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Verse Joshua 22:17. _IS THE INIQUITY OF PEOR TOO LITTLE_] See this
history, Numbers 25:3, c., and the notes there. Phinehas takes it for
granted that this altar was built in opposition to the altar o...
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FROM WHICH WE ARE NOT CLEANSED UNTIL THIS DAY - Phinehas, who had
borne a conspicuous part in vindicating the cause of God against those
who fell away to Baal-peor, means that terrible as the punishme...
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III. THE FINAL WORDS OF JOSHUA AND THE EPILOGUE
1. The Two and One-half Tribes and the Altar Ed
CHAPTER 22
_ 1. Joshua's address (Joshua 22:1)_
2. The tribes dismissed and their return (Joshua 22:...
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THE ALTAR OF WITNESS ERECTED BY THE E. JORDAN TRIBES. This narrative
is clearly not historical, and the question arises, Why should it have
been composed? The answer is that it is a Midrash (p. 314, 2...
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INIQUITY. perverseness. Hebrew avah. App-44. Peor. Compare Numbers
25:3; Numbers 25:4....
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Embassy from Israel to the Two and a Half Tribes
11. _heard_ News of the step taken by the trans-Jordanic tribes so
suddenly and without any consultation, reached the ears of their
brethren, and gave...
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_the iniquity of Peor_ i. e. of Baal Peor. In four passages Peor
occurs as a contraction for Baal Peor, (_a_) Numbers 25:18, twice;
(_b_) Numbers 31:16; and (_c_) in this place. He makes allusion to t...
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_VER._ 17. _IS THE INIQUITY OF PEOR TOO LITTLE FOR US,_ &C.— "Were
not the abominable transgressions of which ye were guilty, respecting
the idol of Peor, enough; and was it necessary, by adding sin t...
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_An Altar Erected At Jordan Joshua 22:10-20_
10 And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land
of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half
tribe of Mana...
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_AND WHEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HEARD OF IT, THE WHOLE CONGREGATION
OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL GATHERED THEMSELVES TOGETHER AT SHILOH, TO
GO UP TO WAR AGAINST THEM._
No JFB commentary on these verses...
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22:17 although (c-19) Or 'when.'...
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DISMISSAL OF THE TWO AND A HALF TRIBES. THE AXTAR SET UP AT ED, AND
THE CONTROVERSY IT RAISED
1-9. The dismissal of the tribes.
10-34. The controversy at Ed. Here, as in Numbers 25:7, we see
Phinehas...
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THE INIQUITY OF PEOR] the occasion of Phinehas' former intervention:
see Numbers 25....
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COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES!
JOSHUA
_BRIAN ROWLANDS_
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CHAPTER 22
4. ACCEPT GOD’S *BLESSING
The *tribes...
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הַ מְעַט ־לָ֨נוּ֙ אֶת ־עֲוֹ֣ן
פְּעֹ֔ור אֲשֶׁ֤
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CHAPTER XXX.
THE ALTAR ED.
Joshua 22:1.
THE two tribes and a half had behaved well. They had kept their word,
remained with their brethren during all Joshua's campaign, and taken
their part in all t...
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AVERTING WAR BETWEEN BRETHREN
Joshua 22:1
There was generous appreciation of services rendered as Joshua
dismissed the warriors. Something like “Well-done, good and faithful
servant,” rings through...
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We now begin the third and last division of the Book, which tells the
story of the final things circling around Joshua's farewell and
passing. The first incident recorded is the return of the two and...
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As they were on their way home, they decided to erect an altar on the
west side of Canaan. It did not take long for word to reach the rest
of Israel about the erection of an altar by the two and one-h...
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[Is] the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not (l)
cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the
congregation of the LORD,
(l) Meaning, God is not fully pacified, in...
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Beelphegor. As they lived in the country, where this idol had been
adored, Phinees was afraid lest they might have built the altar in his
honour. He reminds them what destruction that worship had brou...
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Who could be so proper to be the leader on this occasion as Phinehas,
whose zeal for God's glory and honour, had manifested itself so
strikingly upon another event before? Numbers 25:7. And, Reader, d...
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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...
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17._Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us? _etc They represent the
crime as more heinous, from their perverse obstinacy in not ceasing
ever and anon to provoke the Lord by their abominations. They...
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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...
