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[Ill.u.s.tration: MAP OF THE OLD TESTAMENT WORLD.]

3. The =Za'gros Range= extends from Ar'a-rat southeasterly to the Per'sian Gulf, which it follows on the eastern border.

4. The =Leb'a-non Range= extends from Ar'a-rat in a southwesterly direction toward the Red Sea. Mount Her'mon, the mountain region of Pal'es-tine, Mount Se'ir, on the south of the Dead Sea, and even Mount Si'nai, all belong to this chain (Deut. 3. 25; Josh. 13. 5; 1 Kings 5.

6).

5. The =Tau'rus Range=, from Ar'a-rat westward, following the northern sh.o.r.e of the Med-i-ter-ra'ne-an.

IV. The =Rivers=, for the most part, follow the lines of the mountain ranges.

1. The =A-rax'es=, from Ar'a-rat eastward into the Cas'pi-an Sea, may be taken as the northern boundary of the Old Testament world.

2. The =Ti'gris=, called in the Bible _Hid'de-kel_, flows from Ar'a-rat, on the southwestern slope of the Za'gros mountains, in a southeasterly direction into the Per'sian Gulf (Gen. 2. 14; Dan. 10. 4).

3. The =Eu-phra'tes=, the great river of the Bible world, rises on the northern slope of Ar'a-rat, flows westward to the Tau'rus, then southward, following Leb'a-non, then southeasterly through the great plain, and finally unites with the Ti'gris (Gen. 2. 14; 15. 18; Josh. 1.

4; 24. 2).

4. The =Jor'dan= flows between two parallel chains of the Leb'a-non range southward into the Dead Sea (Gen. 13. 10; Num. 22. 1; Judg. 8. 4).

5. The =Nile=, in Af'ri-ca, flows northward into the Med-i-ter-ra'ne-an Sea (Gen. 41. 1; Exod. 2. 2).

V. The Old Testament world has three =Natural Divisions=, somewhat a.n.a.logous to those of the United States.

1. The =Eastern Slope=, from the Za'gros mountains eastward to the great desert.

2. The =Central Plain=, between the Za'gros and Leb'a-non mountains, the larger portion a desert.

3. The =Western Slope=, between Leb'a-non and the Med-i-ter-ra'ne-an Sea.

VI. We arrange the =Lands= according to the natural divisions, giving locations, and not boundaries, as these changed in every age.

1. On the eastern slope lie:

1.) =Ar-me'ni-a= (Rev. Ver., ”Ar'a-rat”), between Mount Ar'a-rat and the Cas'pi-an Sea (2 Kings 19. 37).

2.) =Me'di-a=, south of the Cas'pi-an Sea (2 Kings 17.

6; Isa. 21. 2).

3.) =Per'sia=, south of Me'di-a and north of the Per'sian Gulf (Ezra 1. 1; Dan. 5. 28).

2. In the central plain we find:

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