_THEN JOSHUA CALLED THE REUBENITES, AND THE GADITES, AND THE HALF TRIBE OF MANASSEH,_ Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh. The general war of invasion being ended, and the enemy being in so dispirited and isolated a condition that each tribe, by its ow... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SAID UNTO THEM, YE HAVE KEPT ALL THAT MOSES THE SERVANT OF THE LORD COMMANDED YOU, AND HAVE OBEYED MY VOICE IN ALL THAT I COMMANDED YOU:_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_YE HAVE NOT LEFT YOUR BRETHREN THESE MANY DAYS UNTO THIS DAY, BUT HAVE KEPT THE CHARGE OF THE COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD YOUR GOD._ Ye have not left your brethren these many days - for the space of 7 years.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND NOW THE LORD YOUR GOD HATH GIVEN REST UNTO YOUR BRETHREN, AS HE PROMISED THEM: THEREFORE NOW RETURN YE, AND GET YOU UNTO YOUR TENTS, AND UNTO THE LAND OF YOUR POSSESSION, WHICH MOSES THE SERVANT OF THE LORD GAVE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE JORDAN._ Get you unto your tents - i:e., home; because their... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT TAKE DILIGENT HEED TO DO THE COMMANDMENT AND THE LAW, WHICH MOSES THE SERVANT OF THE LORD CHARGED YOU, TO LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND TO WALK IN ALL HIS WAYS, AND TO KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS, AND TO CLEAVE UNTO HIM, AND TO SERVE HIM WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL._ No JFB commentary o... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SPAKE UNTO THEM, SAYING, RETURN WITH MUCH RICHES UNTO YOUR TENTS, AND WITH VERY MUCH CATTLE, WITH SILVER, AND WITH GOLD, AND WITH BRASS, AND WITH IRON, AND WITH VERY MUCH RAIMENT: DIVIDE THE SPOIL OF YOUR ENEMIES WITH YOUR BRETHREN._ Much riches - in cattle, clothes, and precious metals.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE CHILDREN OF REUBEN AND THE CHILDREN OF GAD AND THE HALF TRIBE OF MANASSEH RETURNED, AND DEPARTED FROM THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL OUT OF SHILOH, WHICH IS IN THE LAND OF CANAAN, TO GO UNTO THE COUNTRY OF GILEAD, TO THE LAND OF THEIR POSSESSION, WHEREOF THEY WERE POSSESSED, ACCORDING TO THE WORD O... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN THEY CAME UNTO THE BORDERS OF JORDAN, THAT ARE IN THE LAND OF CANAAN, THE CHILDREN OF REUBEN AND THE CHILDREN OF GAD AND THE HALF TRIBE OF MANASSEH BUILT THERE AN ALTAR BY JORDAN, A GREAT ALTAR TO SEE TO._ When they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan. This alt... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HEARD SAY, BEHOLD, THE CHILDREN OF REUBEN AND THE CHILDREN OF GAD AND THE HALF TRIBE OF MANASSEH HAVE BUILT AN ALTAR OVER AGAINST THE LAND OF CANAAN, IN THE BORDERS OF JORDAN, AT THE PASSAGE OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL._ And the children of Israel heard say. Fame speedily... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HEARD OF IT, THE WHOLE CONGREGATION OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL GATHERED THEMSELVES TOGETHER AT SHILOH, TO GO UP TO WAR AGAINST THEM._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN THE CHILDREN OF REUBEN AND THE CHILDREN OF GAD AND THE HALF TRIBE OF MANASSEH ANSWERED, AND SAID UNTO THE HEADS OF THE THOUSANDS OF ISRAEL,_ THEN THE CHILDREN OF REUBEN ... ANSWERED - repudiating in the strongest terms the alleged crime, and deponing that, so far from entertaining the intentio... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE LORD GOD OF GODS, THE LORD GOD OF GODS, HE KNOWETH, AND ISRAEL HE SHALL KNOW; IF IT BE IN REBELLION, OR IF IN TRANSGRESSION AGAINST THE LORD, (SAVE US NOT THIS DAY,)_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR THE LORD HATH MADE JORDAN A BORDER BETWEEN US AND YOU, YE CHILDREN OF REUBEN AND CHILDREN OF GAD; YE HAVE NO PART IN THE LORD: SO SHALL YOUR CHILDREN MAKE OUR CHILDREN CEASE FROM FEARING THE LORD._ For the Lord hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ... The country west of Jordan was, s... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEREFORE WE SAID, LET US NOW PREPARE TO BUILD US AN ALTAR, NOT FOR BURNT OFFERING, NOR FOR SACRIFICE:_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN PHINEHAS THE PRIEST, AND THE PRINCES OF THE CONGREGATION AND HEADS OF THE THOUSANDS OF ISRAEL WHICH WERE WITH HIM, HEARD THE WORDS THAT THE CHILDREN OF REUBEN AND THE CHILDREN OF GAD AND THE CHILDREN OF MANASSEH SPAKE, IT PLEASED THEM._ It pleased them. The explanation not only gave perfe... [ Continue Reading ]