ITS BOUNDARIES. Exod. xxill, 31. And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before

thee.

Deut. iii, 12-17. And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites. And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half-tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants. Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob, unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi, and called them after his own name, Bashanhavoth-jair, unto this day. And I gave Gilead unto Machir. And unto the Reubenites, and unto the Gadites, I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon, half the valley, and the border, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdoth-pisgah eastward.

Deut. iv, 47-49. And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan, toward the sun rising; From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon, And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.

Amos vi, 2. Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your

border?

THE SAME AS SEEN IN THE

VISION OF EZEKIEL. Ezek. xlvil, 13-21. 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. And ye shall in

CANAAN.

Deut. xxvi, 9-11. And he 1 brought us into this place. hath given us this land, er land that floweth with milk honey. And now, behold, I brought the first-fruits of the which thou, O LORD, hast g me.

herit it, one as well as another; | land of oil olive, and honey
concerning the which I lifted up land wherein thou shalt eat b
fathers: and this land shall fall lack any thing in it; a land w
mine hand to give it unto your without scarceness, thou shalt
this shall be the border of the land hills thou mayest dig brass.
unto you for inheritance. And stones are iron, and out of w
toward the north side, from the
great sea, the way of Hethlon, as
men go to Zedad; Hamath,
Berothah, Sibraim, which is be-
tween the border of Damascus
and the border of Hamath; Hazar-
hatticon, which is by the coast of
Hauran. And the border from
the sea shall be Hazar-enan, the
border of Damascus, and the north
northward, and the border of
Hamath. And this is the north
side. 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. 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. The west side also
shall be the great sea from the
border, till a man come over
against Hamath. This is the
west side. So shall ye divide this
land unto you according to the
tribes of Israel.

Ezek. xlviii, 29, 30. This is the
land which ye shall divide by lot
unto the tribes of Israel for in-
heritance, and these are their
portions, saith the Lord GOD.
And these are the goings out of
the city on the north side, four
thousand and five hundred meas-
ures.

unto you, Ye shall inherit their
Lev. xx, 24. But I have said
land, and I will give it unto you
to possess it, a land that floweth
with milk and honey: I am the
seperated you from other people.
LORD your God, which have
Deut. viii, 7-9. For the LORD thy
God bringeth thee into a good
land, a land of brooks of water,
of fountains and depths that spring
out of valleys and hills; A land of
wheat, and barley, and vines, and
fig trees, and pomegranates; a

the LORD thy God, and wor And thou shalt set it be before the LORD thy God. thou shalt rejoice in every thing which the LORD thy hath given unto thee, and thine house, thou, and the Le and the stranger that is an you.

said, Arise, that we may g Judges xviii, 9, 10. And against them: for we have the land, and, behold, it is good; and are ye still Be slothful to go, and to ente Possess the land. When ye ye shall come unto a people s and to a large land: for God given it into your hands; a Į where there is no want of thing that is in the earth.

Jer. xxxii, 22. And hast F them this land, which thou

swear to their fathers to

them, a land flowing with and honey.

Ezek. xx, 6. In the day th lifted up mine hand unto them bring them forth of the lan Egypt into a land that I had es for them, flowing with milk honey, which is the glory & lands.

(See under Agriculture

Animals, BEE.)

PROMISE OF POSSESSIC

Gen. xiii, 14, 15, 17. And LORD said unto Abram, after up now thine eyes, and look Lot was separated from him the place where thou art ward, and southward, and ward, and westward: For al land which thou seest, to the I give it, and to thy seed for Arise, walk through the lat the length of it, and in the brea of it: for I will give it unto the

Gen. xv, 17-21. And it came pass, that, when the sun down, and it was dark, beh smoking furnace, and a burn

Deut. xi, 31. For ye shall pass the land which the LORD your over Jordan, to go in to possess God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein.

lamp that passed between those | fore this people, and he shall
pieces. In that same day the cause them to inherit the land
LOED made a Covenant with which thou shalt see.
Abram, saying. Unto thy seed
river of Egypt unto the great
have I given this land, from the
river, the river Euphrates: The
Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and
the Kadmonites, And the Hit-
tes, and the Perizzites, and the
the Canaanites, and the Girgash-
Rephaims, And the Amorites, and
tes, and the Jebusites.

