The Bible hand-book: an introduction to the study of Sacred Scripture . EASTERN LIMIT OF THE PLAIN OF ESDRAELON, SAMARIA, LOOKING NORTH. The Battle-Ground of Palestine. The scene of Joshuas Victory. (Joshua xvii.)(Pages 294, 300.). GEOGRATHY—PALESTINE. 297 I The land of God, Lev. xxv. 23; the holy land, Zech ii. 12,jre also terms employed in Scripture. It must be observed,lowever, that the limits of the country to which these nameslyere given, have varied at different periods. Its Extent and Divisions.—The whole land of Israel, from)an to Beersheba, was in length equal to the dis-ance between
The Bible hand-book: an introduction to the study of Sacred Scripture . EASTERN LIMIT OF THE PLAIN OF ESDRAELON, SAMARIA, LOOKING NORTH. The Battle-Ground of Palestine. The scene of Joshuas Victory. (Joshua xvii.)(Pages 294, 300.). GEOGRATHY—PALESTINE. 297 I The land of God, Lev. xxv. 23; the holy land, Zech ii. 12,jre also terms employed in Scripture. It must be observed,lowever, that the limits of the country to which these nameslyere given, have varied at different periods. Its Extent and Divisions.—The whole land of Israel, from)an to Beersheba, was in length equal to the dis-ance between London and York, or about 200 and divi-niles, and in its widest parts was less than the dis-tance between York and Liverpool, or about ninety miles. For seven centuries after the dispersion, it was occupied byhe Canaanites, who divided it among ten nations. They after-wards dwindled to seven, Gen. xv. 18-21: Deut. vii. 1; ofwhom the Amorites were the most powerful, and their nameis sometimes used for the whole, Gen. xv. 16. The Philis-tines, Moabites, Midianites, Ammonites, and the children of/Vmalek and Edom were residing, when the Israelites enteredCcrnaan, in its immediate vicinity, and some of them within itsborders
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