1-5 The vision of the holy waters 6-12 The virtue of them 13-21 The borders of the land 22,23 The division of it by lot

the door Eze 41:2,23-26

waters issued Solomon's temple and the second temple were doubtless well supplied with water, probably conveyed there by means of pipes; but these waters flowed {from} the temple, not as a common sewer, but as a fertilizing river. A fountain producing abundance of water was not in the temple, and could not be there on the top of such a hill; and consequently these waters, as well as those spoken of by Joel and Zechariah, must be understood figuratively and typically. These waters doubtless were an emblem of the `gospel preached with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven;' and their gradual rise beautifully represents it progress, from small beginnings to an immensely large increase; and the latter part of the representation may relate to the times when it shall fill the earth, and produce the most extensive and important effects on the state of making in every nation. Ps 46:4 Isa 30:25 55:1 Jer 2:13 Joe 3:18 Zec 13:1 14:8 Joh 7:37-39 Re 22:1,17

from under the threshold Eze 47:12 Isa 2:3

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

northward Eze 44:2,4

3 And when the man that had 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 ankles.

the man Eze 40:3 Zec 2:1 Re 11:1 21:15

waters were to the ankles [heb] waters of the ankles Lu 24:49 Ac 2:4,33 10:45,46 11:16-18

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.

the waters were to the knees Ac 19:10-20 Ro 15:19 Col 1:6

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 could not be passed over.

waters to swim in [heb] waters of swimming Isa 11:9 Da 2:34,35 Hab 2:14 Mt 13:31,32 Re 7:9 11:15 20:2-4

6 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.

hast thou Eze 8:17 40:4 44:5 Jer 1:11-13 Zec 4:2 5:2 Mt 13:51

7 Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.

bank [heb] lip 1Ki 9:26 2Ki 2:13

many Eze 47:12 Ge 2:9,10 Re 22:2

8 Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.

and go down Isa 35:1,7 41:17-19 43:20 44:3-5 49:9 Jer 31:9

desert. or, plain De 3:17 4:49 Jos 3:16

the sea This was the Dead sea, or sea of Sodom, east of Jerusalem, in which it is said no living creature is found; or, at least, from its extreme saltiness, it does not abound with fish like other seas. The healing of these waters denotes the calling of the Gentiles.

the waters 2Ki 2:19-22 Isa 11:6-9 Mal 1:11 Mt 13:15

9 And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.

every thing Joh 3:16 11:26

rivers [heb] two rivers Ps 78:16

shall live Joh 5:25 6:63 11:25 14:6,19 Ro 8:2 1Co 15:45 Eph 2:1-5

a very great Isa 49:12 60:3-10 Zec 2:11 8:21-23 Ac 2:41,47 4:4 5:14 6:7 21:20

for they Ex 15:26 Ps 103:3 Isa 30:26

10 And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from Engedi even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.

fishers Apostles and preachers of the gospel. Mt 4:19 13:47,50 Mr 1:17 Lu 5:4-10 Joh 21:3-11

En-gedi 2Ch 20:2

the fish Great quantities of all kinds of fish usually caught in the Mediterranean, genuine converts of all nations, kindreds, and people

the great sea Eze 47:15 48:28 Nu 34:6 Jos 23:4 Ps 104:25

exceeding Isa 49:12,20

11 But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.

the miry places Those who reject, neglect, or pervert the gospel

shall not be healed, they shall be. or, and that which shall not be. or, and that which shall not be healed Heb 6:4-8 10:26-31 2Pe 2:19-22 Re 21:8 22:11

given De 29:23 Jud 9:45 Ps 107:34 Jer 17:6 Mr 9:48,49

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.

by the river Eze 47:7 Ps 92:12 Isa 60:21 61:3

grow [heb] come up
trees for meat Probably, believers, `trees of righteousness,' who still bring forth, `fruit unto holiness,' and `whose end is eternal life.'

whose Job 8:16 Ps 1:3 Jer 17:8

new. or, principal
medicine. or, bruises and sores Isa 1:6 Jer 8:22 Re 22:2

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.

This shall. Nu 34:2-12

Joseph. 48:4-6 Ge 48:5 49:26 1Ch 5:1 Jer 3:18 3:18 31:1

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.

lifted up mine hand. or, swore. 20:5,6,28,42 Ge 12:7 13:15 15:7 17:8 26:3 28:13 Nu 14:16,20

fall. 48:29 Pr 16:33

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;

And this. 17-20

Hethlon. 48:1

Zedad. Nu 34:8

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

Hamath. Nu 13:21 34:8 1Ki 8:65 Am 6:14 Zec 9:2

Berothai.
Damascus. Ge 14:15 1Ch 18:5 Ac 9:2

Hazar-hatticon. or, the middle village. Hauran. The district of Auranitis, now Haouran, S.W. of Damascus

17 And the border from the sea shall be Hazarenan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north side.

the border from. The Holy Land, as here described, extended from about 31? to 35? N. lat. and from 34? to 37? E. long.; being bounded on the north by a line drawn from the Mediterranean to Hamath; on the east by Damascus, Hauran, Gilead, and the land of Israel east of Jordan, unto the south of the Dead sea; on the south by Tamar and Kadesh, unto the river of Rhinocorura; and on the west by the Mediterranean sea, from the same point northward till a man came over against Hamath; and its length from north to south would be about 280 miles, and its breadth about 150 miles. The ten tribes, as well a Judah and Benjamin, were to be admitted to a full share in this inheritance, which seems to imply, that the future restoration to the promised land is predicted; while the admission of strangers who sojourned in the land to a share in the inheritance, as if native Israelites, plainly intimates the calling of the Gentiles into the church, and their joint inheritance of its privileges, and of the heavenly felicity.

Hazarchan. 48:1 Nu 34:9

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.

from. Heb. from between. from Gilead. Ge 31:23,47 Nu 32:1 Jer 10:8

Jordan. Ge 13:10 Job 40:23

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 southward.

Tamar. 48:28

strife. or, Meribah. Nu 20:13 De 32:51 33:8 Ps 81:7

river. or, valley. Jos 12:3

southward. or, toward Teman.

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.

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21 So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel.

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22 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 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.

ye shall divide. 13,14

and to the strangers. Isa 56:6,7 Ac 2:5-10 11:18 Eph 2:12,13,19-22 3:6 Re 7:9,10

they shall have. Ac 15:9 Ro 10:12 Ga 3:28,29 Col 3:11

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.

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