* by the border.
In this division of the Holy Land, a portion is laid out for
each of the twelve tribes directly across the country, from
east to west; and deducting the square of 25,000; reeds, or
nearly fifty miles on each side, between Judah and Benjamin,
for the priests, Levites, city, and temple, with the
inheritance of the prince to the east and west, (see on ch.
45:1,) from 280; miles, the length of the country from north to
south, there will remain for each tribe a portion of less than
twenty miles in width, and 150; in length. This division of
the land entirely differs from that which was made in the days
of Joshua, in which the tribes were not only differently
placed, but confused and inter-mixed; while here distinct lots
are assigned to each of the twelve tribes, in a regular
mathematical form. Literally such a division never took
place: it seems to denote the equality of privileges which
subsists among all the tribes of Believers, of whatever
nation, and whatever their previous character may have been.
* Manasseh.
Ge 30:22-24 41:51 48:5,14-20 Jos 13:29-31 17:1-11
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