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Verse Joshua 22:22. _THE LORD GOD OF GODS_] The original words are
exceedingly emphatic, and cannot be easily translated. אל אלהים
יהוה _El Elohim Yehovah_, are the three principal names by which
the...
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The repeated invocation of God, and that by His three names - אל
_'êl_, אלהים _'ĕlohı̂ym_, יהוה _y__e__hovâh_: compare
Psalms 50:1 - marks the earnestness of the protestation. The conduct
of the tw...
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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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THE LORD GOD OF GODS. Hebrew. _El Elohim Jehovah_. Figure of speech
_Epizeuxis_ (App-6).
TRANSGRESSION. Hebrew. _maal._ App-44.
SAVE US NOT THIS DAY. Note the Figure of speech _Parentheaia_. App-6....
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_The Lord God of gods_ Rather, THE LORD, THE GOD OF GODS; or, the
three names may be taken separately, cf. Psalms 50:1. They commence in
the most solemn manner by invoking God Himself to witness as to...
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Defence of the Two Tribes and a Half
21. _Then the children of Reuben_ The two tribes and a half proceed to
defend themselves and to shew that their object was in all respects
the very reverse of tha...
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_VER._ 21, 22. _THEN THE CHILDREN OF REUBEN, &C.—ANSWERED—THE LORD
GOD OF GODS,_ &C.— No sooner had Phinehas ended his discourse, than
the president of the congregation of the two tribes and a half, t...
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_A Reason Given for the Altar Joshua 22:21-34_
21 Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half
tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the thousands
of Israel,
22 Th...
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_THE LORD GOD OF GODS, THE LORD GOD OF GODS, HE KNOWETH, AND ISRAEL HE
SHALL KNOW; IF IT BE IN REBELLION, OR IF IN TRANSGRESSION AGAINST THE
LORD, (SAVE US NOT THIS DAY,)_
No JFB commentary on these...
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THE LORD GOD OF GODS] the original most impressively combines Hebrew
names of God: _El Elohim Jehovah_.
These Chapter s form a section by themselves, and give some closing
scenes of Joshua's life, as...
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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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אֵל֩ ׀ אֱלֹהִ֨ים ׀ יְהוָ֜ה אֵ֣ל ׀
אֱלֹהִ֤ים ׀ יְהוָה֙...
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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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THE ALTAR OF WITNESS
Joshua 22:21
Phinehas and the ten princes did their work well. It was politic as
well as true to remind the departing warriors that they could not
rebel against God without invol...
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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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_God. In Hebrew there are three terms, (Calmet) El, Elohim, Yehova,
"the strong, the judge, the self-existent Being." To him they make
their appeal. Him they acknowledge in the first place, as the onl...
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I include all these verses in one point of view, because so delightful
a passage of scripture, which takes in the whole of the meek and
candid answer of the accused, ought not to be broken. The thing...
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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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THE LORD GOD OF GODS, THE LORD GOD OF GODS,.... They first set out in
their answer with asserting their firm belief of Jehovah, the God of
Israel, being the supreme God, God over all; over all that ar...
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The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he
shall know; if [it be] in rebellion, or if in transgression against
the LORD, (save us not this day,)
Ver. 22. _The Lord God of g...
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_The Lord God of gods_ In the Hebrew it is, _The God of gods, Jehovah;
the God of gods, Jehovah;_ or, rather, there are three names of God,
_El, Elohim_, and _Jehovah_, signifying that they owned no o...
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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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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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21-29 The tribes took the reproofs of their brethren in good part.
With solemnity and meekness they proceeded to give all the
satisfaction in their power. Reverence of God is expressed in the form
of...
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THE LORD GOD OF GODS; that Jehovah whom we, no less than you,
acknowledge and adore as the _God of gods_, infinitely superior to all
that are called gods. The multiplying of his titles, and the
repeti...
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Joshua 22:22 LORD H3068 God H410 gods H430 LORD H3068 God H410 gods
H430 knows H3045 (H8802) Israel...
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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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_The Lord God of gods, He knoweth._
GOD KNOWS
It is a great satisfaction when we feel that there is one Being who
knows everything. After some great perplexity, some dark hour, or some
mysterious vis...
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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 22:21 The group from the western tribes is
relieved that the altar built by the eastern tribes is only a COPY OF
THE ALTAR OF THE LORD (v....
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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 Kings 8:39; 1 Samuel 15:23; 1 Timothy 6:16; 2 Corinthians 11:11;...
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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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The Lord — That Jehovah, whom we no less than you acknowledge and
adore as the God of gods, infinitely superior to all that are called
gods. The multiplying of his titles, and the repetition of these...