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Joshua 13:30
And their coast was from Mahanaim, from the boundaries of this city, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og, king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair which are in Bashan, threescore cities, Numbers 32:41;
And their coast was from Mahanaim, from the boundaries of this city, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og, king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair which are in Bashan, threescore cities, Numbers 32:41;
Verse Joshua 13:30. _THE TOWNS OF JAIR_] These were sixty cities; they are mentioned afterwards, and in 1 Chronicles 2:21, c. They are the same with the _Havoth-jair_ mentioned Numbers 32:41. Jair wa...
The writer appends to the command of God Joshua 13:1 a statement that the other two tribes and a half had already had their inheritance marked out for them by Moses in the land east of Jordan. The bou...
1. INSTRUCTION GIVEN: THE TWO AND ONE-HALF TRIBES CHAPTER 13 _ 1. Jehovah speaks to Joshua (Joshua 13:1)_ 2. Inheritance of the two and one-half tribes (Joshua 13:8) About seven years had gone by s...
JOSHUA 13. PARTS OF THE LAND AS YET UNCONQUERED. IN HERITANCE OF THE TWO AND A HALF TRIBES ON THE E. OF JORDAN. In Joshua 13:1 we meet with a statement which causes surprise. The whole land has been s...
AND THEIR. Some codices in the margin read "and all their". ALL. Some codices, with one early printed edition, and Septuagint, read "and all". TOWNS. villages. Hebrew Havoth Jair. Compare Deuteronom...
The Possession of the Half Tribe of Manasseh 29. _the half tribe of Manasseh_ "The fact that it is always called a half tribe appears curious, especially on comparison with the similar, yet widely di...
_from Mahanaim_ Which formed its southern border. For "the kingdom _of Og_" see above, Joshua 13:12. _all the towns of Jair_ The whole of Bashan embraced (i) _The Havoth-Jair_, sixty cities in the d...
_VER._ 29-31. _AND MOSES GAVE INHERITANCE UNTO THE HALF TRIBE OF MANASSEH_— It does not appear that the tribe of Manasseh had desired the settlements which Moses gave to the half tribe of it on the ea...
_The Territory of Manasseh Joshua 13:29-33_ 29 And Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh: and this was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families....
_AND THEIR COAST WAS FROM MAHANAIM, ALL BASHAN, ALL THE KINGDOM OF OG KING OF BASHAN, AND ALL THE TOWNS OF JAIR, WHICH ARE IN BASHAN, THREESCORE CITIES:_ Their coast was from Mahanaim. The region occ...
13:30 villages (d-20) See Numbers 32:41 ....
TERRITORIES OF THE EASTERN TRIBES 1-7. These vv. describe the land which, though still unconquered, is to be assigned to the 9½ tribes. It includes the W. and N. borders of Palestine. Wellhausen ('His...
COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES! JOSHUA _BRIAN ROWLANDS_ Maps to help you to study this book are on the Internet at www.easyenglish.info. CHAPTER 13 3. THE EXTENT OF THE *BLESSING The lan...
DESCRIPTION OF THE TERRITORY DISTRIBUTED BY MOSES ON THE EAST OF JORDAN (Joshua 13:15). (15) REUBEN. — See also Numbers 32:33 and Deuteronomy 3:16, &c....
וַ יְהִ֣י גְבוּלָ֗ם מִ מַּחֲנַ֨יִם כָּֽל ־הַ
CHAPTER XXI. JOSHUA'S OLD AGE- DIVISION FOR THE EASTERN TRIBES. Joshua Ch. 13, 14:1-5. "THE Lord said unto Joshua, Thou art old and stricken in years." To many men and women this would not be a wel...
The second half of the Book of Joshua deals with the settlement of the people in the promised land. Dean Stanley says: "In the Book of Joshua we have what may without offense be termed The Domesday Bo...
Chapter 13 begins a description of the division of the land. Verses 2-3 name the unconquered areas in the south, while those in the north are described in 4-6. If Israel had have been obedient and fai...
_Towns, which were conquered by Jair, of the tribe of Juda; though he belonged, in some degree, to that of Manasses, by his grandmother, Numbers xxxii. 41._...
The sacred historian is particular to enumerate these things concerning the portion of the two tribes and half; because it is a confirmation of what Moses had before done. Joshua only confirms the app...
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...
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...
AND THEIR COAST WAS FROM MAHANAIM,.... A place in the tribe of Gad, Joshua 13:26; which was the boundary of the half tribe that way: ALL BASHAN; so famous for its oxen, and for pasturage for them, an...
And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which [are] in Bashan, threescore cities: Ver. 30. See Numbers 32:41 ....
_All the towns of Jair_ Who, though of the tribe of Judah, by the father, (1 Chronicles 2:21,) yet is called the son of Manasseh, (Numbers 32:41,) because he married a daughter of Manasseh, and wholly...
1 The bounds of the land not yet conquered. 8 The inheritance of the two Tribes and halfe. 14.33 The Lord and his sacrifices, are the inheritance of Leui. 15 The bounds of the inheritance of Reuben....
LAND REMAINING TO BE CONQUERED (vv. 1-7) Joshua became "old and advanced in years" (v. 1). In fact, he was not a young man when he led Israel across the Jordan, at least in his sixties. If, as we ri...
7-33 The land must be divided among the tribes. It is the will of God that every man should know his own, and not take that which is another's. The world must be governed, not by force, but right. Wh...
JAIR, who, though of the tribe of Judah by the father, 1 CHRONICLES 2:21,22, yet is called the son of Manasseh, NUMBERS 32:41, because he married a daughter of Manasseh, and wholly associated himself...
Joshua 13:30 territory H1366 Mahanaim H4266 Bashan H1316 kingdom H4468 Og H5747 king H4428 Bashan H1316 towns H2333
THE PORTION OF THE HALF-TRIBE OF MANASSEH (JOSHUA 13:29). Joshua 13:29 ‘ And Moses gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh and it was for the half-tribe of the children of Manasseh according to their fa...
CONTENTS: Joshua instructed concerning the division of the land. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Joshua. CONCLUSION: All people, and especially old people, should set themselves to do that quickly which mus...
Joshua 13:1. _Joshua was old;_ now more than a hundred years of age. Joshua 13:3. _Sihor, Sichor;_ that is, _turbid,_ the waters being muddy. The map will show the geographical situation of most of th...
_Thou art old and stricken in years._ JOSHUA’S OLD AGE “The Lord said unto Joshua, Thou art old and stricken in years.” To many men and women this would not be a welcome announcement. They do not lik...
JOSHUA 13:1 Dividing the Land. In this third major section the Lord instructs Joshua in dividing and assigning the land. It is packed with geographical details. ⇐...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 13:9. Medeba unto Dibon] The southern part of a table-land reaching from Rabbath Ammon to the river Arnon. Both places were given to the Reubenites (Joshua 13:16), but were aft...
EXPOSITION THE DIVISION OF THE TERRITORY.— JOSHUA 13:1 NOW JOSHUA WAS OLD. This is usually regarded as the second part of the Book of Joshua; the first being devoted to the history of the conquest o...
In chapter thirteen, Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; [It means that he was beginning to be a little feeble. The idea of "stricken in years" refers to more or less the feebleness that oftent...
1 Chronicles 2:21; Deuteronomy 3:13; Joshua 13:26; Numbers 32:39...
Of Jair — Who, though of the tribe of Judah, by the father, 1 Chronicles 2:21, yet is called the son of Manasseh, Numbers 32:41, because he married a daughter of Manasseh, and wholly associated himsel...