And ye shall point out your east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham:
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“‘You shall mark out your east border from Hazar Enan to Shepham.
And ye shall point out your east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham:
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John Gill
And ye shall point out your east border from Hazarenan to Shepham. From the place where the northern border ended, which Jerom says (u) the Hebrews call Apamia, as both the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem do here. Shepham was a city between Hazarenan and Riblah in the tribe of Naphtali, where Adrichomius (w) places it.
(u) Comment. ut supra. (cf. ver. 15.) (w) Theatrum Terrae Sanct. p. 114.
JFB
east border--This is very clearly defined. Shepham and Riblah, which were in the valley of Lebanon, are mentioned as the boundary line, which commenced a little higher than the sources of the Jordan. Ain is supposed to be the source of that river; and thence the eastern boundary extended along the Jordan, the sea of Chinnereth (Lake of Tiberias), the Jordan; and again terminated at the Dead Sea. The line being drawn on the east of the river and the seas included those waters within the territory of the western tribes.
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