This is the land of Heth. Due to the practice of naming a land by the same name as the city, it is presumed to also be the city of Heth. The land of Heth is next to, and probably eastward of, the land of Nehor. It is located in, or near, the narrow neck. The land southward is southward of the land of Heth. The land of Heth is several days from the hill Shim. It is also part of the north countries that also included the lands of Moron and Nehor.
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ETHER 3:69 [8:2]: And Jared rebelled against his father, and came and dwelt in the land of Heth.
Commentary: This verse references the places of Heth and Nehor. The land of Heth is in proximity to the land of Nehor. The land of Heth is probably eastward of the land of Nehor since the Promised Land is to the west, the land of Moron is also in proximity to the sea west and next to Nehor, and the land southward is to the south.
ETHER 3:70 [8:2]: And it came to pass that he did flatter many people, because of his cunning words, until he had gained the half of the kingdom.
Commentary: This verse references the places of Heth and Nehor. The term 'he' refers to Jared. The land of Heth is next to the land of Nehor in order to get half the kingdom. There would not be any area separating the two lands.
ETHER 4:3 [9:3]: And the Lord warned Omer in a dream that he should depart out of the land; wherefore Omer departed out of the land with his family, and traveled many days, and came over and passed by the hill of Shim,
Commentary: This verse references the places of Heth, hill Shim, Nehor, and a ridge between Heth and the hill Shim. Omer traveled many days from the land of Nehor and passed by the hill of Shim. To travel many days, the hill Shim is not very near the land of Nehor or the land of Heth. The phrase 'came over' means over a ridge before getting to the hill Shim (in order to pass by the hill Shim).
ETHER 4:41 [9:35]: And it came to pass that when they had humbled themselves sufficiently before the Lord, he did send rain upon the face of the earth, and the people began to revive again, and there began to be fruit in the north countries, and in all the countries round about.
Commentary: This verse references the places of Heth, Moron, Narrow Neck, Nehor, and the north country. The term 'they' refers to the people that lived in the north countries. The phrase 'north countries' seems to refer to the lands of Nehor, Heth, and Moron. There were other countries 'round about' the north country. All of these lands are located in or near the narrow neck.
ETHER 4:66 [10:19]: And in the days of Lib the poisonous serpents were destroyed; wherefore they did go into the land southward, to hunt food for the people of the land; for the land was covered with animals of the forest.
Commentary: This verse references the places of Heth, land southward, Moron, Nehor, and the north country. The people of Lib went from the north country, the lands of Nehor, Heth, and Moron, into the land southward. The term 'into' indicates that the lands of Nehor, Heth, and Moron were outside the land southward in order to travel into the land southward. The land southward is not too far from the north country in order to use it for a place to hunt.
ETHER 6:12 [13:11]: And they are they who were scattered and gathered in from the four quarters of the earth, and from the north countries, and are partakers of the fulfilling of the covenant which God made with their father Abraham.
Commentary: This verse references the places of Heth, Moron, Nehor, and the north country. The north countries are the lands of Nehor, Heth, and Moron.
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