The name of the first river is the Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.The name of the first is Pishon: it flows through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;The name of the first is Pishon: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
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… exact same language in the Hebrew describing how God is walking among his people through the tabernacle. Then we read in Genesis chapter 2 verse 10 through 12 how Eden is filled with gold, delium, and onyx stone. And we see all those in the tabernacle. And this delium is really interesting here because you might say, well, those are just common things. But no, delium is only mentioned one other time in the entire Old Testament after Eden. And it's when it's compared to manna. And the tabernacle has a jar of manna right in the middle of it. That's all in Exodus 16, 33 and Numbers chapter 11, verse 7. Then Eden has a tree of life right in the center of it. And the tabernacle has a menorah or a lampstand in it, Exodus chapter 25, verse 31 through 40, that's shaped and described exactly like a tree with branches and blossoms and flowers. The lampstand basically makes the inside of the tabernacle look like a garden. …
… And in Leviticus chapter 26, verses 11 and 12, specifically verse 12, we see the exact same language describing how God is walking with his people in the tabernacle. And then in Genesis chapter 2, verse 10 through 12, Eden is described as a place filled with gold, delium, and onyx, all of which are represented in the tabernacle. And delium's really interesting because you might say, well, that's just kind of a coincidence, but delium is only mentioned one other time after Genesis 2. And it's referring in the book of Exodus, Exodus 16, 33, to the manna that God provided in the wilderness in Numbers chapter 11, verse 7, those two verses together make clear there was some of that manna that was to be included in the middle of the tabernacle. Then Eden had the tree of life at the center of it, and the tabernacle had a lampstand in it, Exodus 25, verse 31 through 40, that's described, depicted like a tree, complete with blossoms and branches and flowers. …
… delight, a river's flowing out of it to water the garden, and there it divides and becomes four rivers. So it branches out into four rivers that are like the boundary around Eden. The name of the first river is the Pishon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Havilah where there is gold, and the gold of that land is good. Bdellium and onyx stone are there. The name of the second river is the Gihon. It's the one that float around the whole land of Cush. Make a note here, Cush is linked with Egypt and other places in the Old Testament. Then the name of the third river is the Tigris, which flows east of Assyria, and the fourth river is the Euphrates. So you, when you're just reading through the Bible, you're like, okay, sounds good. Keep moving on. But check this out. In Genesis chapter 15, when God is talking to Abraham about the promised land that he's going to bring his people to, listen to how he describes it. Genesis 15, 18. On that day, the Lord made a covenant with Abram saying to your offspring, I give this land from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates. Does that look familiar? This land from the river of Egypt and Euphrates. Wait a minute. That's Egypt, Euphrates. That's the way God described Eden in Genesis 2. When God is describing the promised land in Genesis 15, God's using the same boundaries we have for the Garden of Eden in Genesis 2. …