THE HOLY BIBLE (Darby Translation) Darby's Notes on Ezekiel

1:1c *: (The title of this book, 'Ezekiel'), Meaning, 'Strength of God.'
1:1d captives: Lit. 'captivity.'
1:2e Jehoiachin's: Or 'Joiachin's;' elsewhere called also 'Jeconias,' and 'Coniah.'
1:4f itself: Or 'mingled,' as Ex. 9:24.
1:4g brass: An unknown substance; some think a mixture of gold and silver: so in ver. 27; and ch. 8:2; see Rev. 1:15.
1:11a and: Or 'So were their faces; and.'
1:13b torches: Or 'flames.'
1:17c upon: Or 'toward.'
1:20d with: Or 'over against,' or 'beside,' as ch. 3:13, &c.
1:20e creature: Some read 'spirit of life:' so in ver. 21 and ch. 10:17.
1:24f noise: Lit. 'voice:' so ch. 3:12, 'sound.'
1:24g host: Or 'camp.'
1:27h brass: See Note g to ver. 4.
2:4a impudent: Lit. 'stiff of face:' see ch. 3:7.
2:4b Jehovah: Adonai Jehovah, characteristic of this prophet, used about 200 times. Adonai, a plural form of Adon, 'lord,' 'master,' is a name of God, not merely a title.
2:6c faces: Or 'at them,' as Jer. 1:17.
3:5d speech: Lit. 'deep of lip, and heavy of tongue.'
3:13a beside: Or 'over against:' so chs. 10:19; 11:22.
3:17b appointed: Lit. 'given:' see Jer. 1:5.
3:22c, 3:23c valley: Or 'plain:' see Note, Josh. 11:8.
4:2a forts: Or 'siege-towers:' see chs. 17:17; 21:22; 26:8; 2Kings 25:1.
4:13b unclean: Or 'defiled,' as ver. 14.
4:14c soul: Or 'my person.'
4:14d abominable: Or 'unclean,' as Lev. 7:18; 19:7; Isa. 65:4.
4:17e in: Or 'through.'
5:1f knife: Elsewhere 'sword.'
5:2a fire: Lit. 'light,' and so in Isa. 31:9.
5:4b it: i.e. still from the third part last mentioned: see Zech. 13:8, 9.
5:6c, 5:7c ordinances: Or 'judgments;' so ch. 11:12; 'manner' in 2Kings 17:26, 33.
5:6d, 5:7d statutes: choq, as Ex. 12:24.
5:11e verily: Lit. 'if ... not.' A strong form of solemn declaration: see Num. 14:23.
5:15f astonishment: Or 'desolation,' as ch. 33:28, 29, where both words are used.
6:3a water-courses: Or 'ravines.'
6:4b, 6:5b idols: A term of contempt, used 38 times in Ezekiel. See Lev. 26:30; Deut. 29:17; 1Kings 21:26.
6:9c their: Or 'because I am broken with their. ...'
6:10d have: Or 'that I, Jehovah, have not.'
7:7a, 7:10a doom: Or 'destiny:' lit. 'turn,' or 'cycle.'
7:11b Violence: As ver. 23; Zeph. 1:9.
7:11c wealth: A play on words here.
7:11d them: Or 'neither shall there be wailing for them.'
7:13e he: Lit. 'they.' Cf. Lev. 2:5, &c.
7:13f revoked: Or 'for the vision touching her noisy multitude shall not be revoked.'
7:13g assure: Or 'strengthen.'
7:19h belly: Or 'bowels.'
7:20a therein: Or 'of his beautiful ornament, he (i.e. the people) hath made his pride; and they have made therefrom.'
7:22b violent: Or 'robbers.'
7:24c profaned: Or 'they shall inherit their sanctuaries.'
8:2d brass: See Note, ch. 1:4.
8:4e valley: Or 'plain,' as ch. 3:22.
8:10f form: Or 'pattern,' as Deut. 4:17.
8:12a land: Or 'earth.'
8:14b Tammuz: A Syrian and Phoenician idol identified with Adonis.
9:1c of: Or 'Cause to draw near the chastisements of,' &c.
9:2d slaughter: Lit. 'dashing-in-pieces;' Jer. 51:20, 'maul.'
9:2e side: Lit. 'on his loins.'
9:4f mark: The word is Tau, the name of the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
9:9a perverseness: Or 'wresting of judgment.'
