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Verse Joshua 15:19. _GIVE ME A BLESSING_] Do me an act of kindness.
Grant me a particular request.
_THOU HAST GIVEN ME A SOUTH LAND_] Which was probably dry, or very
ill, watered.
_GIVE ME ALSO SPRI...
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A SOUTH LAND - This term (“negeb”) which is often equivalent to a
proper name Joshua 15:21, importing the well-defined district which
formed the south of the promised land (Numbers 13:17 note), seems...
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3. THE PORTION OF JUDAH
CHAPTER 15
_ 1. The south-border of Judah's portion (Joshua 15:1)_
2. The eastern and northern border (Joshua 15:5)
3. The western border (Joshua 15:12)
4. Caleb's conques...
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JOSHUA 15:1 reads rather confusedly. The statement is made that the
following is the inheritance of Israel a late writer, wishing to be
more exact, says the 9½ tribes, and then proceeds to point out h...
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A BLESSING. a present. Compare Judges 1:15; 1 Samuel 25:27.
SPRINGS OF WATER. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), i.e. land
containing them (App-6).
HE. Some codices, with four early printed e...
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The Request of Achsah, Daughter of Caleb
13. _And unto Caleb_ This section, from Joshua 15:13-19, is repeated
with slight alterations almost verbatim in Judges 1:10-20. The two
sections are probably d...
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_Give me a blessing_ Comp. the words of Jacob to Esau, Genesis 33:11,
"Take, I pray thee, _my blessing_that is brought to thee;" Joshua
14:13, "And Joshua _blessed him_, and gave unto Caleb … Hebron f...
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_Caleb's Inheritance Joshua 15:13-19_
13 And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the
children of Judah, according to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua,
even the city of Arba the f...
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_WHO ANSWERED, GIVE ME A BLESSING; FOR THOU HAST GIVEN ME A SOUTH
LAND; GIVE ME ALSO SPRINGS OF WATER. AND HE GAVE HER THE UPPER
SPRINGS, AND THE NETHER SPRINGS._
Give me a blessing, х_ BªRAAKAAH_ (H...
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15:19 land; (d-15) Or 'the south land.'...
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THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE TERRITORY
It has been noticed that there are many incidental features in this
narrative which point to a contemporary document. Thus in the lot of
Judah we have a full descriptio...
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COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES!
JOSHUA
_BRIAN ROWLANDS_
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CHAPTER 15
V1 Joshua gave land to the *tribe of Ju...
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(13-19) AND UNTO CALEB... This paragraph occurs also in Judges 1:10,
with some slight variations. Which is its original place? In Judges it
is connected with the continuation of the conquest of Canaan...
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וַ תֹּ֜אמֶר תְּנָה ־לִּ֣י בְרָכָ֗ה
כִּ֣י אֶ֤ר
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CHAPTER XXIV.
THE INHERITANCE OF JUDAH.
Joshua 15:1.
JUDAH was the imperial tribe, and it was fitting that he should be
planted in a conspicuous territory. Even if the republic had not been
destined...
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63, REWARDS OF COURAGE
Joshua 15:13
Arba was the greatest among the Anakim or giants, Joshua 14:15. His
three sons were equally formidable, Joshua 15:14. But Caleb subdued
them through an omnipotent...
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In the settlement of the nine and a half tribes, Judah was the first
dealt with as being the imperial and kingly tribe. The position
allocated to it was the fighting front. It was touched by enemies o...
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Before the distribution of the land had gone too far, it was
appropriate for Caleb to come to Joshua and remind him of the promise
God had made (Numbers 14:21-24; Deuteronomy 1:35-36). Caleb says he
w...
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Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land;
(g) give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs,
and the nether springs.
(g) Because her country was barren...
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Blessing, or "favour, present," &c., 1 Kings xxv. 27. (Calmet) --- And
dry. This is a farther explanation of southern; as the lands in that
situation being exposed to the sun-beams, in Palestine, are...
