Joshua 13:1
OLD AND STRICKEN IN YEARS. Figure of speech, _Synonymic._ App-6. Joshua, now in his 101st year (1544). THE. LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. SAID. See note on Joshua 3:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
OLD AND STRICKEN IN YEARS. Figure of speech, _Synonymic._ App-6. Joshua, now in his 101st year (1544). THE. LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. SAID. See note on Joshua 3:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
BORDERS. circuit. Hebrew. _gelilah,_. rare word.... [ Continue Reading ]
SIHOR. Hebrew "the Sihor". LORDS. Hebrew seren,. prince; first occurrence. Used only of the Philistine princes. Joshua 13:3.Judges 3:3; Judges 16:5; Judges 16:8; Judges 16:18; Judges 16:23; Judges 16:27, Jdg 16:30. 1 Samuel 5:8; 1 S [ Continue Reading ]
FROM. ON. The Syriac punctuates Joshua 13:3 and Joshua 13:4, thus: "also the Avites on the south",... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ENTERING INTO. the pass of.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons. AS according as.... [ Continue Reading ]
MANASSEH. The Septuagint adds, "from the Jordan to the Great Sea westward thou shalt give it: the Great Sea shall be the boundary; and to the two tribes, and to the half tribe of Manasseh".... [ Continue Reading ]
MOSES GAVE Compare Numbers 32:33 Deuteronomy 3:13; Deuteronomy 22:4. EVEN AS. So. special reading called Sevir (App-34). but Hebrew text reads "as". MOSES THE SERVANT OF THE LORD. See note on Deuteronomy 34:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
GIANTS. Heb _Rephaim._ See note on Joshua 12:4,... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim_. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
COAST. border. BY.. special various reading called _Sevir._ (App-34) reads "as far as", with some codices, and three early printed editions Aramaean, Syriac, and Septuagint.... [ Continue Reading ]
ZARETH-SHAHAR. light of the dawn, because it catches the rays of the rising sun. Compare Subscription to Psalms 22.... [ Continue Reading ]
DUKES anointed [leaders], called kings in Numbers 31:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
BALAAM. Compare Numbers 22:5; Numbers 24:3; Numbers 24:15; Numbers 31:8; Deuteronomy 23:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. This is the middle verse of this book.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEIR. Some codices in the margin read "and all their". ALL. Some codices, with one early printed edition, and Septuagint, read "and all". TOWNS. villages. Hebrew Havoth Jair. Compare Deuteronomy 3:14, Hebrew daughters. Figure of speech _Prosepopoeia_ (App-6).... [ Continue Reading ]
MACHIR. Compare Numbers 32:39.... [ Continue Reading ]
WAS. Literally "he (was)". AS. according as. Compare Numbers 18:20.... [ Continue Reading ]