Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Joshua 18:9
By cities — Or, according to the cities, to which the several parties or territories belonged.
By cities — Or, according to the cities, to which the several parties or territories belonged.
Verse Joshua 18:9. _AND DESCRIBED IT IN A BOOK_] This as far as I can recollect, is the first act of _surveying_ on record. These men and their work differed widely from those who had searched the la...
6. THE PORTION OF THE REST OF THE TRIBES CHAPTER 18 _ 1. The tabernacle at Shiloh (Joshua 18:1)_ 2. The remaining seven tribes (Joshua 18:2) 3. The lot of Benjamin (Joshua 18:11) The tabernacle of...
IN. BOOK. See note on Exodus 17:14 and App-47....
_and passed through the land_ How long they were absent we are not told. Josephus tells us it was seven months, _Ant_. v. i. 21. The Rabbis tell us it was seven years. Both suppositions are equally de...
Joshua 18:1-10. Erection of the Tabernacle at Shiloh 1. _And the whole congregation of the children of Israel_ The descendants of Judah and of Joseph had now taken up their respective inheritances, th...
_The Remaining Land Divided Into Portions Joshua 18:1-10_ And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And th...
_AND THEY SHALL DIVIDE IT INTO SEVEN PARTS: JUDAH SHALL ABIDE IN THEIR COAST ON THE SOUTH, AND THE HOUSE OF JOSEPH SHALL ABIDE IN THEIR COASTS ON THE NORTH._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
THE SECOND ALLOTMENT. INTRODUCTION. THE TERRITORY OF BENJAMIN 1-10. These vv supply an introduction to the second allotment in general, and agree with the passages which, in common with Judges 1, view...
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 18 V1 All the *Israelites met together at...
(5-10) THEY SHALL DIVIDE IT INTO SEVEN PARTS. — The several tribes were not permitted _to_ choose their own portions. In Numbers 26:54, we read: “To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to f...
וַ יֵּלְכ֤וּ הָֽ אֲנָשִׁים֙ וַ יַּעַבְר֣וּ בָ
CHAPTER XXVI. THE DISTRIBUTION COMPLETED. Joshua Chs. 18, 19. AN event of great importance now occurs; the civil arrangements of the country are in a measure provided for, and it is time to set in o...
DIVIDING THE REMAINING TERRITORY Joshua 18:1; Joshua 19:49 The Tabernacle had remained in Gilgal. It must now be removed to Shiloh, a site selected by God himself, Deuteronomy 12:11;...
An important event is now recorded. The Tent of Meeting was erected at Shiloh. No reason is given for the choice of Shiloh. It certainly was central to the country and perhaps that is the simplest exp...
The end of Joshua 14:1-15 tells us that the land had rest from war, so, according to Deuteronomy 12:10-11, it was now time for God to select the place for his name to dwell and people to offer sacrifi...
_Book. Hebrew, "described it, according to the cities, into seven parts, in a volume," (Haydock) or table, resembling a map. The ancients commonly wrote on boards covered with wax, and engraved on sto...
What an awe must have been upon the minds of the Canaanites yet remaining around them, that none of them assaulted them, as they walked through the land. Such, Reader, is the case now very frequently...
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...
9._And the men went and passed, _etc Here not only is praise bestowed on the ready obedience by which their virtue shone forth conspicuous, but the Lord gives a signal manifestation of his favor by de...
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 THE MEN WENT AND PASSED THROUGH THE LAND,.... Undisturbed by the inhabitants that remained; the fear of the Israelites being still upon them, and the providence of God restraining them, so that th...
And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came [again] to Joshua to the host at Shiloh. Ver. 9. _And the men went and passed through the...
_The men went and passed through the land_ Josephus tells us they were occupied seven months in taking this survey, and making the description here mentioned. _And described it by cities_ Or, _accordi...
1 The Tabernacle is set vp at Shiloh. 2 The remainder of the land is described, and diuided into seuen parts. 10 Ioshua diuideth it by lot. 11 The lot and border of Beniamin. 21 Their cities. 1 A...
And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities, with special reference to the cities found throughout the unclaimed sections, INTO SEVEN PARTS IN A BOOK, AND CAME AGAIN TO JO...
THE LOT OF BENJAMIN...
SURVEYING AND DIVIDING THE REST OF THE LAND (vs.1-10) Though Jerusalem was God's purposed center for Israel, they had not been able to take this city from the Jebusites, so that they found Shiloh in...
2-10 After a year or more, Joshua blamed their slackness, and told them how to proceed. God, by his grace, has given us a title to a good land, the heavenly Canaan, but we are slack to take possessio...
BY CITIES, or, _according to the cities_, to which the several parts or territories belonged....
Joshua 18:9 men H582 went H3212 (H8799) through H5674 (H8799) land H776 survey H3789 (H8799) book...
‘ And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven portions in a book, and they came to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh.' Note that the camp of Israel has now moved fro...
CONTENTS: Tabernacle set up; apportionment of land to seven tribes. CHARACTERS: God, Joshua, three surveyors. CONCLUSION: Many Christians stand in their own light and forsake their own mercies for t...
Joshua 18:1. _Israel assembled together at Shiloh._ This city stood on a hill, fifteen miles from Jerusalem and ten from Shechem; and not far north of Beth-el and Ai. Here the ark rested in the centre...
_The whole congregation _. .. _ assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle._ RELIGION IN THE NEW LAND An event of great importance now occurs; the civil arrangements of the country are i...
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 18:1 That the assembly gathers before the TENT OF MEETING, or tabernacle (see Exodus 27:21;...
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 18:9 WROTE IN A BOOK. Or on a scroll, or some other writing material (the term does not specify). ⇐...
_THE ENCAMPMENT AT SHILOH, AND A FURTHER DIVISION OF THE LAND_ CRITICAL NOTES. JOSHUA 18:1. Shiloh]=“_Place of rest,” or_ of _“tranquillity;”_ the word apparently pointing to the fulfilment of the pr...
EXPOSITION THE CONTINUED DIVISION OF THE LAND.— JOSHUA 18:1 CONGREGATION. The word signifies a body of persons gathered together at a spot before indicated. The LXX. renders by συναγωγή. The idea i...
As we get into chapter eighteen we find that the tabernacle was then set up at Shiloh. Now the tabernacle, the place of the worship of God, which was with them there in the wilderness, and wherever th...
Acts 13:19...