Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.
Balaam also ... the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword, х haqowceem (H7080)] - the diviner (see the note at Numbers 22:5; Numbers 31:8). The notice of his death is repeated here as having taken place in the battle in which the princes of Midian fell.
The writer appends to the command of God Joshua 13:1 a statement that the other two tribes and a half had already had their inheritance marked out for them by Moses in the land east of Jordan. The bou...
1. INSTRUCTION GIVEN: THE TWO AND ONE-HALF TRIBES CHAPTER 13 _ 1. Jehovah speaks to Joshua (Joshua 13:1)_ 2. Inheritance of the two and one-half tribes (Joshua 13:8) About seven years had gone by s...
JOSHUA 13. PARTS OF THE LAND AS YET UNCONQUERED. IN HERITANCE OF THE TWO AND A HALF TRIBES ON THE E. OF JORDAN. In Joshua 13:1 we meet with a statement which causes surprise. The whole land has been s...
BALAAM. Compare Numbers 22:5; Numbers 24:3; Numbers 24:15; Numbers 31:8;...
_Balaam also_ The mention of these "vassals of Sihon" leads the historian to record also at this point the death of Balaam, which took place at the same time as that of these vassals (Numbers 31:8). H...
The Possession of the Tribe of Reuben 15. _the tribe of the children of Reuben_ The historian now gives us, on the faith of the ancient registers, the several boundaries of the tribes east of the Jor...
_VER._ 22. _BALAAM ALSO THE SON OF BEOR, THE SOOTH-SAYER, DID THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SLAY_— Why is mention here made of Balaam? Probably, as we must suppose, because he had advised Sihon and the Midia...
_The Territory of Reuben Joshua 13:15-23_ 15 And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families. 16 And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of...
TERRITORIES OF THE EASTERN TRIBES 1-7. These vv. describe the land which, though still unconquered, is to be assigned to the 9½ tribes. It includes the W. and N. borders of Palestine. Wellhausen ('His...
The reference to the slaying of Balaam comes in strangely here: but it occurs also in Numbers 31:8 in a parallel context. Evidently there is here trace of a very ancient document....
COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES! JOSHUA _BRIAN ROWLANDS_ Maps to help you to study this book are on the Internet at www.easyenglish.info. CHAPTER 13 3. THE EXTENT OF THE *BLESSING The lan...
DESCRIPTION OF THE TERRITORY DISTRIBUTED BY MOSES ON THE EAST OF JORDAN (Joshua 13:15). (15) REUBEN. — See also Numbers 32:33 and Deuteronomy 3:16, &c....
וְ אֶת ־בִּלְעָ֥ם בֶּן ־בְּעֹ֖ור הַ קֹּוסֵ֑ם
CHAPTER XXI. JOSHUA'S OLD AGE- DIVISION FOR THE EASTERN TRIBES. Joshua Ch. 13, 14:1-5. "THE Lord said unto Joshua, Thou art old and stricken in years." To many men and women this would not be a wel...
The second half of the Book of Joshua deals with the settlement of the people in the promised land. Dean Stanley says: "In the Book of Joshua we have what may without offense be termed The Domesday Bo...
Chapter 13 begins a description of the division of the land. Verses 2-3 name the unconquered areas in the south, while those in the north are described in 4-6. If Israel had have been obedient and fai...
(f) Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them. (f) So that both they who obeyed wicked counsel and the wicked coun...
_Slain. Septuagint, "they slew Balaam....with the sword in the moment," Numbers xxii. 5., and xxxi. 8. (Haydock)_...
I detain the Reader at this verse, just for him to remark with me, the sure end of such men. I refer back to the history of Balaam in the Commentary, see Numbers 22:23, for a more particular relation...
In the wars of Jehovah it was not always a question of hostile power. Indeed this is not the most serious evil which the people of God have to encounter in this world. The very same principle which wa...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 12 THROUGH 24. Chapter 12 is only a summary of their conquests. The Holy Ghost not only gives us the victory over our enemies, but makes us understand and kno...
