XIV. FOURTH DIVISION OF THE BOOK. DIVISION OF THE TEBBITORY ON THE WEST OF JORDAN TO NINE TRIBES AND A HALF (Joshua 14-19, inclusive). (1) AND THESE ARE THE COUNTRIES WHICH... ELEAZAR... AND JOSHUA... DISTRIBUTED. — Here we enter upon the record of the third portion of Joshua’s great work. He had... [ Continue Reading ]
BY LOT... AS THE LORD COMMANDED... MOSES. — See Numbers 26:52; Numbers 34:17. THE NINE TRIBES, AND FOR THE HALF TRIBE; and (3) FOR MOSES HAD GIVEN; and (4) FOR THE CHILDREN OF JOSEPH WERE TWO TRIBES. — The argument of these verses can only mean that the tribal inheritances were to be _twelve in numb... [ Continue Reading ]
INHERITANCE OF JUDAH (Joshua 14:6 to Joshua 15:63). (6) CALEB THE SON OF JEPHUNNEH — Caleb was the commissioner appointed from the tribe of Judah to divide the land (Numbers 34:19). His coming forward on this occasion to ask for his own inheritance first of all might appear to savour of self-interes... [ Continue Reading ]
FORTY YEARS OLD WAS I... and (10) I AM THIS DAY FOURSCORE AND FIVE YEARS OLD. — In this speech we have the only direct evidence as to the duration of the wars of Canaan under Joshua. The spies were sent from Kadesh-barnea in the second year of the Exodus, about 38½ years before the passage of Jordan... [ Continue Reading ]
AND MOSES SWARE ON THAT DAY... THE LAND WHEREON THY FEET HAVE TRODDEN SHALL BE THINE. — Whether Moses referred to Hebron specifically in this promise, it is impossible to say.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS YET I AM AS STRONG THIS DAY... — But by Joshua 13:1, “Joshua had aged.” Yet Joshua died at the age of 110, only 25 years older than Caleb was at this time. They were contemporaries. But the far greater responsibility lying upon Joshua (with a possible difference of temperament) may very naturally... [ Continue Reading ]
THE KENEZITE. — This epithet seems to be connected with _Kenaz_ (Joshua 15:17).... [ Continue Reading ]
KIRJATH-ARBA. — “Arba the father of Anak” (Joshua 21:11). Arba means _four_ in Hebrew, and therefore some have endeavoured to interpret it as the city of four. Rashi, for example, says it was “the city of Ahiman, and Sheshai, and Talmai, and their father.” Others have tried to make it one of four co... [ Continue Reading ]