9:10b recompense: Lit. 'put,' as also ch. 22:31 and 1Kings 8:32.
10:5c ùGod: El-Shaddai: see Gen. 17:1.
10:12d about: See Note b, Rev. 4:8.
10:13e Galgal: 'Wheel,' or 'Whirlwind.'
10:19a they: Lit. 'he,' or 'it.'
11:3b time: Lit. 'not near.'
11:3c houses: See Jer. 29:5.
11:3d this: i.e. the city: so vers. 7, 11: see ch. 24:6.
11:10e of: Or 'in the territory of.'
11:13a end: Neh. 9:31; Jer. 4:27; 5:10, &c.
11:15b kindred: See Lev. 25:25, 48.
11:20c God: Lit. 'for a people for me, and I will be to them for God.'
11:21d with: Or 'heartily after.'
11:21e recompense: As ch. 9:10.
12:3f captive's: Or 'an exile's.'
12:3g though: Or 'for.'
12:6h sign: Or 'portent,' as Zech. 3:8; 'wonders,' Ex. 4:21.
12:10a burden: Or 'oracle:' see Prov. 30:1.
12:11b sign: Or 'portent,' as Zech. 3:8; 'wonders,' Ex. 4:21.
12:23c proverb: See ch. 16:44.
12:23d accomplishment: Lit. 'word,' 'matter,' dabar: see Ps. 119:11.
13:9a register: Lit. 'writing.'
13:18b wrists: Or 'armholes,' as Jer. 38:12.
13:18a veils: Or 'kerchiefs.'
14:10b iniquity: Or 'the punishment of the iniquity,' and so each time in this verse: see Lam. 4:6.
14:11a God: See Note, ch. 11:20.
14:22b escape: See chs. 12:16; 36:20.
15:4c, 15:5c burned: Or 'charred;' 'parched,' Ps. 69:3.
16:7a multiply: Or 'made thee into myriads.'
16:7b beauty: Lit. 'to the ornament of ornaments.'
16:14c magnificence: As 'lordliness,' Isa. 53:2.
16:21a them: Or 'in causing them to pass through the fire unto them;' or 'setting apart for them,' as Ex. 13:12: the like in ch. 20:26.
16:24b debauchery: Or 'arched place;' and so vers. 31, 39.
16:26c Egyptians: Lit. 'sons of Egypt.'
16:27d portion: Or 'allotted food,' choq; see Ex. 12:24.
16:29e merchants: Heb. Canaan.
16:36f money: Lit. 'brass,' or 'copper.'
16:36g out: Some read 'thy defilement (or ''pollution'') has abounded.'
16:38a jealousy: Num. 35:19.
16:40b assemblage: See ch. 23:24.
16:43c recompense: As ch. 9:10.
16:44d proverbs: Or 'parable,' as Num. 23:7: see chs. 12:22-23; 14:8; 17:2; 18:2, 3; 20:49; 24:3.
16:49e poor: Or 'afflicted;' see ch. 18:12, 17; Ps. 9:18.
16:52f abominably: Or 'made thyself more abominable.'
16:56a by: Or 'was not a lesson in.'
16:58b saith: Some add 'the Lord.'
16:63c forgive: Kaphar; lit. 'make atonement for:' see Lev. 5:6; Deut. 21:8; 32:43.
17:4d land: Heb. 'land of Canaan:' see ch. 16:29.
17:5e field: Lit. 'in a field of sowing.'
17:8f many: Rab; or 'great,' as ver. 5.
17:8g vine: Lit. 'vine of magnificence:' see ver. 23, 'noble,' 'excellent,' and Jer. 30:21.
17:21a with: Some read 'chosen ones of.'
18:2b of: Or 'in.'
18:14a considereth: Or 'feareth.'
18:16b withholden: Or 'taken.'
18:30a snare: Or 'stumbling-block:' see ch. 44:12; Ps. 119:165.
19:7b knew: Some read, 'he broke down.'
19:7c palaces: Or 'widows.'
19:7d contained: Lit. 'its fulness.'
19:10e rest: Others translate 'like unto thee,' but reading uncertain.
19:11a thick: Or 'thick-leaved.' It may be, 'amidst the clouds; and so ch. 31:3, 10, 14.
20:6b ornament: As ver. 15; ch. 7:20, 'beautiful:' see Dan. 8:9.
20:8c thought: Or 'said,' as vers. 13, 21.
20:15a ornament: As ver. 6.
