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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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_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....
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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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COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES!
JOSHUA
_BRIAN ROWLANDS_
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CHAPTER 22
4. ACCEPT GOD’S *BLESSING
The *tribes...
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וּ גְב֣וּל נָֽתַן ־יְ֠הוָה בֵּינֵ֨נוּ
וּ בֵינ
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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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_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...
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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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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...
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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....
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_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...
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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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THE EXPLANATION MADE AND ACCEPTED...
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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....
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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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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...
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Joshua 22:25 LORD H3068 made H5414 (H8804) Jordan H3383 border H1366
children H1121 Reuben H7205 children H1121 Gad
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“ 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...
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FEARING
(_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...
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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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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....
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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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1 Kings 12:16; 1 Kings 12:27; 1 Kings 14:16; 1 Kings 15:30;...
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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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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...