Gen. xvil, 8. And I will give to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

Gea. xxvi, 2, 3. And the LORD peared unto him, and said, Go et down into Egypt; dwell in the ed which I shall tell thee of. arn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee: for to thee, and unto thy seed, I give all these countries; and will perform the oath which I rare unto Abraham thy father. Gen. xxxv, 12. And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, thee I will give it, and to thy ed after thee will I give the land.

Gen. xlviii, 21. And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I die; out God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.

Gen. 1. 24. And Joseph said unto es brethren, I die: and God will rely visit you, and bring you of this land unto the land ch he sware to Abraham, to Jaac, and to Jacob.

Envi, vi, 4, 8. And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Can, the land of their pilgrimace, wherein they were strangers. And I will bring you in unto the hand, concerning the which I did wear to give it to Abraham, to ac, and to Jacob, and I will give it you for an heritage: I am

the LORD.

Exod. xv, 17. Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the Mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in: in the Sanctuary, O LORD, which thy hands have established.

Deut. xxxii, 8. When the most the sons of Adam, he set the High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.

Joshua 1, 3, 4. Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses. From the wilderness and this Lebanon, even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea, toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.

SUBSEQUENT ALLUSIONS.

ceive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as the heirs with him of the same in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob,

promise. For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. CONDITIONS OF CONTINUED

POSSESSION.

2 Kings xxi, 8. Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.

1 Chron. xxviil, 8. Now therefore, in the sight of all Israel, the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God; that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever.

Jer. vii, 5-7. For if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your judgment between a man and his doings; if ye thoroughly execute neighbour; If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent after other gods to your hurt; blood in this place, neither walk this place in the land that I gave Then will I cause you to dwell in

1 Chron. xvi, 18, 19. Saying,
Unto thee will I give the land of
Canaan, the lot of your inheri-
tance; When ye were but few,
even a few, and strangers in it.
-Neh. ix, 7, 8. Thou art the LORD
the God, who didst choose Abram,
and broughtest him forth out of
Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest
him the name of Abraham: And
foundest his heart faithful before
thee, and madest a covenant with
him, to give the land of the
Canaanites, the Hittites, the Am-to
orites, and the Perizzites, and the
Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to
give it, I say, to his seed, and hast
performed thy words: for thou art
righteous.

Ps. cv, 11, 12. Saying, Unto thee
will I give the land of Canaan, the
lot of your inheritance: When
they were but a few men in num-
ber; yea, very few, and strangers
in it."

Acts vii, 2-5. And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee. Then came he out of the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his Exod. xxxiii, 1. And the LORD father was dead, he removed him Bald unto Moses, Depart, and go into this land, wherein ye now phence, thou and the people dwell. And he gave him none inwhich thou hast brought up out heritance in it, no, not so much as of the land of Egypt, unto the to set his foot on: yet he promised land which I sware unto Abra- that he would give it to him for a ham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, say-possession, and to his seed after ing, Unto thy seed will I give it. him, when as yet he had no child. Deut. ii, 28. But charge Joshua, Heb. xl, 8, 10. By faith Abraham, and encourage him, and streng- when he was called to go out into then him; for he shall go over be-a place which he should after re

your fathers, for ever and ever. COMMISSION TO

CONQUER IT.

Deut. x, 11. And the LORD said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them.

Joshua i, 1, 2. Now after the death of Moses, the servant of the LORD, it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying, Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of

Israel.

Joshua xviii, 2, 3. And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance. And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you.

CHARACTER AND EXPUL-
SION OF ITS ABORIGINES.
Exod. xxiii, 29, 30. I will not

Num. xxi, 29-31. Woe to E Joshua xxiii, 5. And the LORD Moab! thou art undone, O per your God, he shall expel them of Chemosh! he hath gives from before you, and drive them sons that escaped, and his da from out of your sight; and yeters, into captivity unto S shall possess their land, as the king of the Amorites. We LORD your God hath promised un-shot at them; Heshbon is peris to you.