20:26b devoted: Lit. 'transferred,' or 'caused to pass through the fire:' see Note. ch. 16:21.
20:28c offering: Corban: see Lev. 1:2.
20:29d Bamah: Meaning, 'High place.'
20:40a first-fruits: Or 'the choicest,' as 1Sam. 15:21; 2:29, 'primest.'
20:40b things: Or 'consecrated things.'
20:45c *: In the Hebrew, ch. 21 commences at this verse.
20:46d south: Heb. Teman, Hab. 3:3.
20:46e south: Heb. Darom: see Deut. 33:23.
20:46f south: Heb. Negeb: see Josh. 10:40. Same word at end of verse, and ch. 21:4.
20:47f south: Heb. Negeb: see Josh. 10:40. Same word at end of verse, and ch. 21:4.
20:47a meets: Lit. 'every face' (i.e. every side of the forest, &c.).
20:47b burned: Or 'scorched.'
21:9c Jehovah: Or 'Thus saith the Lord:'
21:10d wood: 'It despiseth the rod of my son as all wood.'
21:14e privily: Or 'is a terror unto them.'
21:15f glittering: Or 'as lightning,' so vers. 10, 28.
21:15g whetted: Others read 'drawn.'
21:19a signpost: Lit. 'form (hew out) a hand.'
21:21b parting: Lit. 'mother.'
21:21c teraphim: i.e. household gods.
21:22d lot: Lit. 'divination,' as vers. 21, 23; 'oracle,' Prov. 16:10.
21:26e more: Lit. 'this shall not be that.'
21:27f is: Or 'to whom justice belongs.'
21:28g glitter: See Note f ch. 21:15.
22:5a infamous: Lit. 'defiled of name.'
22:7b, 22:12b oppression: Or 'exaction:' so ver. 29.
22:12c overreached, 22:13c overreaching: Or 'got dishonest gain from:' see ver. 27, 'dishonest gain.'
22:25d prophets: Or 'princes.'
23:4a Oholah: Meaning, 'Her tent.'
23:4b Oholibah: Meaning, 'My tent is in her.'
23:5c mine: Or 'instead of remaining with me.'
23:6d rulers: As Ezra 9:2; and so vers. 12, 23.
23:7e Asshur: Assyria.
23:12f gorgeously: Lit. 'perfectly.'
23:23a Babylon: Or 'Babel.'
23:23b Koa: Or 'governors, and nobles, and princes:' and see Jer. 50:21, Note b.
23:30c nations: Goim: see Isa. 1:4.
23:37a them: Or 'have also devoted unto them:' see Notes, chs. 16:21; 20:26.
23:37b children: Or 'sons.'
23:42c sort: Lit. 'from the crowd of men.'
23:42d Sabeans: Possibly 'drunkards.'
23:42e their: i.e. of the two sisters.
23:43f her: Or 'to her.'
23:43g she: Some read 'Will they now commit fornications with her, even with her,' or 'and she with them?'
23:47h them: Or 'hew them in pieces:' cf. 21:19, Note.
24:5a bones: Or 'and also the bones, in a pile at the bottom of it.'
24:6b, 24:11b, 24:12b rust: Or 'scum.'
24:10c well: Or 'and make thick the broth.'
24:11d brass: Or 'copper.'
24:12e fire: Or 'her rust doth not vanish in the fire.'
24:23f in: Or 'through.'
24:24g sign: Or 'portent,' as ch. 12:6, 11.
24:25a strength: Or 'fortress,' see Isa. 23:14; others 'confidence.'
24:25b up: As 'music,' 1Chron. 15:22.
24:27c sign: Or 'portent,' as ch. 12:6.
25:3d when: Or 'because,' three times here.
25:4e encampments: Enclosures for cattle, or tent villages: see Gen. 25:16; Num. 31:10.
25:5f pasture: Or 'stable.'
25:15a hatred: Or 'by perpetual hatred.'
25:16b Kerethites: Or perhaps 'the Cretans:' see Zeph. 2:5. There is a paronomasia here.
26:6c daughters: i.e. her towns: see Josh. 17:11.
26:11d pillars: Or 'columns:' see 2Kings 3:2; 10:26.
26:17a seas: i.e. by those coming by way of the sea.
26:17b therein: Or 'that haunt it.'
26:21c terror: Lit. 'terrors:' so chs. 27:36; 28:19.
27:3d situate: Or 'thou that dwellest.'
