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Matthew Poole and continuators on Joshua 19:34

Annotations upon the Holy Bible. Browse this work.

Joshua19:34

34 And then the coast turneth west-ward to Aznoth-tabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south-side, and reacheth to Asher on the west-side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sun-rising.

This is unquestionably the Southern Border described from East to West.

Qu. How can this be, when there were divers Tribes between this and Iudah, all which reached to Iordan? Ans. He doth not say of Iudah, as he doth of Zebulun and Asher, that it reacheth to it; but, as it seems, purposely leaves out that word which he had used in both the former branches, lest it should be understood of a Local Reaching to it, or being Contiguous with it, which was not true; and that he might signifie, that he meant this Clause in another sense; to wit, that it did in some sort go or reach to, or converse with Iudah by Iordan. And so this may be here added, to shew the accomplishment of that famous and obscure Prophecy, That Napthali, though he should be planted in the utmost border of the Land, on the North-east, yet he should possess the riches of the West and South, Deut. 33. 23. i. e. of those Tribes which were at great distance from him Westward and Southward; and this he should do in way of Commerce with them by their famous River Iordan, which he did not onely touch in a small part, [illegible: 1+ letters]s some of the other Tribes did, but lay all along it for a good space together, even from the very Fountain unto the Sea of Genesareth. Some think that this is verified by that Royalty of this River, which they suppose God gave to the Tribe of Iudah, which extended as far as Napthali.

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