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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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TRESPASS. Hebrew. _chata._ App-44....
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_that ye might rebel_ See Numbers 14:9; Leviticus 17:8-9; Deuteronomy
12:13-14....
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Embassy from Israel to the Two and a Half Tribes
11. _heard_ News of the step taken by the trans-Jordanic tribes so
suddenly and without any consultation, reached the ears of their
brethren, and gave...
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_An Altar Erected At Jordan Joshua 22:10-20_
10 And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land
of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half
tribe of Mana...
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_AND WHEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HEARD OF IT, THE WHOLE CONGREGATION
OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL GATHERED THEMSELVES TOGETHER AT SHILOH, TO
GO UP TO WAR AGAINST THEM._
No JFB commentary on these verses...
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22:16 wickedness (b-9) Or 'trespass;' as vers. 20,22,31;
'unfaithfulness,' Leviticus 5:15 ; Numbers 31:16 ....
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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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כֹּ֣ה אָמְר֞וּ כֹּ֣ל ׀ עֲדַ֣ת יְהוָ֗ה
מָֽה ־ה
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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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AVERTING WAR BETWEEN BRETHREN
Joshua 22:1
There was generous appreciation of services rendered as Joshua
dismissed the warriors. Something like “Well-done, good and faithful
servant,” rings through...
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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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Thus saith (h) the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass [is]
this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away
this day from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you...
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_Lord. Thus Phinees shews that he speaks in the name of those who
still continued faithful to the Lord. He imputes the crime of apostacy
to Ruben, &c., that they may declare more openly for what reaso...
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Who could be so proper to be the leader on this occasion as Phinehas,
whose zeal for God's glory and honour, had manifested itself so
strikingly upon another event before? Numbers 25:7. And, Reader, d...
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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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16._Thus says the whole congregation, _etc Just as if it had been
known that this second altar was opposed to the one only altar of God,
they begin with upbraiding them, and that in a very harsh and s...
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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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THUS SAITH THE WHOLE CONGREGATION OF THE LORD,.... By whom they were
sent, and whom they represented; and they do not call them the
congregation of Israel, but of the Lord, because it was not on a civ...
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Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass [is] this
that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this
day from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an a...
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_Thus saith the whole congregation_ Who do, and are resolved to cleave
unto that God from whom you have revolted. _What trespass is this that
you have committed?_ How heinous a crime! _To turn away th...
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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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Thus saith the whole congregation of the Lord, What trespass is this
that ye have committed against the God of Israel, in open rebellion
against Jehovah, TO TURN AWAY THIS DAY FROM FOLLOWING THE LORD,...
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THE BUILDING OF THE ALTAR AND THE INVESTIGATION FOLLOWING...
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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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10-20 Here is the care of the separated tribes to keep their hold of
Canaan's religion. At first sight it seemed a design to set up an
altar against the altar at Shiloh. God is jealous for his own
in...
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THE WHOLE CONGREGATION OF THE LORD, who do and are resolved to cleave
unto that God from whom you have revolted, and who speak this to you
in the name of the Lord. WHAT TRESPASS IS THIS? how heinous a...
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‘ And they came to the children of Reuben, and to the children of
Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and
they spoke with them, saying, “Thus says the whole congregation of...
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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 22:13 Fearing that the altar means the eastern
tribes have strayed from following God, the tribes west of the Jordan
send a group to confront them. PHINEHAS THE SON OF ELEAZAR. S...
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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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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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The congregation — Who do and are resolved to cleave unto that God
from whom you have revolted. What trespass — How heinous a crime is
this! This day — That is, so soon after God hath obliged you by s...