27:3e isles: Or 'maritime countries,' 'coasts.'
27:6f benches: Or 'thy deck.'
27:6g box-wood: Or 'larch.'
27:9h wise: Or 'skilful.'
27:9i leaks: Lit. 'making fast thy chinks;' perhaps 'thy calkers:' so ver. 27.
27:9k thee: Lit. 'barter thy barter:' so ver. 27.
27:10l Phut: See Jer. 46:9.
27:11m Gammadim: Or 'fighting-men.'
27:13a, 27:17a thee: Lit. 'furnished thy barter.'
27:16b corals: Or 'pearls,' see Job 28:18.
27:19c Uzal: Probably Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, Arabia: see Gen. 10:27.
27:19d, 27:25d traffic, 27:27d merchandise: Lit. 'barter:' so vers. 25, 33, 34.
27:24e cedar-wood: Or '... stuffs, bound firmly with cords.'
27:27f leaks: See Note i, ver. 9.
27:27g thee: See Note k, ver. 9.
27:32h destroyed: Or 'reduced to silence.'
27:33a, 27:34a merchandise: As ver. 27.
28:2b ùgod: Or 'I am ùGod' (El).
28:13c God: See ch. 31:9.
28:13d workmanship: Or 'the service.'
28:14e the: Or 'an.'
28:14f, 28:16f covering: i.e. 'protecting,' see Ex. 25:20.
28:25a then: Or '... scattered, then shall I be hallowed in ... nations; and.'
29:3b rivers: Or 'canals.'
29:7a tremble: Or 'didst bring to a stand-still.'
29:14b birth: Or 'origin,' see ch. 21:30.
29:18c do: Lit. 'serve:' see ver. 20.
29:20d it: i.e. Tyre.
29:21e of: Or 'a horn for.'
30:4a, 30:9a Ethiopia: Cush.
30:5b league: Or 'land of the covenant:' see Dan. 11:22.
30:9c them: Or 'shall be in their midst.'
30:12d therein: Lit. 'and the fulness thereof.'
30:16e day: Or 'daily.'
30:17f Aven: Or 'On' (Heliopolis): Aven means vanity.
30:17g Pibeseth: Bubastis, in lower Egypt.
30:17h these: i.e. the cities.
30:18i Tehaphnehes: See Notes, Isa. 30:4; Jer. 2:16.
31:3a boughs: Or 'clouds:' so vers. 10, 14; ch. 19:11.
31:4b high: Or 'nourished him.'
31:11c mighty: Heb. el.
31:12d watercourses: Or 'ravines,' as ch. 6:3.
31:14a himself: Or 'by themselves.'
31:14b earth: Lit. 'land of what is beneath;' and so vers. 16, 18; ch. 32:18, 24.
32:2c seas: Or 'waters;' the expression is often applied to a large river: see Isa. 19:5; Jer. 51:36.
32:3d peoples: Ammim: see Ps. 7:8.
32:4e leave: Or 'scatter;' Ps. 94:14, 'cast off.'
32:5f members: Or 'and fill the valleys with thy carrion.'
32:6g water-courses: Or 'ravines,' as ch. 6:3.
32:14a clear: Lit. 'settle' or 'sink down.'
32:15b it: Lit. 'of its fulness.'
32:21c him: Or 'speak of him.' 'Strong' in this verse is el.
32:22d his: Lit. 'her;' so ver. 23, &c.
32:22e graves: Alluding to the niches in sepulchral vaults.
32:23f, 32:24f terror: Or 'astonishment:' so vers. 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 32; ch. 26:17.
32:25g him: Lit. 'her.'
32:30a princes: Lit. 'anointed ones,' as Ps. 83:11; Mic. 5:5.
32:32b terror: Or 'I put his terror.'
33:3c warn, 33:4c warning: Heb. from zahar, 'to shine,' as Dan. 12:3; 'enlighten,' Ps. 19:11.
33:6d person: Or 'soul.'
33:6e, 33:8e, 33:9e in: Or 'for.'
33:12a thereby: Or 'therein.'
33:13b in: Or 'for.'
33:22c he: Or 'it,' referring to 'hand.'
33:22d coming: Or 'until he should come;' cf. ch. 24:26, 27.
33:24e possession: As Jer. 49:1, 2.
34:13a land: Or 'soil.'
34:13b water-courses: Or 'in the ravines.'
34:14c of: Lit. 'mountains of the height of.'
34:16d judgment: Or 'righteously.'
