but that their sins cut them short: and so far Solom[illegible: 1+ letters] extended his dominion.

The western or midland sea: Heb. the [illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 1 word]: for the Eastern part of the World being generally esteemed the foremost, and the southern on the right hand, Psal. 89. 12. and consequently the Northern on the left hand, the Western part must needs be behind. Of these bounds of the land see Gen. 10. 19. and 15. 18. Exod. 23. 31. Ios. 1. 3, 4.

Marginal references: [illegible: 1 word] 1. 3.; [illegible: 1 word]. 34. 3.