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GILEAD - Here used in the widest sense for the whole trans-Jordanic
district....
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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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CHILDREN. sons.
SHILOH. See note on Joshua 18:1.
WORD. Hebrew "mouth", put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause),
App-6, for what was spoken by it....
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Return of the Tribes. Erection of an Altar on the Jordan
9. _out of Shiloh_ where the division of the land had been carried
out. See Joshua 18:1.
_which is in the land of Canaan_ Only the country wes...
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_The Dismissal of the Eastern Tribes Joshua 22:1-9_
Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe
of Manasseh,
2 And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of...
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_AND THE CHILDREN OF REUBEN AND THE CHILDREN OF GAD AND THE HALF TRIBE
OF MANASSEH RETURNED, AND DEPARTED FROM THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL OUT OF
SHILOH, WHICH IS IN THE LAND OF CANAAN, TO GO UNTO THE COUN...
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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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וַ יָּשֻׁ֣בוּ וַ יֵּלְכ֡וּ בְּנֵי
־רְאוּבֵ֨ן...
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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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JOSHUA 22:1-34 The tribes of Reuben, Gad and the half tribe of
Manasseh had faithfully remained throughout all of the days of
conquest. Joshua now calls them to him and commends them for faithful
serv...
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_Galaad here denotes all that country, (Calmet) as Chanaan does that
on the west of the Jordan (Haydock) and Ephraim, the ten tribes.
(Calmet)_...
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Doubtless there was somewhat prophetical in the blessing of Joshua, as
there was in all the blessings of the patriarchs, when taking leave:
see Genesis 49:1; Deuteronomy 33:1....
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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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AND THE CHILDREN OF REUBEN, AND THE CHILDREN OF GAD, AND THE HALF
TRIBE OF MANASSEH, RETURNED,.... First to the camp to take their
substance, and then set forward to their own land:
AND DEPARTED FROM...
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And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe
of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of
Shiloh, which [is] in the land of Canaan, to go unto the cou...
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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 Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe
of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of
Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the count...
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THE DISMISSAL...
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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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1-9 Joshua dismisses the tribes with good counsel. Those who have the
commandment have it in vain, unless they do the commandment; and it
will not be done aright unless we take diligent heed. In part...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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‘ And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half
tribe of Manasseh, returned, and departed from the children of Israel
out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the la...
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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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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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_THE GOING HOME OF THE EASTERN TRIBES_
CRITICAL NOTES.—
Joshua 22:1. Then Joshua called] “As the return of the armed men
belonging to the two tribes and a half is only described in general
terms, by...
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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 3:15; Deuteronomy 3:16; Joshua 13:11; Joshua 13:25;...
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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...