And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, [even to] this mountain, [which] his right hand had purchased.
Ver. 54. And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary] i.e. Of Judea, which country he had consecrated to himself for the place and chief seat of religion; whence it is called, the holy land. It had been a loathsome land, Ezra 9:11, filled with filthiness from corner to corner, but now otherwise. How it was afterwards again polluted, see Isaiah 1:21,23 .
Even to this mountain] Moriah, whereon stood the temple; or, to this mountainous country of Judea.
Which his right hand, &c.] See Psalms 44:3 .