BALAAM ALSO, THE SON OF BEOR THE SOOTHSAYER, DID THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SLAY WITH THE SWORD,.... At the same time that the princes of Midian were slain, and which is also observed, Numbers 31:8. Kimch...
Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them. Ver. 22. _Balaam also the son of Beor._] The spellman of Satan: though...
_Were slain by them_ This was recorded before, (Numbers 31:8,) and is here repeated, because the defeating of Balaam's purpose to curse Israel, and the turning that curse into a blessing, was such an...
1 The bounds of the land not yet conquered. 8 The inheritance of the two Tribes and halfe. 14.33 The Lord and his sacrifices, are the inheritance of Leui. 15 The bounds of the inheritance of Reuben....
Balaam, also, the son of Beor, the soothsayer, the diviner by the casting of lots, a name which brands him a false prophet, DID THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SLAY WITH THE SWORD AMONG THEM THAT WERE SLAIN BY...
THE TERRITORY OF THE TWO AND ONE HALF TRIBES...
LAND REMAINING TO BE CONQUERED (vv. 1-7) Joshua became "old and advanced in years" (v. 1). In fact, he was not a young man when he led Israel across the Jordan, at least in his sixties. If, as we ri...
SOOTHSAYER: Or, diviner...
7-33 The land must be divided among the tribes. It is the will of God that every man should know his own, and not take that which is another's. The world must be governed, not by force, but right. Wh...
THE SOOTHSAYER; so he was in truth, though a _prophet \2 PETER 2:16\_ in title and profession. See NUMBERS 24:25....
Joshua 13:22 children H1121 Israel H3478 killed H2026 (H8804) sword H2719 Balaam H1109 son H1121 Beor H1160 soothsay
‘ And all the cities of the tableland and all the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the chiefs of Midian, Evi and Rekem, and Zur and Hur, and Reba,...
THE PORTION OF REUBEN (JOSHUA 13:15). Joshua 13:15 ‘ And Moses gave to the tribe of Reuben according to their families.' The division of the land took account of the sizes of the tribes (Numbers 26...
CONTENTS: Joshua instructed concerning the division of the land. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Joshua. CONCLUSION: All people, and especially old people, should set themselves to do that quickly which mus...
Joshua 13:1. _Joshua was old;_ now more than a hundred years of age. Joshua 13:3. _Sihor, Sichor;_ that is, _turbid,_ the waters being muddy. The map will show the geographical situation of most of th...
_Thou art old and stricken in years._ JOSHUA’S OLD AGE “The Lord said unto Joshua, Thou art old and stricken in years.” To many men and women this would not be a welcome announcement. They do not lik...
JOSHUA 13:1 Dividing the Land. In this third major section the Lord instructs Joshua in dividing and assigning the land. It is packed with geographical details. ⇐...
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 13:22 BALAAM... THE SON OF BEOR. See Numbers 22:1; Numbers 31:8.
CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 13:9. Medeba unto Dibon] The southern part of a table-land reaching from Rabbath Ammon to the river Arnon. Both places were given to the Reubenites (Joshua 13:16), but were aft...
EXPOSITION THE DIVISION OF THE TERRITORY.— JOSHUA 13:1 NOW JOSHUA WAS OLD. This is usually regarded as the second part of the Book of Joshua; the first being devoted to the history of the conquest o...
In chapter thirteen, Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; [It means that he was beginning to be a little feeble. The idea of "stricken in years" refers to more or less the feebleness that oftent...
2 Peter 2:15; Jude 1:11; Numbers 22:5; Numbers 24:1; Numbers 31:8;...
Were slain by them — This was recorded before, Numbers 31:8, and is here repeated, because the defeating of Balaam's purpose to curse Israel, and the turning that curse into a blessing, was such an in...