Joshua 18:17

_AND THEIR BORDER ON THE NORTH SIDE WAS FROM JORDAN; AND THE BORDER WENT UP TO THE SIDE OF JERICHO ON THE NORTH SIDE, AND WENT UP THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS WESTWARD; AND THE GOINGS OUT THEREOF WERE AT THE WILDERNESS OF BETHAVEN._ No JFB commentary on these verses....

11-28 The boundaries of each portion were distinctly drawn, and the inheritance of each tribe settled. All contests and selfish claims were prevented by the wise appointment of God, who allotted the hill and the valley, the corn and pasture, the brooks and rivers, the towns and cities. Is the lot of any servant of Christ cast in affliction and sorrow? It is the Lord; let him do what seemeth him good. Are we in prosperity and peace? It is from above. Be humbled when you compare the gift with your own unworthiness. Forget not Him that gave the good, and always be ready to resign it at his command....

Verse Joshua 18:17. _EN-SHEMESH_] The fountain of the sun; a proof of the idolatrous nature of the ancient inhabitants of this land. _GELILOTH_] As the word signifies _borders_ or _limits_, it is probably not the proper name of a place: _And went forth towards_ _the BORDERS which are over against the ascent to Adummim_....

See the marginal references. There are many indications found in this and the next chapter that the text is in great disorder, and many of the places are still unknown. Joshua 18:14 AND COMPASSED THE CORNER ... - Render “and turned on the west side southward.” The meaning is, that at lower Beth-horon the northern boundary-line of Benjamin curved round and ran southward - Beth-horon being its extreme westerly point. Joshua 18:21 The “Valley of Keziz,” or “Emek-Keziz,” is perhaps the “Wady el Kaziz,” at no great distance east of Jerusalem. Joshua 18:22 Zemaraim, i. e.

EXPOSITION THE CONTINUED DIVISION OF THE LAND.— JOSHUA 18:1 CONGREGATION. The word signifies a body of persons gathered together at a spot before indicated. The LXX. renders by συναγωγή. The idea is evidently that of an assembly gathered together for some specific acts of worship. This passage teaches the duty of a national recognition of religion. Whatever evils there might be in Israel at that time, the absence of a general and formal acknowledgment of God was not one of them. When that public acknowledgment of Him ceased, the downfall of the nation was at hand. It was the absence of such acknowledgment that was the ruin of Israel, while the hypocritical and purely external recognition of God by Judah was equally o

AND WAS DRAWN FROM THE NORTH,.... Turning northward, and looking that way from the west to the east: AND WENT FORTH TO ENSHEMESH; or the fountain of the sun, see Joshua 15:7; AND WENT FORTH TOWARD GELILOTH; called Gilgal, Joshua 15:7; WHICH [IS] OVER AGAINST THE GOING UP TO ADUMMIM; a place between Jerusalem and Jericho, see Joshua 15:7; AND DESCENDED TO THE STONE OF BOHAN THE SON OF REUBEN; see Joshua 15:6....

6. THE PORTION OF THE REST OF THE TRIBES CHAPTER 18 _ 1. The tabernacle at Shiloh (Joshua 18:1)_ 2. The remaining seven tribes (Joshua 18:2) 3. The lot of Benjamin (Joshua 18:11) The tabernacle of the congregation is now set up at Shiloh. Shiloh means “peace,” “security.” The land was then subdued before them. Shiloh is now the center. From there the operations proceed. Seven times after this Shiloh is mentioned in the book of Joshua: Joshua 18:8; Joshua 19:51;...

Boundaries of the Tribe of Benjamin 11. _between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph_ When the lots were now cast "before the Lord," the lot of Benjamin came forth first, and we have an account of (_a_) the boundaries, and then (_b_) of the cities of this tribe, which, we are here told, lay between the sons of Judah on the south and the sons of Joseph on the north....

_Benjamin's Inheritance Joshua 18:11-20_ 11 And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph. 12 And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains west-ward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth-aven. 13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Beth-el, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth-adar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth-horon. 14 And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Beth-horon southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, a

THE SECOND ALLOTMENT. INTRODUCTION. THE TERRITORY OF BENJAMIN 1-10. These vv supply an introduction to the second allotment in general, and agree with the passages which, in common with Judges 1, view the conquest as gradual and partial. The seven tribes still hang back through 'slackness' (Joshua 18:3), while Judah and Joseph are already in possession....