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The two tribes and a half erected this altar in order to keep alive
their claim to have the same interest as the other tribes had in the
sanctuary of God, which was established on the west side of Jor...
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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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BORDERS. windings or hendings.
TO SEE TO. to look at, i.e. in appearance....
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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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_unto the borders of Jordan_ More literally, THE CIRCLES OF THE
JORDAN. Comp. Joshua 13:2, "the borders (or _circles_) of the
Philistines;" Joel 3:4, "all the coasts (or _circles_) or Palestine;"
Matt...
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_VER._ 10. _AND WHEN THEY CAME UNTO THE BORDERS OF JORDAN, THAT ARE IN
THE LAND OF CANAAN_— From the first reading of these words, one
would conceive that the sacred writer means to say, that the
Isra...
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_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...
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_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 MANASSEH BUILT THERE AN ALTAR BY JORDAN, A GREAT AL...
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22:10 districts (c-6) Or 'borders.'...
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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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CHAPTER 22
4. ACCEPT GOD’S *BLESSING
The *tribes...
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THE BORDERS OF JORDAN, THAT ARE IN THE LAND OF CANAAN. — As far as
these words go, the site of the altar _might_ be either east or west
of Jordan; but it seems to be more probable that it was on the e...
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וַ יָּבֹ֨אוּ֙ אֶל ־גְּלִילֹ֣ות הַ
יַּרְדֵּ֔ן...
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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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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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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 Manasseh built (f) there an altar by Jordan, a gre...
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Banks. Hebrew Goliluth, which is (chap. xiii. 2, &c.) rendered
Galilee, Galgal, "limits," &c. (Haydock) --- Chanaan, consequently on
the western banks. Vatable, however, says that the eastern country...
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No doubt, the object for which they erected this altar, was with an
eye to God's glory. Perhaps their minds began to fear, that now,
separated as they were from the other tribes, they should be led to...
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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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10._And when they came unto the borders, _etc The history here is
particularly deserving of notice, when the two tribes and half-tribe,
intending to erect a memorial of common faith and fraternal conc...
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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 WHEN THEY CAME UNTO THE BORDERS OF JORDAN, THAT [ARE] IN THE LAND
OF CANAAN,.... To the banks of it, or the sand heaps, some take the
word to signify, which were thrown up to restrain the waters f...
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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 Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great a...
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_When they came_ Or, _They came_ (for the word _when_ is not in the
Hebrew) _to the borders of Jordan_ It is thought by many that
גלילות, _Geliloth_, here rendered _borders_, was the name of a
place....
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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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THE BUILDING OF THE ALTAR AND THE INVESTIGATION FOLLOWING...
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And when they came unto the borders of Jordan that are in the land of
Canaan, the regions of Jordan, the valley proper of Jordan, in this
case probably the eastern side, as the context seems to indica...
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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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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...
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Or, _built then_, as this particle is elsewhere used; and so learned
interpreters understand it, Psalms 14:5, Psalms 36:12 Ecclesiastes
3:17 Hosea 2
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Joshua 22:10 came H935 (H8799) region H1552 Jordan H3383 land H776
Canaan H3667 children H1121 Reuben H7205 children...
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‘ And when they came to the region about Jordan, that is in the land
of Canaan, the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the
half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great...
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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 22:10 As they returned to their homes east of
the Jordan, the eastern tribes built an ALTAR OF IMPOSING SIZE,
apparently on the western shore of the Jordan (on the side that
belo...
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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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Genesis 28:18; Genesis 31:46; Joshua 22:25; Joshua 24:26; Joshua 2
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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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Built an altar — About that time when they came to them, they
designed it, and as soon as they were got over Jordan, which was in a
very little time, they effected and perfected it. They built it, no...