Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Joshua 22:17
The iniquity of Peor. — A very natural subject for reference on the part of Phinehas, who had distinguished himself by his zealous opposition to it.
The iniquity of Peor. — A very natural subject for reference on the part of Phinehas, who had distinguished himself by his zealous opposition to it.
Verse Joshua 22:17. _IS THE INIQUITY OF PEOR TOO LITTLE_] See this history, Numbers 25:3, c., and the notes there. Phinehas takes it for granted that this altar was built in opposition to the altar o...
FROM WHICH WE ARE NOT CLEANSED UNTIL THIS DAY - Phinehas, who had borne a conspicuous part in vindicating the cause of God against those who fell away to Baal-peor, means that terrible as the punishme...
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:...
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...
INIQUITY. perverseness. Hebrew avah. App-44. Peor. Compare Numbers 25:3; Numbers 25:4....
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...
_the iniquity of Peor_ i. e. of Baal Peor. In four passages Peor occurs as a contraction for Baal Peor, (_a_) Numbers 25:18, twice; (_b_) Numbers 31:16; and (_c_) in this place. He makes allusion to t...
_VER._ 17. _IS THE INIQUITY OF PEOR TOO LITTLE FOR US,_ &C.— "Were not the abominable transgressions of which ye were guilty, respecting the idol of Peor, enough; and was it necessary, by adding sin t...
_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...
_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...
22:17 although (c-19) Or 'when.'...
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...
THE INIQUITY OF PEOR] the occasion of Phinehas' former intervention: see Numbers 25....
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...
הַ מְעַט ־לָ֨נוּ֙ אֶת ־עֲוֹ֣ן פְּעֹ֔ור אֲשֶׁ֤
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...
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...
[Is] the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not (l) cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD, (l) Meaning, God is not fully pacified, in...
Beelphegor. As they lived in the country, where this idol had been adored, Phinees was afraid lest they might have built the altar in his honour. He reminds them what destruction that worship had brou...
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...
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...
17._Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us? _etc They represent the crime as more heinous, from their perverse obstinacy in not ceasing ever and anon to provoke the Lord by their abominations. They...
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...
[IS] THE INIQUITY OF PEOR TOO LITTLE FOR US,.... The worshipping of that idol, when in the plains of Moab; the history of which, see in Numbers 25:2, was that so small a sin, that another must be adde...
__ Joshua 22:17 _[Is] the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD,_ Ver. 17. _Is the iniqity of...
_Is the iniquity of Peor_ That is, of worshipping Baal-peor; _too little for us?_ Is it not enough that we provoked God to wrath then, but we must provoke him again now? Probably this is mentioned the...
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...
Is the iniquity of Peor, when the Midianite women seduced the men of Israel to adultery and idolatry, TOO LITTLE FOR US, FROM WHICH WE ARE NOT CLEANSED UNTIL THIS DAY, for it seems that many Israelite...
THE BUILDING OF THE ALTAR AND THE INVESTIGATION FOLLOWING...
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...
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...
THE INIQUITY OF PEOR, i.e. of our worshipping of BaalPeer, NUM 25. FROM WHICH WE ARE NOT CLEANSED UNTIL THIS DAY; for though God had pardoned it, as to the national punishment of it, NUMBERS 25:11, ye...
Joshua 22:17 iniquity H5771 Peor H6465 enough H4592 cleansed H2891 (H8694) day H3117 plague H5063 congregation H5712
“ Is the iniquity of Peor too small for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day, although there came a plague on the congregation of YHWH, that you must turn away this day from follo...
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
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...
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 10:11; 1 Corinthians 10:8; Deuteronomy 4:3; Deuteronomy 4:4;...
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...
Of Peor — That is, of our worshipping of Baal — peor, Numbers 25:3. Probably this is mentioned the rather, because Phinehas, the first commissioner in this treaty, had signalized himself in that matte...