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Every Reader must be struck with the singularity of Caleb's gift to
his daughter. And few enlightened Readers, but have been led to
conceive that the Holy Ghost hath veiled spiritual blessings under t...
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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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WHO ANSWERED, GIVE ME A BLESSING,.... By which she meant not a
paternal benediction, or that he would wish and pray for a blessing on
her; nor food, or a maintenance, as Jarchi, that her husband would...
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Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land;
give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and
the nether springs.
Ver. 19. _Give me also springs of wate...
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_A blessing_ That is, a gift, as that word signifies, Genesis 33:11.
_A south land_ That is, a dry land, which was much exposed to the
south wind, which, in those parts, was very hot and drying, as co...
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1 The borders of the lot of Iudah.
13 Calebs portion and conquest.
16 Othniel for his valour, hath Achsah Calebs daughter to wife.
18 Shee obtaineth a blessing of her father.
21 The Cities of Iuda...
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Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land,
by marrying her to Othniel, he had caused her to inhabit a dry land,
at and near Debir; GIVE ME ALSO SPRINGS OF WATER, a piece of...
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Caleb's Possession....
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THE BORDERS OF JUDAH
(vs.1-12)
Judah occupied the largest territory of the tribes, though later we
read that Simeon's possession was within Judah's territory (ch.19:1).
The boundary on the south of J...
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13-19 Achsah obtained some land by Caleb's free grant. He gave her a
south land. Land indeed, but a south land, dry and apt to be parched.
She obtained more, on her request, and he gave the upper and...
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GIVE ME A BLESSING, i.e. a gift, as that word signifies, GENESIS
33:11. A SOUTH LAND, i.e. a dry land, which was much exposed to the
south wind, which in those parts was very hot and drying, as coming...
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‘ And it happened that when she came to him, she moved him to ask of
her father a field, and she lighted from her ass, and Caleb said to
her, “What is it you want?” And she said to him, “Give me a
ble...
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CONTENTS: Land divisions; the portion of Judah.
CHARACTERS: God, Joshua, Caleb, Othniel, Achsah.
CONCLUSION: It is no breach of God's law moderately to desire those
comforts and conveniences of life...
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Joshua 15:1. _This then was the lot of Judah._ After the arduous toils
of war, Joshua entered on an administration of affairs little less
difficult than the conquest itself. The country was now rather...
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_To him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife._
OTHNIEL’S CONQUEST OF DEBIR
I. The spirit which influenced caleb in the disposal of achsah. He
sought to unite her to a man--
(1) Honourable for his...
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JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 15:1 As the distribution of western lands
begins, the important tribe of JUDAH receives its land first. The
tribal boundaries are described (vv. Joshua 1
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JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 15:13 HE GAVE TO CALEB... CALEB DROVE OUT. See
note on 14:6–15. OTHNIEL ...
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_THE INHERITANCE OF JUDAH_
CRITICAL NOTES.—
JOSHUA 15:1. This verse states the position of the lot of Judah in
relation to the whole of Canaan; it was in the extreme south of the
land. In Joshua 15:...
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EXPOSITION
THE LOT OF JUDAH.
JOSHUA 15:1
THE LOT OF THE TRIBE OF THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH. The first twelve verses
of this chapter define the boundaries of Judah. With it compare
Numbers 34:3, wh
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So in chapter fifteen he describes the portion that was given from
Judah, and he tells the borders of the land that was given to Judah,
going over at one point, clear to the Mediterranean, the area of...
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1 Samuel 25:27; 2 Corinthians 9:5; Deuteronomy 33:7; Genesis 33:11;...
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DIVIDING THE INHERITANCES
Joshua 14:6; _Joshua 15:13_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We have come to a very interesting place in the early history of
Israel even to the dividing of the land, and to the allotti...
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A blessing — That is, a gift, as that word signifies, Genesis 33:11.
A south land — That is, a dry land, much exposed to the south wind,
which in those parts was very hot and drying, as coming from th...