Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 1. Now these are the names of the tribes.] See the division mentioned Num. xxxiv. 7-12, which casts much light upon this.
Matthew Henry Commentary
- These waters signify the gospel of Christ, which went forth from Jerusalem, and spread into the countries about; also the gifts an powers of the Holy Ghost which accompanied it, by virtue of which i spread far, and produced blessed effects. Christ is the Temple; and he is the Door; from him the living waters flow, out of his pierced side They are increasing waters. Observe the progress of the gospel in the world, and the process of the work of grace in the heart; attend the motions of the blessed Spirit under Divine guidance. If we search int the things of God, we find some things plain and easy to be understood as the waters that were but to the ankles; others more difficult, whic require a deeper search, as the waters to the knees, or the loins; an some quite beyond our reach, which we cannot penetrate; but must, a St. Paul did, adore the depth, Rom. 11. It is wisdom to begin with tha which is most easy, before we proceed to that which is dark and hard to be understood. The promises of the sacred word, and the privileges of believers, as shed abroad in their souls by the quickening Spirit abound where the gospel is preached; they nourish and delight the soul of men; they never fade nor wither, nor are exhausted. Even the leave serve as medicines to the soul: the warnings and reproofs of the word though less pleasant than Divine consolations, tend to heal the diseases of the soul. All who believe in Christ, and are united to his by his sanctifying Spirit, will share the privileges of Israelites There is room in the church, and in heaven, for all who seek the blessings of that new covenant of which Christ is Mediator _________________________________________________
Original Hebrew ואלה428 שׁמות8034 השׁבטים7626 מקצה7097 צפונה6828 אל413 יד3027 דרך1870 חתלן2855 לבוא935 חמת2574 חצר עינן2704 גבול1366 דמשׂק1834 צפונה6828 אל413 יד3027 חמת2574 והיו1961 לו פאת6285 קדים6921 הים3220 דן1835 אחד׃259
