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Joshua 13:1-45

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.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    CHAPTER XIII _Joshua being old, the Lord informs him of the land yet remaining_ _to be possessed_, 1. _Of the unconquered land among the Philistines_, 2, 3. _Among the Canaanites, Sidonians, and A...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Joshua is bidden to allot the whole of the promised land among the twelve tribes in faith that God would perfect in due time that expulsion of the Canaanites which Joshua himself could not carry furth...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    OLD AND STRICKEN IN YEARS. Figure of speech, _Synonymic._ App-6. Joshua, now in his 101st year (1544). THE. LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. SAID. See note on Joshua 3:7....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Joshua 13:1-7. The Divine Command to Joshua to distribute the Land 1. _Now Joshua_ With the thirteenth chapter begins the Second Part of the Book of Joshua. It describes the division of the Land, and...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 1. _NOW JOSHUA WAS OLD AND STRICKEN IN YEARS_— By assigning to Joshua the same age with Caleb, it is easy to justify what the sacred historian says; for Caleb was now eighty-five years old, ch....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    10. BY WHAT NAME WAS THIS NORTHERN AREA KNOWN? _God's Instructions to Joshua 13:1-6_ Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the Lord said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and ther...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _NOW JOSHUA WAS OLD AND STRICKEN IN YEARS; AND THE LORD SAID UNTO HIM, THOU ART OLD AND STRICKEN IN YEARS, AND THERE REMAINETH YET VERY MUCH LAND TO BE POSSESSED._ Now Joshua was old and stricken in...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    13:1 age, (c-7) age, (c-18) Lit. 'days.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    XIII. DESCRIPTION OF THE TERRITORY TO BE DIVIDED (Joshua 13:1). (b) According to its boundaries. (1) JOSHUA WAS OLD AND STRICKEN IN YEARS. — Rather, _he had aged, and was advanced in days._ Old is t...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וִ יהֹושֻׁ֣עַ זָקֵ֔ן בָּ֖א בַּ † יָּמִ֑ים...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    MUCH LAND YET TO BE POSSESSED Joshua 11:16; Joshua 13:1 We do not know how long the war lasted. Probably about seven years, Joshua 14:10 (forty-five less thirty-eight). It was only in David's reign t...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Now Joshua was old [and] (a) stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him, Thou art old [and] stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be (b) possessed. (a) Being almost a hundre...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Age. Josue was now 100 years old. He lived ten more, (Calmet) having governed the people in all 17. (Haydock) --- During the first seven years, he had performed all that could be expected from an able...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    CONTENTS This Chapter begins with the account of the division of Canaan, to the several tribes of Israel. After the subjugation and conquest of the promised land, the Lord's promise is to be fulfille...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    1._Now Joshua was old, _etc (127) Since we have seen above that the land was pacified by the subjugation of thirty-one kings, it is probable that some cessation now took place for the purpose of resti...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    NOW JOSHUA WAS OLD, [AND] STRICKEN IN YEARS,.... How old he was cannot be said precisely, but it is very probable he was now about an hundred years of age, for he lived to be an hundred ten; and the l...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Now Joshua was old [and] stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him, Thou art old [and] stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed. Ver. 1. _Thou art old and stricke...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Now Joshua was old_ To what age Joshua was advanced we cannot determine, because we do not know how old he was when the Israelites came out of Egypt. Some think he was three and forty at that time, a...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE COMMAND TO DISTRIBUTE THE LAND...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Now, Joshua was old and stricken in years, literally, "well advanced in days," said of one whose age is showing plainly; AND THE LORD SAID UNTO HIM, THOU ART OLD AND STRICKEN IN YEARS, AND THERE REMAI...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    TO BE POSSESED: _ Heb._ to possess it...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-6 At this chapter begins the account of the dividing of the land of Canaan among the tribes of Israel by lot; a narrative showing the performance of the promise made to the fathers, that this land...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    JOSHUA CHAPTER 13 God makes known to Joshua the bounds of the land not yet conquered, JOSHUA 13:1; commands it to be divided among the nine tribes and a half, JOSHUA 13:7. The inheritance of the two t...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Joshua 13:1 Joshua H3091 old H2204 (H8804) advanced H935 (H8804) years H3117 LORD H3068 said H559 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE LAND NOT YET ‘POSSESSED' (JOSHUA 13:1). Joshua 13:1 ‘ Now Joshua was old and bearing the signs of old age (well stricken in years). And YHWH said to him, “You are old and advanced in years, and...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _JOSHUA COMMANDED TO DIVIDE THE LAND: THE CITIES AND BOUNDARIES OF THE TWO AND A HALF TRIBES_ CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 13:1. Old and stricken in years] _Heb. = “old and come into days_,” or “_years_.”...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 1:1; Deuteronomy 31:3; Genesis 18:11; Joshua 14:10; Joshua 23:1

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Thou art old — Therefore delay not to do the work which I have commanded thee to do. It is good for those that are stricken in years, to be remembered that they are so: that they may be quickened to d...

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