Territory of Land

A geographical area in the country (from which the expression 'ropes of the native land' is derived. The origin is in the ancient practice of measuring a surface with a rope).

("There is no measurer except with a five-foot line, which shall not be diminished or diminished. And he shall not measure except as he thinks fit; he shall measure, and he shall reach the wall or the wall of his mouth, and shall return to his measure" - Erubin 5:4, and so: "Who of your seed shall take a portion in the land among the congregation of the Lord, when they shall take it in their return to the land, and he shall say, Cast a line by lot, for the way is When the divisions were drawn by lot, they cast a line in the land to measure the divisions" - The City of David Micah 2:5, and so: "And it came to pass, when they had smitten Sihon alone until he had given them over to his border, and another that he desired to give to Israel, and in the wilderness, he gave to each tribe a line of the land according to its needs and its labors" - Malbim in the Wilderness of the Heart B)

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