_AND THE WHOLE CONGREGATION OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL ASSEMBLED TOGETHER AT SHILOH, AND SET UP THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION THERE. AND THE LAND WAS SUBDUED BEFORE THEM._ The whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh. The main body of the Israelites had been dim... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THERE REMAINED AMONG THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SEVEN TRIBES, WHICH HAD NOT YET RECEIVED THEIR INHERITANCE._ There remained ... seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance. The selection of Shiloh for THERE REMAINED ... SEVEN TRIBES, WHICH HAD NOT YET RECEIVED THEIR INHERITANCE. The... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JOSHUA SAID UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, HOW LONG ARE YE SLACK TO GO TO POSSESS THE LAND, WHICH THE LORD GOD OF YOUR FATHERS HATH GIVEN YOU?_ How long are ye slack to go to possess the land. This reproof conveys an impression that the seven tribes were dilatory to a criminal extent.... [ Continue Reading ]
_GIVE OUT FROM AMONG YOU THREE MEN FOR EACH TRIBE: AND I WILL SEND THEM, AND THEY SHALL RISE, AND GO THROUGH THE LAND, AND DESCRIBE IT ACCORDING TO THE INHERITANCE OF THEM; AND THEY SHALL COME AGAIN TO ME._ Give out from among you three men for each tribe. Though the lot determined the part of the... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY SHALL DIVIDE IT INTO SEVEN PARTS: JUDAH SHALL ABIDE IN THEIR COAST ON THE SOUTH, AND THE HOUSE OF JOSEPH SHALL ABIDE IN THEIR COASTS ON THE NORTH._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JOSHUA CAST LOTS FOR THEM IN SHILOH BEFORE THE LORD: AND THERE JOSHUA DIVIDED THE LAND UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL ACCORDING TO THEIR DIVISIONS._ Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord - before the tabernacle, where the divine presence was manifested, and which associated with the... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LOT OF THE TRIBE OF THE CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN CAME UP ACCORDING TO THEIR FAMILIES: AND THE COAST OF THEIR LOT CAME FORTH BETWEEN THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH AND THE CHILDREN OF JOSEPH._ The lot of ... Benjamin came up. It has been supposed that there were two urns or vessels from which the lots w... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEIR BORDER ON THE NORTH SIDE WAS FROM JORDAN; AND THE BORDER WENT UP TO THE SIDE OF JERICHO ON THE NORTH SIDE, AND WENT UP THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS WESTWARD; AND THE GOINGS OUT THEREOF WERE AT THE WILDERNESS OF BETHAVEN._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW THE CITIES OF THE TRIBE OF THE CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN ACCORDING TO THEIR FAMILIES WERE JERICHO, AND BETH-HOGLAH, AND THE VALLEY OF KEZIZ,_ The cities of the tribe of ... Benjamin ... were Jericho (see the note at Joshua 11:1) ... BETH-HOGLAH (see the note at Joshua 15:6) ... THE VALLEY OF KE... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND BETHARABAH, AND ZEMARAIM, AND BETHEL,_ Beth-arabah - (see the note at Joshua 15:61.) ZEMARAIM, [Septuagint, Sara] - now es-Sumrah, in the Jordan valley, between Beth-arabah and Beth-el. BETH-EL - (see the note at Joshua 16:1: cf. Genesis 28:19.)... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AVIM, AND PARAH, AND OPHRAH,_ Avim, [Septuagint, Aiein] - probably a corruption of Ai. PARAH, [Septuagint, Fara]. Jerome ('Onomast.') says it stood 5 miles off Bethel. OPHRAH, [Septuagint, Efratha] (cf. 1 Samuel 13:17) - said by Eusebius and Jerome ('Onomast.') to have been 5 Roman miles e... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND CHEPHAR-HAAM'MONAI, AND OPHNI, AND GABA; TWELVE CITIES WITH THEIR VILLAGES:_ Chephar-haammonai - i:e., hamlet of the Ammonites [Septuagint, Karafa, Kefima, Moni] - not ascertained. OPHNI, х_ WªHAA-`AAPªNIY_ (H6078)] - the Ophnite. The Septuagint omits. GABA, [Septuagint, Gabaa] - the same... [ Continue Reading ]
_GIBEON, AND RAMAH, AND BEEROTH,_ Gibeon - i:e., situated on a hill [Septuagint, Gabaoon] - one of the Hivite cities (see the note at Joshua 9:17). RAMAH, х_ WªHAA-RAAMAAH_ (H7414), the height; Septuagint, Rama]. Its position is indicated by its being mentioned here between Gibeon and Beeroth, an... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MIZPEH, AND CHEPHIRAH, AND MOZAH,_ Mizpeh, х_ WªHA-MITSPEH_ (H4708), the watch-tower, pillar, or elevated place; Septuagint, Masseema] - a place of popular convention (Judges 20:1; Judges 20:3; 1 Samuel 7:5: cf. 1 Kings 15:22; 2 Chronicles 16:6). CHEPHIRAH, х_ WªHA-KªPIYRAAH_ (H3716), the ham... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND REKEM, AND IRPEEL, AND TARALAH,_ Rekem - perhaps Ain Karim, near Kulonieh (Motza). IRPEEL - i:e., what God heals (Gesenius). Its position has not been discovered. TARALAH, [Septuagint, Thareeela] - not yet identified.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ZELAH, ELEPH, AND JEBUSI, WHICH IS JERUSALEM, GIBEATH, AND KIRJATH; FOURTEEN CITIES WITH THEIR VILLAGES. THIS IS THE INHERITANCE OF THE CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN ACCORDING TO THEIR FAMILIES._ Zelah, [the Septuagint omits] - (cf. 2 Samuel 21:14.) No trace of it has been found. ELEPH, х_ HAA-'ELEP_... [ Continue Reading ]