Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Joshua 13:26
Ramath — mizpeh — Called Ramoth — Gilead, or Ramoth in Gilead. Mahanaim — Exclusively; for Mahanaim was in the portion of Manasseh, beyond Jabbok, which was the border of Gad and Manasseh.
Ramath — mizpeh — Called Ramoth — Gilead, or Ramoth in Gilead. Mahanaim — Exclusively; for Mahanaim was in the portion of Manasseh, beyond Jabbok, which was the border of Gad and Manasseh.
Verse Joshua 13:26. _RAMATH-MIZPEH_] The same as _Ramoth-gilead_. It was one of the cities of refuge, Joshua 20:8; Deuteronomy 4:47. _MAHANAIM_] Or the _two camps_. Situated on the north
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. This is the middle verse of this book....
_and from Heshbon_ Thus the extension northward of the tribe is expressed, _unto Ramath-mizpeh_, which is identical with the early sanctuary at which Jacob and Laban set up their cairn of stones, and...
The Possession of the Tribe of Gad 25. _their coast was Jazer_ or _Jaazer_. We first hear of it in possession of the Amorites, and as taken by Israel after Heshbon, and on their way from thence to Bas...
_The Territory of Gad Joshua 13:24-28_ 24 And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families. 25 And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities...
_AND FROM HESHBON UNTO RAMATH-MIZPEH, AND BETONIM; AND FROM MAHANAIM UNTO THE BORDER OF DEBIR;_ From Heshbon unto Ramath-mizpeh - Heshbon (see the note at Joshua 13:17). Porter ('Handbook of Syria an...
TERRITORY OF GAD: see on Joshua 13:8....
RAMATH-MISPEH] possibly the later Ramoth Gilead (Raimûn), N. of the Jabbok. DEBIR] not the Debir of Joshua 10:38 or Joshua 15:7. The Hebrew is Ledebir, which may be the Lo-debar of 2 Samuel 9:4....
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....
וּ מֵ חֶשְׁבֹּ֛ון עַד ־רָמַ֥ת הַ מִּצְפֶּ֖ה
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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...
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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...
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AND FROM HESHBON UNTO RAMATHMIZPEH, AND BETONIM,.... This was their coast from the south to the north, and so describes their eastern border, which reached from Heshbon, given to the tribe of Reuben,...
And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir; Ver. 26. _Ramathmizpeth._] Called also Ramoth in Gilead. Jos 20:8...
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....
and from Heshbon, which was practically on the northern boundary of Reuben, UNTO RAMATHMIZPEH, that is, Ramoth in Gilead, AND BETONIM, these being the most important cities in the north; AND FROM MAHA...
THE TERRITORY OF THE TWO AND ONE HALF TRIBES...
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...
FROM HESHBON, either exclusively or inclusively. SEE POOLE ON "JOSHUA 13:17". RAMATH-MIZPEH, called _Ramoth-gilead_, or _Ramoth_ in _Gilead_, JOSHUA 20:8, and elsewhere MAHANAIM, exclusively; for Maha...
Joshua 13:26 Heshbon H2809 Mizpah H7434 Betonim H993 Mahanaim H4266 border H1366 Debir H1688 Ramathmizpeh -...
THE PORTION OF GAD (JOSHUA 13:24). Joshua 13:24 ‘ And Moses gave to the tribe of Gad, to the children of Gad according to their families.' “THE TRIBE OF GAD” indicates Gad as a unity under its lead...
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...
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_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...
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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...
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1 Kings 22:3; 2 Samuel 17:27; 2 Samuel 2:8; 2 Samuel 9:4; 2 Samuel 9:5