Now Joshua was old [and] stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him, Thou art old [and] stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed. Ver. 1. _Thou art old and stricken in years,_] _q.d., _ Thou hast not long to do; up therefore and be doing; work while it is yet day... [ Continue Reading ]
This [is] the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri, Ver. 2. _All the borders of the Philistines._] Anciently called Caphtorims. Deu 2:23 Amo 9:7 Their country lay along the coast of the midland sea; whereby the Israelites were kept from much trading with othe... [ Continue Reading ]
From Sihor, which [is] before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, [which] is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites: Ver. 3. _From Sihor._] Or Nile, which hath its... [ Continue Reading ]
From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that [is] beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites: Ver. 4. _All the land of the Canaanites._] Who yet held out against the Israelites, but hindered them not from dividing the land. No more shall those remnants of co... [ Continue Reading ]
And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baalgad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath. Ver. 5. _And the land of the Giblites._] Called Gebal in Psa 83:7 Ezekiel 27:9. Enemies to the Church.... [ Continue Reading ]
All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephothmaim, [and] all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee. Ver. 6. _Them will I drive out, &c., _] viz., If... [ Continue Reading ]
Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh, Ver. 7. _Now therefore divide this land._] Even those parts thereof also that are yet unsubdued; for it is theirs, but so as they must win it before they wear it. _Sic petitur caelum._ The kingdo... [ Continue Reading ]
With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, [even] as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them; Ver. 8. _Even as Moses the servant of the Lord gave them._] So do thou confirm it. Here then is no tautology, as at first it ma... [ Continue Reading ]
From Aroer, that [is] upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that [is] in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon; Ver. 9. _From Aroer, that is upon the bank._] Besides which, it may seem there was another Aroer, in the midst of the river, Isa 17:2 as Venice in the mi... [ Continue Reading ]
And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon; Ver. 10. _And all the cities of Sihon._] See Joshua 12:2 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah; Ver. 11. _And the border of the Geshurites._] Due to Israel, but yet detained from them. Jos 13:13... [ Continue Reading ]
All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses smite, and cast them out. Ver. 12. _Which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei._] Which some take for two mansion houses of his, or royal palaces.... [ Continue Reading ]
Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day. Ver. 13. _Dwell among the Israelites._] Through their sloth and cowardliness, which is here taxed.... [ Continue Reading ]
Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire [are] their inheritance, as he said unto them. Ver. 14. _Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance._] Because God was to be their portion: Yεος η προσοδος, as Lucian speaketh of hi... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben [inheritance] according to their families. Ver. 15. _According to their families,_] _i.e., _ Proportionably according to the number of their families.... [ Continue Reading ]
And their coast was from Aroer, that [is] on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that [is] in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba; Ver. 16. _And the city that is in the midst._] See Joshua 13:9 .... [ Continue Reading ]
Heshbon, and all her cities that [are] in the plain; Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon, Ver. 17. _Bamothbaal and Bethbaalmeon._] Places of much idolatry, that land desolating sin: such as are now Sichem and Loretto; where, whensoever the Ave Maria bell rings, which is at sunrising, noon, and... [ Continue Reading ]
And Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath, Ver. 18. The cities and coasts of each tribe are thus particularly set down, to prevent discord and division, that mother of dissolution.... [ Continue Reading ]
And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, [which were] dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country. Ver. 21. _Dukes of Sihon._] His vassals; and a... [ Continue Reading ]
Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them. Ver. 22. _Balaam also the son of Beor._] The spellman of Satan: though by his words he might seem a friend to Israel, yet was he worthily cut off by them for his wicked co... [ Continue Reading ]
And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border [thereof]. This [was] the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families, the cities and the villages thereof. Ver. 23. _See Trapp on "_ Jos 13:18 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses gave [inheritance] unto the tribe of Gad, [even] unto the children of Gad according to their families. Ver. 24. _See Trapp on "_ Jos 13:18 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that [is] before Rabbah; Ver. 25. _Half the land of the children of Ammon._] Which Sihon had taken from them. See Jdg 11:15 Numbers 21:6 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir; Ver. 26. _Ramathmizpeth._] Called also Ramoth in Gilead. Jos 20:8... [ Continue Reading ]
And in the valley, Betharam, and Bethnimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and [his] border, [even] unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward. Ver. 27. _See Trapp on "_ Jos 13:18 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
This [is] the inheritance of the children of Gad after their families, the cities, and their villages. Ver. 28. _See Trapp on "_ Jos 13:18 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses gave [inheritance] unto the half tribe of Manasseh: and [this] was [the possession] of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families. Ver. 29. _Unto the half tribe of Manasseh._] Who had formerly won it with their swords. Num 32:39... [ Continue Reading ]
And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which [are] in Bashan, threescore cities: Ver. 30. See Numbers 32:41 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, [were pertaining] unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, [even] to the one half of the children of Machir by their families. Ver. 31. _Mackir the son of Manasseh._] Whose children had taken Gilead: and there... [ Continue Reading ]
These [are the countries] which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward. Ver. 32. _In the plains of Moab._] But lately possessed by the Amorites, and won from them by Israel.... [ Continue Reading ]
But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not [any] inheritance: the LORD God of Israel [was] their inheritance, as he said unto them. Ver. 33. The Lord … was their inheritance.] See Joshua 13:14 .... [ Continue Reading ]