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Verse Joshua 22:12. _TO GO UP TO WAR AGAINST THEM._] Supposing that
they had built this altar in opposition to that which Moses, by the
command of God, had erected, and were consequently become rebel...
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GATHERED THEMSELVES TOGETHER - The various tribes had already
dispersed to their homes, and were now summoned together again....
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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:...
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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...
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_gathered themselves together_ The act of their trans-Jordanic
brethren, done without any authority of the High Priest, appeared at
first sight to be a direct infringement of the express commands
agai...
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Embassy from Israel to the Two and a Half Tribes
11. _heard_ News of the step taken by the trans-Jordanic tribes so
suddenly and without any consultation, reached the ears of their
brethren, and gave...
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DISCOURSE: 257
THE ALTAR OF WITNESS
Joshua 22:11. 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 a...
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_VER._ 12. _AND—THE WHOLE CONGREGATION—GATHERED THEMSELVES
TOGETHER AT SHILOH_— That is, the elders and princes of the tribes
came from their several cities thither to consult what, in consequence
of...
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_An Altar Erected At Jordan Joshua 22:10-20_
10 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 Mana...
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_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...
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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...
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AT SHILOH] the natural place to assemble for so solemn an undertaking.
The idea of the tribes is that their brethren are falling into the sin
of apostasy (cp. Joshua 22:16; Leviticus 17:8; Deuteronomy...
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CHAPTER 22
4. ACCEPT GOD’S *BLESSING
The *tribes...
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TO GO UP TO WAR AGAINST THEM. — There is no more striking proof of
Israel’s obedience to the law and veneration for it in the days of
Joshua than this. A single altar to Jehovah, besides the one in
Sh...
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וַֽ יִּשְׁמְע֖וּ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
וַ יִּקָּ֨הֲל֜וּ...
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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...
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AVERTING WAR BETWEEN BRETHREN
Joshua 22:1
There was generous appreciation of services rendered as Joshua
dismissed the warriors. Something like “Well-done, good and faithful
servant,” rings through...
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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...
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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...
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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 (g) to war against them.
(g) Such was their zeal, that...
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_In Silo, without being called, as they were all fired with a holy
zeal, (Menochius) to prevent the growth of idolatry among their
brethren. (Haydock) --- They knew that one altar was to be allowed
(M...
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The holy jealousy of God's people, affords a lovely picture to
contemplate. In the first view of things, no doubt, the conduct of the
two tribes and a half, which were returned home, appeared to be in...
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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...
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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...
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AND WHEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HEARD [OF IT],.... Of the building the
altar in the above place, namely, the nine tribes and a half settled
in the land of Canaan:
THE WHOLE CONGREGATION OF THE CHILDR...
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_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._
Ver. 12. _To go up to war again...
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_The whole congregation of the children of Israel_ Not in their own
persons, but by their elders, who were used to transact all affairs of
this kind in the name of all the people. _Gathered themselves...
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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...
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And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of
the children of Israel, all the able-bodied men, GATHERED THEMSELVES
TOGETHER AT SHILOH TO GO UP TO WAR AGAINST THEM, for they to...
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THE BUILDING OF THE ALTAR AND THE INVESTIGATION FOLLOWING...
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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...
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10-20 Here is the care of the separated tribes to keep their hold of
Canaan's religion. At first sight it seemed a design to set up an
altar against the altar at Shiloh. God is jealous for his own
in...
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THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL; not in their own persons, but by their elders,
who used to transact all affairs of this kind in the name and stead of
all the people. TO GO UP TO WAR AGAINST THEM; as apostates...
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Joshua 22:12 children H1121 Israel H3478 heard H8085 (H8799)
congregation H5712 children H1121 Israel H3478 together...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Acts 11:2; Acts 11:3; Deuteronomy 13:15; Galatians 4:17; Galatians 4:1
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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...
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The children of Israel — Not in their own persons, not by their
elders, who used to transact all affairs of this kind in the name of
all the people. Against them — As apostates from God, according to...