Joshua 14:1
ELEAZAR THE PRIEST] The mention of the priest in association with the leader, to whom he is here given precedence, is one of the characteristics of the Priestly narrative.... [ Continue Reading ]
ELEAZAR THE PRIEST] The mention of the priest in association with the leader, to whom he is here given precedence, is one of the characteristics of the Priestly narrative.... [ Continue Reading ]
TERRITORIES OF THE WESTERN TRIBES Chs. 14-19 inclusive describe the allotment of territories to the Western Tribes. There are two assignments. The first, embracing Judah and Joseph, is described as taking place at Gilgal (Joshua 14:6) under the auspices of Eleazar and Joshua and the 'heads of the fa... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CHILDREN OF JOSEPH WERE TWO TRIBES, etc.] This reckoning, with the subtraction of Levi, makes a total of twelve still. Practically, however, Simeon became absorbed in Judah, and each half-tribe of Manasseh came to count as a complete tribe. 6-15. The inheritance of Caleb: see Joshua 15:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU KNOWEST THE THING, etc.] The promise to Caleb occurs in Numbers 14:24, and is referred to again in Deuteronomy 1:36. On Caleb see on Joshua 15:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
THESE FORTY AND FIVE YEARS] The notes of time given here and in Joshua 14:7 are interesting. Caleb was 40 years old at Kadesh: 45 years have intervened since then, and he is now 85. Allowing 38 years for the penal wanderings, we get 7 years as the period covered by the war of conquest up to this dat... [ Continue Reading ]
RV 'it may be that the Lord will be with me and I shall drive them out': cp. Joshua 5:14 and Judges 1:20. It is a brave man's word (cp. Joshua 14:11). Caleb welcomes the task the more for its peril, and the hard work confronting him adds value to the inheritance.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE NAME OF HEBRON, etc.] LXX 'Now the name of Hebron was formerly the city of Argob: this was the metropolis of the Anakim': and similarly in Joshua 15:13; Joshua 21:11 for 'father of Anak' LXX reads 'metropolis of Anak.' This may be the true sense.... [ Continue Reading ]