Joshua 14:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land. ”

Joshua 14:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 14-19. The Division of the Land on the W. of Jordan. Joshua 14:1-5 is P's introduction to the division of the land by lot, but instead of going on at once with his account of the inherita...
Joshua 14:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

As . according as. Compare Neh 35:2. Neh 14:2-5. divided . divided by lot;". Figure of speech Ellipsis. App-6.
Joshua 14:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land. They divided the land - This work was begun some time before at Gilgal, and was finished some time after at Shil...
Joshua 14:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 5. The children of Israel—divided the land — That is, they were disposed so to do; they began to set about it. The Scripture calls that done, which is begun or only resolved upon. Genesis...
Joshua 14:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land. The children of Israel ... divided the land - i:e., they made the preliminary arrangements for the work....
Joshua 14:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Territories of the Western Tribes Chs. 14-19 inclusive describe the allotment of territories to the Western Tribes. There are two assignments. The first, embracing Judah and Joseph, is described a...
Joshua 14:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

XIV. FOURTH DIVISION OF THE BOOK. DIVISION OF THE TEBBITORY ON THE WEST OF JORDAN TO NINE TRIBES AND A HALF (Joshua 14-19, inclusive). (1) And these are the countries which... