John Gill's Exposition on Ezekiel 47:18

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And the east side ye shall measure Hauran, &c.] The line of the eastern border of the land shall begin at Hauran or Auranitis; (see <264716> Ezekiel 47:16), which lay to the southf860 of Damascus: and it follows, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the east sea; and so from Damascus, the metropolis of Syria; and likewise from Gilead, a mountain and country beyond Jordan; and also from that part of the land of Israel near to Jordan; and so from the northern border to the east sea, or sea of Galilee or Tiberias: and this is the east side: of the land, or the eastern border of it, reaching from Hauran to the lake of Gennesaret, or to the Salt sea, the sea of Sodom; (see <043410>Numbers 34:10-12).

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