Joshua 18 - Introduction
_THE TABERNACLE IS SET UP AT SHILOH: THE REMAINDER OF THE LAND IS DESCRIBED, AND DIVIDED BY LOT._ _Before Christ 1444._... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE TABERNACLE IS SET UP AT SHILOH: THE REMAINDER OF THE LAND IS DESCRIBED, AND DIVIDED BY LOT._ _Before Christ 1444._... [ Continue Reading ]
_VER._ 1. _AND THE WHOLE CONGREGATION OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL ASSEMBLED TOGETHER AT SHILOH_— After a stay of seven years at Gilgal, Joshua took, and (without doubt at the express command of God,) performed the resolution, to remove the camp to Shiloh. It belonged to the Lord only, to mark out the... [ Continue Reading ]
_VER._ 5. _JUDAH SHALL ABIDE IN THEIR COAST ON THE SOUTH, AND THE HOUSE OF JOSEPH—ON THE NORTH_— The meaning is, "The territory of the tribes of Judah, Ephraim, and Manasseh, which are now provided for, shall no more be meddled with; there is no need to measure it anew. If it be necessary to retrenc... [ Continue Reading ]
_VER._ 11. _AND THE LOT OF THE TRIBE OF THE CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN CAME UP,_ &C.— By a very peculiar direction of Providence, the name of Benjamin, the only brother of Joseph, and, like him, descended from Rachel, the beloved wife of Jacob, was first drawn. Thus this tribe stood the first after those... [ Continue Reading ]
_VER._ 24. _CHEPHAR-HAAMMONAI_— _The village of Haamonai._ Hiller. Onomast. p. 13.... [ Continue Reading ]