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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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BEHOLD. behold ye. Not the Figure of speech _Asterisms_.
PATTERN. construction.
AND YOU. Note Figure of speech _Ellipsis_, "and [between] you. "
App-6....
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_Behold the pattern_ Some have imagined that the altar set up had an
actual resemblance to the altar of burnt-offering at the Tabernacle.
But this could hardly be. There may have been some general res...
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Defence of the Two Tribes and a Half
21. _Then the children of Reuben_ The two tribes and a half proceed to
defend themselves and to shew that their object was in all respects
the very reverse of tha...
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_A Reason Given for the Altar Joshua 22:21-34_
21 Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half
tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the thousands
of Israel,
22 Th...
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_THEREFORE WE SAID, LET US NOW PREPARE TO BUILD US AN ALTAR, NOT FOR
BURNT OFFERING, NOR FOR SACRIFICE:_
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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וַ נֹּ֕אמֶר וְ הָיָ֗ה כִּֽי
־יֹאמְר֥וּ אֵלֵ֛י
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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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THE ALTAR OF WITNESS
Joshua 22:21
Phinehas and the ten princes did their work well. It was politic as
well as true to remind the departing warriors that they could not
rebel against God without invol...
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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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Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should [so] say to us
or to our (p) generations in time to come, that we may say [again],
Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers...
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I include all these verses in one point of view, because so delightful
a passage of scripture, which takes in the whole of the meek and
candid answer of the accused, ought not to be broken. The thing...
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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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THEREFORE SAID WE,.... To prevent any such usage of our children, and
that they might have a ready answer to give:
THAT IT SHALL BE, WHEN THEY SHOULD [SO] SAY UNTO US, OR TO OUR
GENERATIONS, IN TIME...
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Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should [so] say to us
or to our generations in time to come, that we may say [again], Behold
the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made...
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_Behold the pattern of the altar_ An exact representation and
resemblance of it; but which they could not have imitated, if they had
not been acquainted with it, and worshipped God there with their
br...
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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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Therefore said we that it shall be, when they should so say to us or
to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the
pattern, copy, likeness, of the altar of the Lord which our f...
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THE EXPLANATION MADE AND ACCEPTED...
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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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21-29 The tribes took the reproofs of their brethren in good part.
With solemnity and meekness they proceeded to give all the
satisfaction in their power. Reverence of God is expressed in the form
of...
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THE PATTERN; an exact representation and resemblance. A WITNESS
BETWEEN US AND YOU, that we both serve one God, and approve and make
use of one and the same altar....
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Joshua 22:28 said H559 (H8799) say H559 (H8799) generations H1755 come
H4279 say H559 (H8804) is...
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‘ Therefore we said, “It shall be when they say so to us, or to
our generations in time to come, that we shall say, ‘See the pattern
of the altar of YHWH, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerin...
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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 22:21 The group from the western tribes is
relieved that the altar built by the eastern tribes is only a COPY OF
THE ALTAR OF THE LORD (v....
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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 Kings 16:10; Exodus 25:40; Ezekiel 43:10; Ezekiel 43:11; Hebrews 8:5
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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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The pattern — An exact representation and resemblance. A witness —
That we both serve one God, and approve and make use of one and the
same altar....