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[IS] THE INIQUITY OF PEOR TOO LITTLE FOR US,.... The worshipping of
that idol, when in the plains of Moab; the history of which, see in
Numbers 25:2, was that so small a sin, that another must be adde...
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Joshua 22:17 _[Is] the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which
we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the
congregation of the LORD,_
Ver. 17. _Is the iniqity of...
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_Is the iniquity of Peor_ That is, of worshipping Baal-peor; _too
little for us?_ Is it not enough that we provoked God to wrath then,
but we must provoke him again now? Probably this is mentioned the...
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1 The two Tribes and halfe with a blessing are sent home.
9 They build the Altar of Testimony, in their iourney.
11 The Israelites are offended thereat.
21 They giue them good satisfaction.
1 THEN...
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Is the iniquity of Peor, when the Midianite women seduced the men of
Israel to adultery and idolatry, TOO LITTLE FOR US, FROM WHICH WE ARE
NOT CLEANSED UNTIL THIS DAY, for it seems that many Israelite...
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THE BUILDING OF THE ALTAR AND THE INVESTIGATION FOLLOWING...
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THE RETURN OF THE 2 ½ TRIBES
(vs.1-9)
To their credit, the warriors from Reuben, Gad and the half tribe of
Manasseh had continued faithfully with the other tribes in conflict
with the enemy until all...
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10-20 Here is the care of the separated tribes to keep their hold of
Canaan's religion. At first sight it seemed a design to set up an
altar against the altar at Shiloh. God is jealous for his own
in...
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THE INIQUITY OF PEOR, i.e. of our worshipping of BaalPeer, NUM 25.
FROM WHICH WE ARE NOT CLEANSED UNTIL THIS DAY; for though God had
pardoned it, as to the national punishment of it, NUMBERS 25:11, ye...
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Joshua 22:17 iniquity H5771 Peor H6465 enough H4592 cleansed H2891
(H8694) day H3117 plague H5063 congregation H5712
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“ Is the iniquity of Peor too small for us, from which we have not
cleansed ourselves to this day, although there came a plague on the
congregation of YHWH, that you must turn away this day from follo...
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CONTENTS: Two and a half tribes dismissed to their homes. Altar of
Reuben and Gad.
CHARACTERS: God, Joshua, Phinehas.
CONCLUSION: Unhappy strifes will be prevented or soon healed by an
impartial and...
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Joshua 22:10. _A great altar to see to._ See on Numbers 32. The object
of this mount or tumulus was to show that they belonged to the Hebrew
nation, and had hope in the Messiah. It was a sudden ebulli...
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_Ye have not left your brethren._
HELPING ONE ANOTHER
I. These tribes helped their brethren to their own inconvenience and
positive detriment. A narrow-minded, selfish race would have
recognised no c...
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JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 22:1 Serving the Lord in the Land. In this
final section, with the Lord having fulfilled all his “good
promises” (Joshua 21:45), it is now Israel’s tur
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JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 22:13 Fearing that the altar means the eastern
tribes have strayed from following God, the tribes west of the Jordan
send a group to confront them. PHINEHAS THE SON OF ELEAZAR. S...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Joshua 22:10. The borders of Jordan] _Lit. =_“the circles of the
Jordan.” So, in chap. Joshua 13:2, we have “the circles of the
Philistines.” The immediate neighbourhood of the Jordan...
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EXPOSITION
JOSHUA 22:1
THE REUBENITES AND THE GADITES. According to the Hebrew idiom, these
are in the original in the singular, as in Genesis 12:6. Thus a tribe,
as has been before remarked, or even...
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Now in chapter twenty-two, after now the land has all been given and
apportioned out,
Joshua called the men from Reuben, and Gad, and half the tribe of
Manasseh (Joshua 22:1).
Now you remember these...
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1 Corinthians 10:11; 1 Corinthians 10:8; Deuteronomy 4:3; Deuteronomy
4:4;...
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HOME AGAIN
Joshua 22:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. The Heavenly warfare supersedes our duty at home. The two and a
half tribes had left their homes to go over the Jordan in order to aid
their brethren in...
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Of Peor — That is, of our worshipping of Baal — peor, Numbers
25:3. Probably this is mentioned the rather, because Phinehas, the
first commissioner in this treaty, had signalized himself in that
matte...