The prince's inheritance.

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gch. 44. 3. ver. 2.

h Ex. 29. 38. Num. 28, 3.

g

LORD, one shall then open him the gate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, as he did on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate.

13 Thou shalt daily prepare a burnt offering unto the LORD of a lamb of the first year without blemish: thou shalt prepare it every morning.

Vision of the holy waters.

them four, and it was made with B. C.574. boiling places under the rows round about.

24 Then said he unto me, These are the places of them that boil, where the ministers of the house shall boil • See ver. D. the sacrifice of the people.

CHAPTER XLVII.

The vision of the holy waters. 6 The virtue of them. 13 The borders of the land. 22 The division of it by lot.

offering for it every morning, the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of a hin of oil, to temper with the fine flour; a meat offering continually by a perpetual ordinance unto the LORD.

15 Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meat offering, and the oil, every morning for a continual burnt offering.

16

Thus saith the Lord God; If the prince give a gift unto any of his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons'; it shall be their possession by inheritance.

17 But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after, it shall return to the prince: but his inheritance shall be his sons' for them.

18 Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession; that my people be not scattered every man from his pos

session.

19 After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which looked toward the north and, behold, there was a place on the two sides westward.

20 Then said he unto me, This is the place where the priests shall 'boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall "bake the meat offering; that they bear them not out into the outer court, "to sanctify the people.

21 Then he brought me forth into the outer court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, † in every corner of the court there was a court.

22 In the four corners of the court there were courts joined of forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four † corners were of one measure.

23 And there was a row of building round about in them, round about

a

a Joel S. 18. Zech. 13. 1. & 14. 8.

again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of Rev. 22. 1. the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under, from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar.

2 Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the outer gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side.

3 And when the man that had bch. 40. S. the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the Heb, water ankles.

4 Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters were to the loins.

of the ankles.

5 Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, † waters to swim in, a river that + Heb, waters could not be passed over.

6 T And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river.

of swimming.

The borders of the land.

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10 And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their d Num. 34. 6. kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.

Josh. 23. 4. ch. 48. 28.

Or, and that which shall

not be healed.

e ver. 7.

+ Heb. shall

come up.

|| Or, principal.

f Job 8. 16. Ps. 1. 3. Jer. 17. 8.

II Or, for bruises and sores.

3 Rev. 22. 2.

h Gen. 48, 5. 1 Chr. 5. 1. ch. 48. 4, 5.

I Or, swore. i Gen. 12. 7. & 13. 15. & 15. 7. & 17. 8. & 26. 3. & 28. 13. ch. 20. 5, 6, 28, 42.

k ch. 48. 29. 1 ch. 48. 1.

m Num. 34. 8.

n Num. 34. 8.

o 2 Sam. 8, 8.

Or, The middle vil lage.

p Num. 34. 9. ch. 48. 1.

+ Heb. from between.

q Num. 20. 13. Deut. 32. 51. Ps. 81. 7.

ch. 48. 28.

Or, Meribah

Or, valley.

Il Or, toward Тетал.

r See Eph. 3. 6. Rev. 7. 9, 10.

Rom. 10. 12. Gal. 3, 28. Col. 3. 11.

11 But the miry places thereof and the marshes thereof shall not be

healed; they shall be given to salt.

12 And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, + shall grow all trees for meat, 'whose

leaf shall not fade, neither shall the

fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.

13 Thus saith the Lord God; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.

14 And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning the which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall *fall unto you for inheritance.

15 And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to "Zedad;

16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazar-hatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran.

17 And the border from the sea shall be P Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north side.

18 And the east side ye shall measure + from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And this is the east side.

19 And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south side Il southward.

20 The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath. This is the west side.

21 So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel. 22 T And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they

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The portions of the tribes.

shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel. 23 And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord GOD.

CHAPTER XLVIII.

The portions of the twelve tribes. 8 The portion for the sanctuary; 15 for the city and suburbs; 21 and for the prince. 30 The dimensions and gates of the city.

NOW these are the names of the

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tribes. From the north end to a ch. 47. 15, &c. the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east and west; ta portion for Dan. + Heb. one portion. 2 And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Asher.

