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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

Joshua 22:25

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. So it was their anxiety for their children and for the latter's possible exclusion from the worship of Jehovah, the true God, which had prompted the two and one half tribes to erect the great altar on the bank of the Jordan.

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See also Joshua 22:25 in other biblical comments:

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    III. THE FINAL WORDS OF JOSHUA AND THE EPILOGUE 1. The Two and One-half Tribes and the Altar Ed CHAPTER 22 _ 1. Joshua's address (Joshua 22:1)_ 2. The tribes dismissed and their return (Joshua 22:...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE ALTAR OF WITNESS ERECTED BY THE E. JORDAN TRIBES. This narrative is clearly not historical, and the question arises, Why should it have been composed? The answer is that it is a Midrash (p. 314, 2...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Defence of the Two Tribes and a Half 21. _Then the children of Reuben_ The two tribes and a half proceed to defend themselves and to shew that their object was in all respects the very reverse of tha...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _ye children of Reuben and children of Gad_ The half tribe is omitted here, and again in Joshua 22:33-34. Perhaps for the sake of brevity....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 23-25. _WHAT HAVE YE TO DO WITH THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL?_ &C.— Not satisfied with justifying themselves from the crime imputed to them, of having dared to erect a new altar, to rival, as it were...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _A Reason Given for the Altar Joshua 22:21-34_ 21 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, 22 Th...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    DISMISSAL OF THE TWO AND A HALF TRIBES. THE AXTAR SET UP AT ED, AND THE CONTROVERSY IT RAISED 1-9. The dismissal of the tribes. 10-34. The controversy at Ed. Here, as in Numbers 25:7, we see Phinehas...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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 22 4. ACCEPT GOD’S *BLESSING The *tribes...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וּ גְב֣וּל נָֽתַן ־יְ֠הוָה בֵּינֵ֨נוּ וּ בֵינ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XXX. THE ALTAR ED. Joshua 22:1. THE two tribes and a half had behaved well. They had kept their word, remained with their brethren during all Joshua's campaign, and taken their part in all t...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE ALTAR OF WITNESS Joshua 22:21 Phinehas and the ten princes did their work well. It was politic as well as true to remind the departing warriors that they could not rebel against God without invol...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    We now begin the third and last division of the Book, which tells the story of the final things circling around Joshua's farewell and passing. The first incident recorded is the return of the two and...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    As they were on their way home, they decided to erect an altar on the west side of Canaan. It did not take long for word to reach the rest of Israel about the erection of an altar by the two and one-h...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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 (o) cease from fearing the L...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    I include all these verses in one point of view, because so delightful a passage of scripture, which takes in the whole of the meek and candid answer of the accused, ought not to be broken. The thing...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _ONE THOUGH DIVIDED_ ‘The Lord hath made Jordan a border between us and you.’ Joshua 22:25 The special subject of the Lesson is the readiness with which the two-and-a-half tribes met and responded...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    FOR THE LORD HATH MADE JORDAN A BORDER BETWEEN US AND YOU,.... And by it separated them from them, as if they were a distinct people; not that this was really the case, but so they feared it would be...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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....

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Let the Lord himself require it_ That is, call us to an account and punish us for it. _What have you to do with the Lord_ You have no relation to him, nor interest in him, or his worship. _The Lord h...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The two Tribes and halfe with a blessing are sent home. 9 They build the Altar of Testimony, in their iourney. 11 The Israelites are offended thereat. 21 They giue them good satisfaction. 1 THEN...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE RETURN OF THE 2 ½ TRIBES (vs.1-9) To their credit, the warriors from Reuben, Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh had continued faithfully with the other tribes in conflict with the enemy until all...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    21-29 The tribes took the reproofs of their brethren in good part. With solemnity and meekness they proceeded to give all the satisfaction in their power. Reverence of God is expressed in the form of...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    A BORDER BETWEEN US AND YOU, to shut you out of the Land. of Promise, and consequently from thee covenant made, between God and our father. YE HAVE NO PART IN THE LORD; nothing to do with him; no righ...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Joshua 22:25 LORD H3068 made H5414 (H8804) Jordan H3383 border H1366 children H1121 Reuben H7205 children H1121 Gad

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    “ And if we have not rather done this out of deep concern and with a purpose, saying, ‘In time to come your children might speak to our children, saying, “What have you to do with YHWH, the God of Isr...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    FEARING (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Two and a half tribes dismissed to their homes. Altar of Reuben and Gad. CHARACTERS: God, Joshua, Phinehas. CONCLUSION: Unhappy strifes will be prevented or soon healed by an impartial and...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Joshua 22:10. _A great altar to see to._ See on Numbers 32. The object of this mount or tumulus was to show that they belonged to the Hebrew nation, and had hope in the Messiah. It was a sudden ebulli...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Ye have not left your brethren._ HELPING ONE ANOTHER I. These tribes helped their brethren to their own inconvenience and positive detriment. A narrow-minded, selfish race would have recognised no c...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 22:1 Serving the Lord in the Land. In this final section, with the Lord having fulfilled all his “good promises” (Joshua 21:45), it is now Israel’s tur

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 22:21 The group from the western tribes is relieved that the altar built by the eastern tribes is only a COPY OF THE ALTAR OF THE LORD (v....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 22:10. The borders of Jordan] _Lit. =_“the circles of the Jordan.” So, in chap. Joshua 13:2, we have “the circles of the Philistines.” The immediate neighbourhood of the Jordan...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JOSHUA 22:1 THE REUBENITES AND THE GADITES. According to the Hebrew idiom, these are in the original in the singular, as in Genesis 12:6. Thus a tribe, as has been before remarked, or even...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now in chapter twenty-two, after now the land has all been given and apportioned out, Joshua called the men from Reuben, and Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh (Joshua 22:1). Now you remember these...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 12:16; 1 Kings 12:27; 1 Kings 14:16; 1 Kings 15:30;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    HOME AGAIN Joshua 22:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The Heavenly warfare supersedes our duty at home. The two and a half tribes had left their homes to go over the Jordan in order to aid their brethren in...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    A border — To shut you out of the land of promise, and consequently from the covenant made between God and our fathers. No part — Nothing to do with him; no right to serve him or expect favour from hi...

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