Ver. 11. And the border of the—Maachathites— The Maachathites bordered upon the Geshurites on the north of the land of Canaan, toward mount Hermon. Maacha, their capital, which fell to the half tribe of Manasseh, is the same that Ptolemy calls Epicaeros. The Chaldee paraphrase calls it Aphkeroz in this place, ch. 12: and Deuteronomy 3:14.
See commentary on Judges 13:9
Verse Joshua 13:11. _BORDER OF THE GESHURITES_] Joshua 12:5....
The writer appends to the command of God Joshua 13:1 a statement that the other two tribes and a half had already had their inheritance marked out for them by Moses in the land east of Jordan. The bou...
1. INSTRUCTION GIVEN: THE TWO AND ONE-HALF TRIBES CHAPTER 13 _ 1. Jehovah speaks to Joshua (Joshua 13:1)_ 2. Inheritance of the two and one-half tribes (Joshua 13:8) About seven years had gone by s...
JOSHUA 13. PARTS OF THE LAND AS YET UNCONQUERED. IN HERITANCE OF THE TWO AND A HALF TRIBES ON THE E. OF JORDAN. In Joshua 13:1 we meet with a statement which causes surprise. The whole land has been s...
The Territory of the Two Tribes and a Half East of the Jordan. Its Boundaries 8. _With whom_ i.e. with Manasseh. It alludes to the other half of that tribe. _the Reubenites and the Gadites_ These st...
_A Description of the Land East of Jordan Joshua 13:7-14_ 7 Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh, 8 With whom the Reubenites and the G...
_AND GILEAD, AND THE BORDER OF THE GESHURITES AND MAACHATHITES, AND ALL MOUNT HERMON, AND ALL BASHAN UNTO SALCAH;_ Gilead - the southern region of Argob (Lejah). THE BORDER OF THE GESHURITES AND MA...
TERRITORIES OF THE EASTERN TRIBES 1-7. These vv. describe the land which, though still unconquered, is to be assigned to the 9½ tribes. It includes the W. and N. borders of Palestine. Wellhausen ('His...
COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES! JOSHUA _BRIAN ROWLANDS_ Maps to help you to study this book are on the Internet at www.easyenglish.info. CHAPTER 13 3. THE EXTENT OF THE *BLESSING The lan...
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CHAPTER XXI. JOSHUA'S OLD AGE- DIVISION FOR THE EASTERN TRIBES. Joshua Ch. 13, 14:1-5. "THE Lord said unto Joshua, Thou art old and stricken in years." To many men and women this would not be a wel...
The second half of the Book of Joshua deals with the settlement of the people in the promised land. Dean Stanley says: "In the Book of Joshua we have what may without offense be termed The Domesday Bo...
Chapter 13 begins a description of the division of the land. Verses 2-3 name the unconquered areas in the south, while those in the north are described in 4-6. If Israel had have been obedient and fai...
The portion of the Reubenites, the descendants of Israel's first-born, is here again mentioned. Moses had divided this before his death to this tribe. Deuteronomy 3:12. And here Joshua confirms that g...
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...
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...
AND GILEAD,.... The land of Gilead, which was part of the kingdom of Og, half of which was given to Reuben, and the other half to Gad: AND THE BORDER OF THE GESHURITES AND MAACHATHITES; of which see...
And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah; Ver. 11. _And the border of the Geshurites._] Due to Israel, but yet detained from the...
_The city that is in the midst of the river_ Some interpreters render this clause, _The city in the midst of the valley;_ judging that, as Arnon was but a small brook, it could hardly have a city, or...
1 The bounds of the land not yet conquered. 8 The inheritance of the two Tribes and halfe. 14.33 The Lord and his sacrifices, are the inheritance of Leui. 15 The bounds of the inheritance of Reuben....
and Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, Joshua 12:5, AND ALL MOUNT HERMON, AND ALL BASHAN UNTO SALCAH;...
THE COMMAND TO DISTRIBUTE THE LAND...
LAND REMAINING TO BE CONQUERED (vv. 1-7) Joshua became "old and advanced in years" (v. 1). In fact, he was not a young man when he led Israel across the Jordan, at least in his sixties. If, as we ri...
7-33 The land must be divided among the tribes. It is the will of God that every man should know his own, and not take that which is another's. The world must be governed, not by force, but right. Wh...
MAACHATHITES; whose land God had given to the Israelites without Jordan, though they had not yet used the gift of God, nor taken possession of it, as is noted, JOSHUA 13:13....
Joshua 13:11 Gilead H1568 border H1366 Geshurites H1651 Maachathites H4602 Mount H2022 Hermon H2768 Bashan H1316 Salcah...
THE LAND ALLOCATED TO THE TWO AND A HALF TRIBES BEYOND THE JORDAN - REUBEN, GAD AND HALF OF MANASSEH - AND LEVI'S INHERITANCE (JOSHUA 13:8). Joshua 13:8 ‘ With him the Reubenites and the Gadites rec...
CONTENTS: Joshua instructed concerning the division of the land. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Joshua. CONCLUSION: All people, and especially old people, should set themselves to do that quickly which mus...
Joshua 13:1. _Joshua was old;_ now more than a hundred years of age. Joshua 13:3. _Sihor, Sichor;_ that is, _turbid,_ the waters being muddy. The map will show the geographical situation of most of th...
_Thou art old and stricken in years._ JOSHUA’S OLD AGE “The Lord said unto Joshua, Thou art old and stricken in years.” To many men and women this would not be a welcome announcement. They do not lik...
JOSHUA 13:1 Dividing the Land. In this third major section the Lord instructs Joshua in dividing and assigning the land. It is packed with geographical details. ⇐...
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 13:11 GESHURITES AND MAACATHITES. Geshur and Maacah were two small kingdoms north and east of the Sea of Galilee. This Geshur is not to be confused with the Geshur mentioned in v...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 13:9. Medeba unto Dibon] The southern part of a table-land reaching from Rabbath Ammon to the river Arnon. Both places were given to the Reubenites (Joshua 13:16), but were aft...
EXPOSITION THE DIVISION OF THE TERRITORY.— JOSHUA 13:1 NOW JOSHUA WAS OLD. This is usually regarded as the second part of the Book of Joshua; the first being devoted to the history of the conquest o...
In chapter thirteen, Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; [It means that he was beginning to be a little feeble. The idea of "stricken in years" refers to more or less the feebleness that oftent...
1 Chronicles 2:23; Deuteronomy 4:47; Deuteronomy 4:48; Joshua 12:2...
And Maacathites — Whose land God had given to the Israelites without Jordan, though they had not yet used the gift of God, nor taken possession of it, as is noted, Joshua 13:13....
What was the correct eastern boundary of the Promised Land? PROBLEM: God promised Abraham, “To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great … River Euphrates” (Genesis...