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WEST

Although the Hebrews recognized the four points of the compass (Gen. 13:14; 28:14; Deut. 3:27; Luke 13:29; cf. Isa. 11:12; Ezek. 37:9), east held the preeminent place and the other directions were often reckoned and described according to their relationship to that point. Thus west was considered the rear (Heb. hayyām hāʾaḥărôn, the Mediterranean Sea, Palestine’s western border; Joel 2:20; cf. Deut. 11:24; Josh. 15:12) and was opposite to the rising of the sun (maʿărāḇ; Isa. 45:6; 59:19).

In Matthew’s Gospel west and east are set opposite to one another to represent the ends of the earth from which the righteous will gather (Matt. 8:11; cf. Ps. 107:3; Isa. 43:5-6) and the universal visibility of the coming of the Messiah (Matt. 24:27).






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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