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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:...
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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...
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BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asteriamos_ (App-6) over against. in front
of. i.e. on the oast side of Jordan. at the
PASSAGE OF. beyond, or opposite to....
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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...
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DISCOURSE: 257
THE ALTAR OF WITNESS
Joshua 22:11. And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the
children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of
Manasseh have built an altar over a...
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_VER._ 11. _AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL,_ &C.— That is, those who
were in the land of Canaan to the west of Jordan. This is a proof of
the observation we just now made, that there are many things to be...
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_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...
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_AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HEARD SAY, BEHOLD, THE CHILDREN OF REUBEN
AND THE CHILDREN OF GAD AND THE HALF TRIBE OF MANASSEH HAVE BUILT AN
ALTAR OVER AGAINST THE LAND OF CANAAN, IN THE BORDERS OF JORD...
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22:11 from (a-41) Or 'on the [other] side of.'...
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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...
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COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES!
JOSHUA
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CHAPTER 22
4. ACCEPT GOD’S *BLESSING
The *tribes...
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HAVE BUILT AN ALTAR. — Rather, _have built the altar._ As appears by
Joshua 22:28, it was a representation of the altar of Jehovah: a copy
of the one altar which He had given to Israel for sacrifice....
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וַ יִּשְׁמְע֥וּ בְנֵֽי ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
לֵ אמֹ֑ר...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The holy jealousy of God's people, affords a lovely picture to
contemplate. In the first view of things, no doubt, the conduct of the
two tribes and a half, which were returned home, appeared to be in...
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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...
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11._And the children of Israel heard say, _etc There is no doubt that
they were inflamed with holy zeal, nor ought their vehemence to seem
excessive in taking up arms to destroy their countrymen on ac...
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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...
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AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HEARD SAY,.... Those that dwelt in the land
of Canaan, for otherwise, as before observed, the two tribes and a
half on the other side Jordan were Israelites also; and this i...
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And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben
and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an
altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jorda...
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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...
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And the children of Israel, the ten western tribes, HEARD SAY, BEHOLD,
THE CHILDREN OF REUBEN AND THE CHILDREN OF GAD AND THE HALF TRIBE OF
MANASSEH HAVE BUILT AN ALTAR OVER AGAINST THE LAND OF CANAAN...
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THE BUILDING OF THE ALTAR AND THE INVESTIGATION FOLLOWING...
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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...
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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...
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Where they passed over Jordan, either at their first entrance into
Canaan, or afterwards, and usually....
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‘ And the children of Israel heard it said, “See, the children of
Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, have
built an altar before (at the frontier of) the land of Canaan in...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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
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JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 22:10 As they returned to their homes east of
the Jordan, the eastern tribes built an ALTAR OF IMPOSING SIZE,
apparently on the western shore of the Jordan (on the side that
belo...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Deuteronomy 12:5; Deuteronomy 13:12; John 1:28; John 20:1; John 20:12
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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...
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At the passage — Where they passed over Jordan, either at their
first entrance into Canaan, or afterwards, and usually....