“ And Bethpeor, and Ashdothpisgah,c and Bethjeshimoth, ”
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...
And Bethpeor, and Ashdothpisgah, and Bethjeshimoth, Beth-peor - The house or temple of Peor, situated at the foot of the mountain of the same name. See Numbers 25:3 .
Ver. 20. Beth-peor, &c.— See Numbers 3:5 . Deuteronomy 34 : and ch. Joshua 12:3 .
And Bethpeor, and Ashdothpisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth, Beth-peor = Baal-peor ( Numbers 25:3 ; Numbers 25:5 ), and Peor ( Numbers 23:28 ) - not yet identified. Ashdoth-pisgah - i:e., ravine...
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 Bethpeor ,.... So called from Peor, the idol of the Moabites, and where very likely there had been a temple built to the honour of it; over against this place was a valley, where Israel abode so...
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
Deuteronomy 3:17 ; Deuteronomy 4:46 ; Ezekiel 25:9 ; Joshua 12:3 ; Numbers 25:3 ; Numbers 33:49