3 And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Naphtali.

4 And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Manasseh.

5 And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Ephraim.

6 And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Reuben.

7 And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Judah.

8 And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the offering which ye shall b ch. 45. 1-6. offer of five and twenty thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the other parts, from the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it.

9 The oblation that ye shall offer unto the LORD shall be of five and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth.

10 And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation; toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst thereof.

The portion for the city.

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e Ex. 22. 29. Lev. 27. 10, 28, 33.

fch. 45. 6.

8 ch. 42. 20.

h ch. 45. 6.

i ch. 45. 7.

12 And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites.

13 And over against the border of the priests, the Levites shall have five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: all the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand.

14 And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto the LORD.

15 And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs; and the city shall be in the midst thereof.

16 And these shall be the measures thereof; the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred.

17 And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.

18 And the residue in length over against the oblation of the holy portion shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward and it shall be over against the oblation of the holy portion; and the increase thereof shall be for food unto them that serve the city.

19h And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes of Israel. 20 All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city.

21 And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city, over against the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the east border, and westward over against the five and twenty thousand toward the west border, over against the portions for

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The twelve gates of the city.

the prince and it shall be the holy oblation; and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst thereof. 22 Moreover, from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince's, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince. 23 As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin shall have ↑a portion. 24 And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side, Simeon shall have a portion.

25 And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar a portion.

26 And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun a portion.

27 And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad a portion.

28 And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea. 29 m This is the land which shall ye divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the Lord GOD. 30

And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, four thousand and five hundred measures. 31 And the gates of the city shall Rev. 21. 12, be after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi.

32 And at the east side four thousand and five hundred: and three gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan.

33 And at the south side four thousand and five hundred measures: and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun.

P

&c.

Jer. 33. 18

Jer. 3. 17.

Joel 3. 21.

Zech. 2. 10. Rev. 21. 3. & 22. 3.

34 At the west side four thousand and five hundred, with their three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali. 35 It was round about eighteen thou-+ Heb. Jehosand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, P†The LORD is there.

vah-shamsmah. See Ex. 17. 15. Judg. 6. 24

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B. C. about 607.

a 2 Kings 24. 1. 2 Chr. 36.

6.

CHAPTER I.

Jehoiakim's captivity. 8 Daniel and three others se

lected to be taught the learning of the Chaldeans. 8 They refuse to eat the king's meat. 17 Their great

attainments in wisdom.

N the third year of the reign of

about 606.

b Jer. 27. 19, 20.

Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.

2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God, which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; d and he brought the vessels into the d 2 Chr. 36. 7. treasure-house of his god. 3

e Gen. 10. 10. & 11. 2. Is. 11. 11. Zech. 5. 11.

* Foretold, 2 Kings 20. 17, 18. Is. 39.7.

e See Lev. 24. 19, 20.

f Acts 7. 22.

+ Heb. the wine of his drink.

g ver. 19. Gen. 41. 46. 1 Kings 10, 8.

L Gen. 41. 45. 2 Kings 24. 17.

i ch. 4. 8. & 5. 12.

Ez. 4. 13. Hos. 9. 3.

*

And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king's seed, and of the princes;

4 Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.

5 And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's meat, and of the wine which he drank so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king.

6 Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:

7 h Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abed-nego.

8¶ But Daniel purposed in his heart Deut. 32. 38. that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

12 Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse † to eat, and water to drink. 13 Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king's meat : and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.

14 So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days. 15 And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat.

16 Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse.

+ Heb. of pulse.

+ Heb. that we may eat, &c.

12. James 1. 5, 17. n Acts 7. 22.

17 T As for these four children, m 1 Kings 3. God gave them "knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and "Daniel had understanding in all Or, he made visions and dreams.

18 Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.

Daniel understand.

603.

o Num. 12. 6. 2 Chr. 26. 5. ch. 5. 11, 12, 14. & 10. 1.

19 And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, p Gen. 41. 46. and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king.

20 And in all matters of † wisdom and understanding, that the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.

ver. 5.

1.

q 1 Kings 10. + Heb. wisdom of understanding.

21' And Daniel continued even untor ch. 6. 28. & the first year of king Cyrus.

10. 1.