Treasury of Scripture
the threshingfloor. This place was situated, according to Jerome, between the Jordan and the city of Jericho, two miles from the former, and three from the latter, where Bethagla was afterwards built. Procopius of Gaza states the same. As {aataad} signifies thorns, the place might have been remarkable for their production; though all the versions except the Arabic consider it as a proper name. As Moses wrote or revised his history on the east side of Jordan, the term beyond Jordan, in his five books, means westward of Jordan; but in other parts of Scripture it generally means eastward.
beyond.
Genesis 50:11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said...
Deuteronomy 1:1 These be the words which Moses spoke to all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea...
seven days.
Genesis 50:4 And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke to the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes...
Numbers 19:11 He that touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
Deuteronomy 34:8 And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.
1 Samuel 31:13 And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
2 Samuel 1:17 And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
Job 2:13 So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him...
Acts 8:2 And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.
