Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 78:54
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Psalms78:54
54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary , even to this mountain , which his right hand had purchased.
Or, of his holiness, or his holy place; (i. e.) the Land of Canaan, which is so called, Ezra, 9. 8. Zach. 2. 8, &c. as being separated by God from all other Lands, for his people and service, and sanctified by his presence and dwelling in it.
Either 1. The Mountain upon which the Tabernacle or Temple stood. Or rather 2. The mountainous Country of Canaan, which is called a Land of hills and valleys, Deut. 11. 11. And the word mountain is oft used in Scripture for a mountainous Country, as Gen. 36. 8. Deut. 1. 7. Ios. 11. 21.
Marginal references: Psal. 44. 3.
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