Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Joshua 22:19
Unclean - i. e. unholy because the sanctuary was not in it, but on the other side of Jordan.
Unclean - i. e. unholy because the sanctuary was not in it, but on the other side of Jordan.
Verse Joshua 22:19. _IF THE LAND OF YOUR POSSESSIONS BE UNCLEAN_] The generous mind of Phinehas led him to form this excuse for them. If ye suppose that this land is impure, as not having been origin...
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...
TABERNACLE. Habitation. Hebrew mishkan. App-40....
_if the land of your possession be unclean_ i. e. without an altar to the Lord, and in the midst of many heathen dwelling amongst them. _the land of the possession of the Lord the land of your posses...
Embassy from Israel to the Two and a Half Tribes 11. _heard_ News of the step taken by the trans-Jordanic tribes so suddenly and without any consultation, reached the ears of their brethren, and gave...
_VER._ 19. _NOTWITHSTANDING, IF THE LAND OF YOUR POSSESSION BE UNCLEAN_— This fully justifies the piety, disinterestedness, and benevolent intentions of Phinehas: he even himself seeks out some plausi...
_An Altar Erected At Jordan Joshua 22:10-20_ 10 And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Mana...
_AND WHEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HEARD OF IT, THE WHOLE CONGREGATION OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL GATHERED THEMSELVES TOGETHER AT SHILOH, TO GO UP TO WAR AGAINST THEM._ No JFB commentary on these verses...
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...
IF THE LAND OF YOUR POSSESSION BE UNCLEAN. — This suggests that they might have built the altar in it to sanctify it. But it would hardly be intelligible unless the altar was, as we supposed, on the e...
וְ אַ֨ךְ אִם ־טְמֵאָ֜ה אֶ֣רֶץ אֲחֻזַּתְכֶ֗ם ע
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...
AVERTING WAR BETWEEN BRETHREN Joshua 22:1 There was generous appreciation of services rendered as Joshua dismissed the warriors. Something like “Well-done, good and faithful servant,” rings through...
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...
Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession [be] (k) unclean, [then] pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the LORD'S tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us:...
_Unclean, as being destitute of the ark, &c. The Israelites had the greatest veneration for the land which God had chosen for their habitation. Naaman loaded two mules with some of the earth. We canno...
Who could be so proper to be the leader on this occasion as Phinehas, whose zeal for God's glory and honour, had manifested itself so strikingly upon another event before? Numbers 25:7. And, Reader, d...
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...
NOTWITHSTANDING, IF THE LAND OF YOUR POSSESSION [BE] UNCLEAN,.... That is, if it was judged to be so by them, because not cleansed from the sins of the former inhabitants of it by sacrifice, or becaus...
_Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession [be] unclean, [then] pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the LORD'S tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: bu...
_If the land of your possession be unclean_ If you apprehend it to be so, and that it is not regarded by God for want of the tabernacle and altar there, but is like heathen lands; if you now repent of...
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...
Notwithstanding, and indeed, if the land of your possession be unclean, making it necessary for them to have an altar for the expiation of sins in their immediate neighborhood, THEN PASS YE OVER UNTO...
THE BUILDING OF THE ALTAR AND THE INVESTIGATION FOLLOWING...
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...
10-20 Here is the care of the separated tribes to keep their hold of Canaan's religion. At first sight it seemed a design to set up an altar against the altar at Shiloh. God is jealous for his own in...
IF THE LAND OF YOUR POSSESSION BE CLEAN; if you apprehend it to be so for want of the tabernacle and altar there, as the following words imply; if you now repent of your former choice in preferring th...
Joshua 22:19 Nevertheless H389 land H776 possession H272 unclean H2931 over H5674 (H8798) land H776 possession H272 LORD
“ However, if the land of your possession seems to you unclean, then pass you over to the land of the possession of YHWH, in which YHWH's Dwellingplace (Tabernacle) abides, and take possession among u...
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 22:1 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
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 22:13 Fearing that the altar means the eastern tribes have strayed from following God, the tribes west of the Jordan send a group to confront them. PHINEHAS THE SON OF ELEAZAR. S...
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...
2 Chronicles 11:13; 2 Chronicles 11:16; 2 Chronicles 11:17; Acts 10:14;...
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...
Be unclean — If you apprehend it to be so for want of the tabernacle and altar there; as the following words imply: if you now repent of your former choice in preferring the worldly commodities of tha...