and if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children, those of the Israelites west of Jordan, might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the Lord God of Israel?
Verse Joshua 22:24. _FOR FEAR OF_ THIS _THING_] The motive that actuated us was directly the reverse of that of which we have been suspected....
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:...
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...
WHAT HAVE YE. ? Figure of speech _Erotesis_. App-8....
_and if we have not_ More literally, AND IF NOT RATHER FROM ANXIETY, FOR A REASON WE HAVE DONE THIS THING. The word rendered "fear" is translated "care" in Ezekiel 4:16; "carefulness" Ezekiel 12:18-19...
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...
_VER._ 23-25. _WHAT HAVE YE TO DO WITH THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL?_ &C.— Not satisfied with justifying themselves from the crime imputed to them, of having dared to erect a new altar, to rival, as it were...
_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...
_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...
22:24 future (d-15) Lit. 'to-morrow;' and so vers. 27,28....
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...
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 22 4. ACCEPT GOD’S *BLESSING The *tribes...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
To-morrow. At any future period. (Haydock) --- Israel. The same idea is expressed, ver. 27. You have no part in the Lord. You are not his peculiar people. Of this title the Israelites were always very...
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...
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 IF WE HAVE NOT [RATHER] DONE IT FOR FEAR OF [THIS] THING,.... So far they suggest were they from doing this, in order to turn from the pure worship of God, and introduce idolatrous worship, that i...
And if we have not [rather] done it for fear of [this] thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel? Ver. 24. _An...
_Let the Lord himself require it_ That is, call us to an account and punish us for it. _What have you to do with the Lord_ You have no relation to him, nor interest in him, or his worship. _The Lord h...
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...
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...
IN TIME TO COME: _ Heb._ tomorrow...
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...
You have no relation to him, nor interest in him, or his worship....
Joshua 22:24 done H6213 (H8804) fear H1674 reason H1697 saying H559 (H8800) come H4279 descendants H1121 speak...
“ And if we have not rather done this out of deep concern and with a purpose, saying, ‘In time to come your children might speak to our children, saying, “What have you to do with YHWH, the God of Isr...
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...
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...
_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...
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....
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
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...
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...
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...
Deuteronomy 6:20; Exodus 13:14; Genesis 18:19; Genesis 30:33; Joshua 4:
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...
With the Lord — You have no relation to him, nor interest in him, or his worship....