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I am not alone

I remember as a child we used to come to a place or a seat and say it is “booked” or, in my language, “chup”.  At least that is the way I think it is spelt.  I suppose we were very territorial and that came out in some of things we did back then.  Later in life I discovered that all of mankind is territorial. You secured your properties and went to war to secure more. The most powerful will obviously gain the victories.  In the case of the people of Israel they had great help. Ezekiel 48:35 All the way around shall be eighteen thousand cubits; and the name of the city from that day shall be: THE LORD IS THERE. The Lord is there! That is the promise that Ezekiel ends with. In the original it says Jehovah Shammah. Clear boundaries are defined for all Israel, including the boundaries for the 12 tribes, the holy site and the allocation for the Levites, the prince and the temple. Everything is allocated in the ancient of times. Is there another document that ha...