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Verse Joshua 22:20. _DID NOT ACHAN THE SON OF ZERAH_] Your sin will
not be merely against yourselves; your transgressions will bring down
the wrath of God upon all the people; this was the case in th...
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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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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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_Did not Achan_ Phinehas finally reminds the tribe of the recent crime
of Achan (Joshua 7:1 ff.) which had involved in its consequences not
only the man himself, but his children, and the entire peopl...
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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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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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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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THAT MAN PERISHED NOT ALONE. — His whole household was exterminated.
(See on Joshua 7:24.)...
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הֲ לֹ֣וא ׀ עָכָ֣ן בֶּן ־זֶ֗רַח מָ֤עַל
מַ֨עַל֙
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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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_Wickedness. Hebrew, "he did not expire in his sin," (Calmet) but
repented; (Haydock) or, Did he not? &c. The Septuagint, "he did not
alone die in his sin." Chaldean, "but this man alone did not die i...
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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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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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DID NOT ACHAN THE SON OF ZERAH,.... One that descended from Zerah the
son of Judah, Joshua 7:18;
COMMIT A TRESPASS IN THE ACCURSED THING; in taking what was devoted to
sacred uses:
AND WRATH FELL ON...
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Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed
thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man
perished not alone in his iniquity.
Ver. 20. _Did not Achan, &c....
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_Achan the son of Zerah_ That is, one of Zerah's posterity. _That man
perished not alone_ But brought destruction on his whole family, and
on part of our forces sent against Ai....
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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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Did not Achan, the son of Zerah, commit a trespass in the accursed
thing, in taking of spoil devoted to Jehovah, Joshua 7:1, AND WRATH
FELL ON ALL THE CONGREGATION OF ISRAEL? AND THAT MAN PERISHED NOT...
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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 SON OF ZERAH, i.e. one of his posterity, JOSHUA 7:17,18. PERISHED
NOT ALONE, but brought destruction upon his whole family, and part of
our forces sent against Ai. IN HIS INIQUITY, or, _for his si...
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Joshua 22:20 Achan H5912 son H1121 Zerah H2226 commit H4603 (H8804)
trespass H4604 thing H2764 wrath H7110 fell...
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“ Did not Achan the son of Zerah, commit a trespass in the devoted
thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? And that man
did not perish alone in his iniquity.”
The Israelites now cited...
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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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_Achan _. .. _ perished not alone in his iniquity._
ACHAN AND HIS PUNISHMENT
Where could I allege Scripture so wonderful to show the mystery of
God’s justice, lest we speak unadvisedly with our lips:...
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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 10:6; 2 Peter 2:6; Joshua 7:1; Joshua 7:18; Joshua 7:24;...
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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 Zerah — That is, one of his posterity. Not alone — But brought
destruction upon his whole family, and part of our forces sent against
Ai....