Verses 11-12
11, 12. Riblah cannot be identified with “Riblah in the land of Hamath,” seeing that four landmarks occur between them.
The east side of Ain Since Ain is a common noun signifying a fountain, and since there are many fountains in northern Palestine, we get no clew from it to the eastern borderline. Robinson identifies this spring with the great fountain of Neba or Birket Anjar, at the foot of Antilibanus.
Sea of Chinnereth Sea of Tiberias or Galilee. Joshua 11:2; Matthew 4:13, notes.
Down to Jordan The boundary shall go along the Jordan (downward) and its termination shall be the salt sea, or the Dead Sea. Genesis 14:3, note.
Coasts Boundaries. Thus eastern Palestine, the land beyond the Jordan, is not included in the Holy Land.
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