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Verse Joshua 15:7. _THE VALLEY OF ACHOR_] Debir mentioned in this
verse is unknown. The _valley of Achor_ had its name from the
punishment of _Achan_. See the account, Joshua 7:24, c.
_EN-SHEMESH_]...
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THE GOING UP TO ADUMMIM - Rather, “the ascent or pass of Adummim”
(compare Joshua 15:3, margin), on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho.
Its name signifies “red” and is explained by Jerome as given
bec...
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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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_and the border went up toward Debir_ Not the royal Canaanitish city
conquered (Joshua 10:29; Joshua 10:38), but somewhere behind Jericho.
A _Wady Dabor_is marked in _Van de Velde's_Map as close to th...
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_VER._ 6, 7. _AND THE BORDER WENT UP TO BETH-HOGLAH_— This border,
issuing from the north point of the Dead sea, towards the west, was
formed by a line which passed by _Beth-hoglah,_ a city in the tri...
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_Borders of Judah Joshua 15:1-12_
This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their
families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward
was the uttermost part of th...
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_AND THE BORDER WENT UP TO BETH-HOGLA, AND PASSED ALONG BY THE NORTH
OF BETHARABAH; AND THE BORDER WENT UP TO THE STONE OF BOHAN THE SON OF
REUBEN:_
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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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DEBIR] This cannot be the same as the Debir of Joshua 11:21; Joshua
15:15; Joshua 15:49. Perhaps the reading here should be 'toward the
wilderness.' THE GOING UP TO (RV 'the ascent of) ADUMMIM] This w...
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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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וְ עָלָ֨ה הַ גְּב֥וּל ׀ דְּבִרָה֮ מֵ
עֵ֣מֶק
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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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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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Galgal. Hebrew Gilgal, may designate "the limits." The valley of Achor
lay south of Galgal. --- Sun. Hebrew, "Hen-Shemesh." It was not "a
city." --- Rogel, "of the fuller." This fountain was in the ki...
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The particularity of Judah's lot in the statement of his boundaries,
renders it unnecessary to explain it by a comment. If the Reader be
fond of tracing the geographical situation of Judah's province,...
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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 THE BORDER WENT UP TOWARDS DEBIR,.... This was neither the Debir
in the tribe of Gad, on the other side Jordan, Joshua 13:26; nor that
in the tribe of Judah near Hebron, Joshua 15:15; but a third...
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And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so
northward, looking toward Gilgal, that [is] before the going up to
Adummim, which [is] on the south side of the river: and the bord...
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_Northward looking toward Gilgal_ Having Gilgal to the north of it.
Which is to be understood, not of that Gilgal near Jericho, but of
that place called Geliloth, (Joshua 18:17,) which was distant fro...
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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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and the border went up toward Debir, in the neighborhood of Gilgal,
FROM THE VALLEY OF ACHOR, where Achan was executed, Joshua 7:26, AND
SO NORTHWARD, LOOKING TOWARD GILGAL, THAT IS BEFORE THE GOING U...
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The Boundaries of Judah....
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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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1-12 Joshua allotted to Judah, Ephraim, and the half of Manasseh,
their inheritances before they left Gilgal. Afterwards removing to
Shiloh, another survey was made, and the other tribes had their
por...
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DEBIR; a differing place from that _Debir_, NUMBERS 15:15, which was
near Hebron, and remote from Judah's border; as also from that DEBIR,
JOSHUA 13:26, which was beyond Jordan. GILGAL; either that Gi...
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‘ And the border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so
northward looking towards Gilgal, that is over against the Ascent of
Adummim, which is on the south side of the river, and the border...
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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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_This then was the lot of _. .. _ Judah._
THE INHERITANCE OF JUDAH
Judah was the imperial tribe, and it was fitting that he should be
planted in a conspicuous territory. Judah and the sons of Joseph...
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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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_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 Kings 1:9; 2 Samuel 17:17; Hosea 2:5; Isaiah 65:10; Joshua 10:38;...