“ And Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath, ”
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....
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...
Coast . border. by. . special various reading called Sevir. (App-34) reads "as far as", with some codices, and three early printed editions Aramaean, Syriac, and Septuagint.
And Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath, Jahaza - A city near Medeba and Dibon. It was given to the Levites, 1 Chronicles 6:78 . Kedemoth - Mentioned Deuteronomy 2:26 ; supposed to have been situa...
And Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath, Jahaza - or Jahaz, or Jahzah - (see the note at Numbers 21:23 ; Deuteronomy 2:32 ; Joshua 13:18 ; Judges 11:20 ; 1 Chronicles 6:78 ; Isaiah 15:4...
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 (...
DESCRIPTION OF THE TERRITORY DISTRIBUTED BY MOSES ON THE EAST OF JORDAN ( Joshua 13:15-33 ). (15) Reuben. — See also Numbers 32:33-42 and Deuteronomy 3:16 , &c.
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...
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...
No doubt the Holy Ghost, in being so particular in the enumeration of places and their boundaries, had some gracious design in view. And, Reader, you and I may learn this from it, that we never can b...
And Jahazah ,.... Called Jahaz, Numbers 21:23 , where the battle was fought between Sihon and Israel: and Kedemoth ; near to which was a wilderness, which took its name from it, from whence Moses...
And Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath, Ver. 18. The cities and coasts of each tribe are thus particularly set down, to prevent discord and division, that mother of dissolution.
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...
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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The Portion of Reuben ( Joshua 13:15-23 ). Joshua 13:15 ‘ And Moses gave to the tribe of Reuben according to their families.' The division of the land took account of the sizes of the tribes...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Territory of the two and one Half Tribes
1 Chronicles 6:78 ; 1 Chronicles 6:79 ; Joshua 21:36 ; Joshua 21:37 ; Numbers 21:23