_And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them._ Ver. 1. _Assembled together at Shiloh._] _a_ Which, both by the signification of the name, and by the situation of the plac... [ Continue Reading ]
And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance. Ver. 2. _Seven tribes which had not yet received their inheritance._] Nor, as it may seem by the next verse, cared to do, because they saw there would be a necessity of waging a new war. Henc... [ Continue Reading ]
And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long [are] ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you? Ver. 3. _How long are you slack?_] _Quousque estis cessatores? Lata negligentia dolus est,_ saith the Civilian: Remissness is a kind of perfidiousness.... [ Continue Reading ]
Give out from among you three men for [each] tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come [again] to me. Ver. 4. _Give out from amongst you three men._] Geodaetae, men skilful in surveying and ma... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north. Ver. 5. _And they shall divide it._] With all indifferency, and so prevent all suspicion of partiality in those that were afterward to divide i... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye shall therefore describe the land [into] seven parts, and bring [the description] hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God. Ver. 6. _That I may cast lots here for you before the Lord._] He it is that must judge of your proceedings, and to whom you must approve your... [ Continue Reading ]
But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD [is] their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them. Ver. 7. _But the Levites, &c._] See on Joshua... [ Continue Reading ]
And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh. Ver. 8. _And the men arose and went away._] Without debates or delays,... [ Continue Reading ]
And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came [again] to Joshua to the host at Shiloh. Ver. 9. _And the men went and passed through the land._] The Lord securing them according as their trust was in him. _Deo confisi nunquam confusi._... [ Continue Reading ]
And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions. Ver. 10. _In Shiloh._] Whither was now removed from Gilgal both the tabernacle and the camp, as a place more convenient.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph. Ver. 11. _Between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph._] This was as well as heart could wish; what... [ Continue Reading ]
And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Bethaven. Jos 18:13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Lu... [ Continue Reading ]