Joshua 17 - Introduction
_A.M. 2560. B.C. 1444._ The families of Manasseh, Joshua 17:1. The country that fell to their lot, Joshua 17:7. Their request for more land, Joshua 17:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
_A.M. 2560. B.C. 1444._ The families of Manasseh, Joshua 17:1. The country that fell to their lot, Joshua 17:7. Their request for more land, Joshua 17:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
_There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh_ That half of it which had no portion on the other side Jordan. _For he was the firstborn of Joseph_ The sense of this, as it here stands, is very obscure. But if the particle כי, _ki_, here rendered _for_, be translated _though_, as it often is, and a... [ Continue Reading ]
_A lot_ A distinct inheritance. _The rest_ Namely, those of them which had not received their possessions beyond Jordan. _Male children _ This expression is used to bring in what follows, concerning his female children.... [ Continue Reading ]
_He gave them_ That is, Eleazar or Joshua, with the consent of the princes appointed for that work. For after the lot had determined what land every tribe should have, these commissioners considered how many families were in the tribe, and how large they were, and accordingly divided it among them.... [ Continue Reading ]
_The coast of Manasseh was on the north side_ By the coast of Manasseh is meant the cities inhabited by the Manassites; which were all on the north side of this river; as all those on the south side of it, though in the territory allotted to the Manassites: were inhabited by the children of Ephraim.... [ Continue Reading ]
_The sea is his border_ Manasseh's, whose portion is here described, and whose name was last mentioned. _In Asher_ That is, upon the tribe of Asher; for though Zebulun came between Asher and them for the greatest part of their land; yet it seems there were some necks of land, both of Ephraim's and o... [ Continue Reading ]
_Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher_, &c. In like manner as Ephraim had some cities in the tribe of Manasseh; and, as it was not unusual, when the place allotted to any tribe was too narrow for it, and the next too large, to give away part from the larger to the less portion. _Inhabitants of Dor_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Children of Joseph_ That is, of Ephraim and Manasseh. _Spake unto Joshua_ That is, expostulated with him, when they went and saw that portion which was allotted them, and found it much short of their expectation. _One portion_ Either, 1st, Because they had but one lot, which was afterward divided b... [ Continue Reading ]
_If thou be a great people_ Though Joshua was of their tribe he would not humour them, or abuse his authority to gratify their inclinations; but retorts their own argument: seeing thou art a great and numerous people, turn thy complaints into action, and enlarge thy borders by thy own hand, for whic... [ Continue Reading ]
_The hill is not enough for us_ That is, if we could get possession of the woody mountain, cut down all its trees, and destroy all its inhabitants, it would not be sufficient for us. But the Hebrew is, _The hill will not be found;_ that is, obtained by us. Those fierce and strong people the Perizzit... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thou art a great people, and hast great power_ Joshua was not moved from his resolution by their objections, but told them, that by their own confession they were very numerous, and consequently of great power, and therefore need not be straitened in their habitations. _Thou shalt not have one lot... [ Continue Reading ]