Joshua 13:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah; ”

• Joshua 13:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The writer appends to the command of God Joshua 13:1-7 a statement that the other two tribes and a half had already had their inheritance marked out for them by Moses in the land east of Jordan....

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• Joshua 13:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Joshua 13. Parts of the Land as yet Unconquered. In heritance of the Two and a Half Tribes on the E. of Jordan. In Joshua 13:1 we meet with a statement which causes surprise. The whole land has b...

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• Joshua 13:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah; Border of the Geshurites - See on Joshua 12:5 (note).

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• Joshua 13:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Ver. 9-12. From Aroer, &c.— These four verses specify at large the territories on the east of Jordan already occupied by the fore-mentioned two tribes and a half. See Numbers 21:24 ; Numb...

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• Joshua 13:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah; Gilead - the southern region of Argob (Lejah). The border of the Geshurites...

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• Joshua 13:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Territories of the Eastern Tribes 1-7. These vv. describe the land which, though still unconquered, is to be assigned to the 9½ tribes. It includes the W. and N. borders of Palestine. Wellhausen (...

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• Joshua 13:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER XXI. JOSHUA'S OLD AGE- DIVISION FOR THE EASTERN TRIBES. Joshua Ch. 13, 14:1-5. "THE Lord said unto Joshua, Thou art old and stricken in years." To many men and women this would not be a...

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• Joshua 13:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The second half of the Book of Joshua deals with the settlement of the people in the promised land. Dean Stanley says: "In the Book of Joshua we have what may without offense be termed The Domesday B...

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• Joshua 13:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  The portion of the Reubenites, the descendants of Israel's first-born, is here again mentioned. Moses had divided this before his death to this tribe. Deuteronomy 3:12-17 . And here Joshua confirms...

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• Joshua 13:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And Gilead ,.... The land of Gilead, which was part of the kingdom of Og, half of which was given to Reuben, and the other half to Gad: and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites ; of which...

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• Joshua 13:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah; Ver. 11. And the border of the Geshurites. ] Due to Israel, but yet detained from t...

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• Joshua 13:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  The city that is in the midst of the river Some interpreters render this clause, The city in the midst of the valley; judging that, as Arnon was but a small brook, it could hardly have a city, or...

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• Joshua 13:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  LAND REMAINING TO BE CONQUERED (vv. 1-7) Joshua became "old and advanced in years" (v. 1). In fact, he was not a young man when he led Israel across the Jordan, at least in his sixties. If, as w...

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• Joshua 13:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        7 Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,   8 With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which M...

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• Joshua 13:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Maachathites; whose land God had given to the Israelites without Jordan, though they had not yet used the gift of God, nor taken possession of it, as is noted, Joshua 13:13 .

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• Joshua 13:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Land Allocated to the Two and a Half Tribes Beyond the Jordan - Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh - And Levi's Inheritance ( Joshua 13:8-14 ). Joshua 13:8 ‘ With him the Reubenites and the...

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• Joshua 13:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 13:9 . Medeba unto Dibon] The southern part of a table-land reaching from Rabbath Ammon to the river Arnon. Both places were given to the Reubenites ( Joshua 13:16-17 ), b...

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• Joshua 13:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Joshua 13:1 . Joshua was old; now more than a hundred years of age. Joshua 13:3 . Sihor, Sichor; that is, turbid, the waters being muddy. The map will show the geographical situation of most...

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• Joshua 13:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Thou art old and stricken in years. Joshua’s old age “The Lord said unto Joshua, Thou art old and stricken in years.” To many men and women this would not be a welcome announcement. They do not...

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• Joshua 13:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION THE DIVISION OF THE TERRITORY .— Joshua 13:1 Now Joshua was old. This is usually regarded as the second part of the Book of Joshua; the first being devoted to the h...

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• Joshua 13:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Command to Distribute the Land

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• Joshua 13:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Chronicles 2:23 ; Deuteronomy 4:47 ; Deuteronomy 4:48 ; Joshua 12:2-5

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• Joshua 13:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  And Maacathites — Whose land God had given to the Israelites without Jordan, though they had not yet used the gift of God, nor taken possession of it, as is noted, Joshua 13:13 .

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