NOW (better, 'and') AFTER THE DEATH OF MOSES.. IT CAME TO PASS] These words clearly mark the book which follows as a sequel to Deuteronomy. The book of Judges begins with a precisely similar phrase. THE LORD SPAKE UNTO JOSHUA] This formula 'the Lord spake,' which so constantly recurs in the first bo... [ Continue Reading ]
JOSHUA BY DIVINE COMMISSION SUCCEEDS MOSES Joshua 1:1 to Joshua 5:12 record the preparations for the Holy War.... [ Continue Reading ]
Boundaries S. and SE., 'the wilderness'; N., Lebanon; NE., the Euphrates; W., the Mediterranean or 'Great Sea.' These, the providential (Genesis 15:18; Exodus 23:31), and in some sense natural, boundaries of the territory of Israel, were only attained for a brief period during the reigns of David an... [ Continue Reading ]
PREPARE YOU VICTUALS] Joshua has the general's eye for the commissariat. 12F. See Numbers 32:20 for Moses' injunction to the two and a half tribes, and their promise to obey. 14, 15. ON THIS SIDE JORDAN] In both places RV rightly translates 'beyond Jordan,' i.e. on the E. side of Jordan. A little... [ Continue Reading ]