Return ye to your tents That is, to your settled habitations. Though their affections to their families could not but make them very desirous to return, yet, like good soldiers, they would not move till they had orders from their general. So, though we desire to be at home with Christ ever so much, yet we must stay here till our warfare is accomplished, wait for a due discharge, and not anticipate the time of our removal.
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:...
JOSHUA 21:43 TO JOSHUA 22:8. YAHWEH'S PROMISE OF CONQUEST COMPLETELY FULFILLED, SO THAT THE E. JORDAN TRIBES ARE SET FREE TO RETURN HOME. We have here the introduction to the last section of our book....
AS. according as. THEM. A special various reading called _Sevir_ (App-34), with many codices and two early printed editions, reads "to you...
_hath given rest_ Comp. ch. Joshua 21:44; Joshua 23:1. _which Moses_ See ch. Joshua 13:8....
DISCOURSE: 256 THE DISBANDING OF THE TROOPS OF ISRAEL Joshua 22:4. Now return ye, and get you unto your tents, and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you on the...
_VER._ 1-4. _THEN JOSHUA CALLED THE REUBENITES,_ &C.— The war against the Canaanites being happily concluded, the conquered country divided, and the priests and people settled in the peaceable possess...
_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...
_AND NOW THE LORD YOUR GOD HATH GIVEN REST UNTO YOUR BRETHREN, AS HE PROMISED THEM: THEREFORE NOW RETURN YE, AND GET YOU UNTO YOUR TENTS, AND UNTO THE LAND OF YOUR POSSESSION, WHICH MOSES THE SERVANT...
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...
XXII. DISMISSAL OF THE TWO AND A HALF TRIBES TO THEIR INHERITANCE ON THE EAST OF JORDAN. (1-6) Charge to the two and a half tribes by Joshua. The words of Joshua 22:2 recall the promise of Joshua 1:1...
וְ עַתָּ֗ה הֵנִ֨יחַ יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֙ לַֽ...
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...
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...
_And peace. This is a farther explication of rest, (Haydock) which alone occurs in Hebrew. It may denote a fixed and permanent abode, Deuteronomy iii. 20., and Ruth i. 9._...
There is somewhat very striking in the history of the Reubenites, and Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, in their choosing to set up their rest on the other side of Jordan. No doubt, as it is th...
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...
AND NOW THE LORD YOUR GOD HATH GIVEN REST UNTO YOUR BRETHREN, AS HE PROMISED THEM,.... As in Joshua 21:44; see Deuteronomy 12:9; THEREFORE NOW RETURN YE, AND GET YE UNTO YOUR TENTS; not their milita...
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...
And now the Lord, your God, hath given rest unto your brethren, as He promised them; therefore, now, return ye, and get you unto your tents, a standing expression for returning home, AND UNTO THE LAND...
THE DISMISSAL...
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...
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...
UNTO YOUR TENTS, i.e. to your settled habitations, as appears from DEUTERONOMY 22:8, which are oft called TENTS, as Judges 19:9 2 Samuel 17:17...
Joshua 22:4 LORD H3068 God H430 rest H5117 (H8689) brethren H251 promised H1696 (H8765) return H6437 ...
“ And now YHWH your God has given rest to your brothers, as he said to them. Now therefore turn you, and get you to your tents, to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of YHWH gave you...
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
_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...
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...
Deuteronomy 12:9; Deuteronomy 29:8; Deuteronomy 3:1; Joshua 13:15;...
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...
Your tents — That is, to your settled habitations. Tho' their affections to their families could not but make them very desirous to return, yet like good soldiers, they would not move 'till they had o...