34:18e settled: Or 'deep:' see ch. 32:14.
34:23f up: Or 'raise up,' as ver. 29; Isa. 52:2; 60:1; 'arise.'
34:27g bands: Or 'bars' (i.e. resting on the shoulder): it is the same expression as Lev. 26:13.
34:29h plant: Or 'planting,' 'plantation;' as Isa. 60:21.
34:29i ignominy: Or 'confusion,' as ch. 32:24; 'shame,' Isa. 50:6.
36:3a up: Lit. 'panted after you:' see Ps. 56:1.
36:3b talkers: Heb. 'the tongue.'
36:4c water-courses: Or 'ravines,' ch. 6:3.
36:5a pillage: Or 'to take possession of it for a prey.'
36:6b water-courses: Or 'ravines,' ch. 6:3.
36:8c they: i.e. 'branches' and 'fruit.'
36:9d turn: Or 'have respect,' as 2Kings 13:23, &c
36:12e children: Some read 'cause them to fall.'
36:13f nation: Some read 'nations,' and so in vers. 14, 15.
36:14g bereave: Or 'cause to falter' or 'fall' (see ver. 15).
36:23a their: Some read 'your.'
36:24b land: Heb. Adamah, 'soil,' as ch. 34:13. In vers. 5, 18, 20, 28, 34, 35 it is Erets: see 1Sam. 2:8.
36:28c God: See Note, ch. 11:20.
36:37d increase: Lit. 'multiply.'
37:1e valley: See Note, ch. 3:22.
37:5a breath, 37:9a wind: Ruach, 'spirit,' 'wind,' vers. 6, 8, 9, 10, 14, and often.
37:9b breath: Or 'Spirit, come from the four winds.'
37:12c graves: See Dan. 12:2.
37:12d, 37:14d land: or 'soil,' as ver. 21; ch. 36:24.
37:17e shall: Or 'that they may.'
37:23a God: See Note, ch. 11:20.
37:27b over: Or 'with.'
38:7c guard: Or 'chief,' 'commander.' Same word as 'watch,' Jer. 51:12.
38:8d visited: Or 'Many days ago wast thou appointed.'
38:8e safety: Or 'at ease,' 'trustfully:' see 2Kings 18:19.
38:12a middle: Or 'high part,' as Judg. 9:37; lit. 'navel.'
38:18b face: Lit. 'nose,' as 'nostrils,' 2Sam. 22:9.
39:2c lead: A word of uncertain meaning. Some translate 'I will divide thee into six parts.'
39:11a of: Or 'stifle.'
39:11b Hamon-Gog: Meaning, 'Multitude of Gog.'
39:16c Hamonah: Meaning, 'Multitude:' see ver. 11.
39:20d all: Or 'all kinds of.'
39:26a bear: Or 'when they shall have borne.'
40:2b upon: Or 'by.'
40:12a border: Or 'offset.'
40:14b about: Or 'the court round about the gate.'
40:16c closed: Or 'latticed,' or 'with fixed frames.'
40:16d projections: Or 'buttresses' (or 'piers'). The meaning of the Hebrew term is not clearly ascertained.
40:16e palm-trees: Or 'palms.'
40:24f south: Heb. Darom, as ch. 20:46: so to ch. 42:18 (13 times): see Deut. 33:23.
40:38a rinsed: 'Thoroughly washed:' see 2Chron. 4:6; as 'scoured out,' Isa. 4:4.
40:42b tables: Some read 'four tables for the burnt-offering,' the Hebrew for 'ascent' and 'burnt-offering' being similar.
40:43c hooks: Or 'pegs.'
40:44d gate: The text as given is according to LXX and modern critics. The Hebrew text reads '... were the cells of the singers in the inner court which was at the side of the north gate; and their front was towards the south: one was at the side of the east gate.'
40:49a eleven: LXX reads 'twelve.'
40:49b whereby: Or 'and by ten steps.'
41:1c tent: Or 'porch,' or possibly 'posts.'
41:4d place: Lit. 'holy of holies.'
41:6e order: Lit. 'thirty times.'
41:7f upward: i.e. in ratio of elevation.
41:8g joint: i.e. to the level place where the side chambers began.
41:9h house: Or 'that were on the inner side.'
41:12i place: Or 'area,' and so all through.
41:12k end: Lit. 'side.'
41:14a places: There were necessarily two, one on each side of the house.
41:15b galleries: Athik, a word the sense of which is uncertain.
