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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...
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UNCLEAN - i. e. unholy because the sanctuary was not in it, but on the
other side of Jordan....
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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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TABERNACLE. Habitation. Hebrew mishkan. App-40....
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_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...
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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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_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...
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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 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...
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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
_BRIAN ROWLANDS_
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CHAPTER 22
4. ACCEPT GOD’S *BLESSING
The *tribes...
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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...
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וְ אַ֨ךְ אִם ־טְמֵאָ֜ה אֶ֣רֶץ
אֲחֻזַּתְכֶ֗ם ע
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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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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:...
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_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...
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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...
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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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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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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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“ 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...
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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 22:13 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...
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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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2 Chronicles 11:13; 2 Chronicles 11:16; 2 Chronicles 11:17; Acts
10:14;...
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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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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...