41:15c inner temple: Or 'and the temple of the inner court.'
41:16d them: i.e. the three buildings in ver. 15, or the three porches of the inner court.
41:16e covered: * Lit. 'closely covered,' as 'concealed,' Prov. 11:13.
41:18f palm-trees: Or 'palms.'
41:22g length: Probably 'its base.'
41:25h portal, 41:26h portals: Or 'threshold' or 'steps,' see 1Kings 7:6.
42:3i gallery: The meaning of the Hebrew word is disputed.
42:4k inward: According to LXX and modern critics. The Hebrew reads 'one cubit.'
42:7a wall: Or 'enclosure:' so vers. 10, 12.
42:9b cells: Others read, 'And under it (i.e. under the wall, or enclosure) were these cells: the entry was,' &c.
42:10c south: According to the LXX and others: see ver. 12. The Hebrew text reads 'east,' but the 'east' had nothing to do with 'the separate place,' which ran round the three sides only, north, west, and south.
43:7a in: Or 'and by.'
43:7b places: Or 'in their tombs.'
43:13c base: Lit. 'the back.'
43:14d ground: Or 'of earth,' implying that the whole interior of the 'base' was 'of earth.'
43:14e settle: The entire base of the upper altar (Heb. Harel or 'Mount of ùGod,' see ver. 15) was in two parts, the upper of which was set back.
43:15f altar: Heb. Harel.
43:15g, 43:16g ùGod: Heb. Ariel, 'lion of ùGod:' see Isa. 29:1.
43:20a purge: Or 'cleanse from sin (chata);' and so vers. 22, 23; ch. 45:18: see Lev. 8:15.
43:22b blemish: Heb. 'perfect,' so everywhere.
43:26c it: 'Fill the hand:' see Note, Ex. 28:41.
44:5d heart, well: Lit. 'set thine heart to.'
44:7e besides: Or 'with.'
44:8f things: Or 'of my sanctuary,' but the word here is kodesh, as ver. 13; ch. 42:13. 'Sanctuary' here is mikdash; see Ex. 25:8.
44:13a things, 44:13a, 44:19a, 44:23a, holy, 44:27a sanctuary: Kodesh; also 'sanctuary,' chs. 41:21, 23; 42:14; 45:2: see ver. 8.
44:29b devoted: See Lev. 27:21.
44:30c dough: As Num. 15:20 and 'coarse meal,' Neh. 10:37.
45:2d reeds: Cf. ch. 42:16.
45:5e habitations: Lit. 'gates of habitation.'
45:8f land: i.e. domain.
45:9g exactions: Lit. 'expulsions.'
45:12a maneh: i.e. the mina, the sixtieth part of a talent. * It is the weight measure here, and equalled 60 shekels -- 20 + 25 + 15. As a gold coin it was valued at 50 shekels: see 1Kings 10:17; Ezra 2:69; Luke 19:13.
45:15b lamb: Or 'goat.'
45:17c prepare: 'Offer,' as ver. 22; Deut. 12:27.
45:18d purge: See Note, ch. 43:20.
46:5a, 46:11a give, 46:7a unto: Lit. 'the gift of his hand:' see Deut. 16:17.
46:9b feasts: Or 'solemnities,' as ver. 11.
46:14c ordinance: Lit. 'statutes for ever:' see Ex. 12:24.
47:8a plain: The Arabah: see Josh. 3:16.
47:9b thing: Lit. 'soul.'
47:12a fruit: Or 'ripe fruit,' as 'first-ripe,' Hos. 9:10: see Note b, Lev. 2:12; 23:17.
47:12b month: Lit. 'according to its months.'
47:13c portions: Lit. 'two lines.'
47:17d Hamath: Or 'the border, Hamath.'
47:18e from: Or 'And on the east side, between Hauran, Damascus and Gilead, and the land of Israel, is the Jordan: ye shall measure from.'
47:19f side: Side of the Negeb: see Josh. 10:40.
47:19g torrent: i.e. the river of Egypt.
47:19h southward: Toward the Negeb.
48:19a serve: Or 'cultivate;' or 'work it,' as 'till,' Gen. 2:5; i.e. the 'residue' of the land (ver. 18).
48:28a Meribah-Kadesh: See ch. 47:19.
48:35b there: Heb. Jehovah Shammah.

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	August 10, 2008:NCHS Class of 1978 Revisited
	March 20, 2008:Traditions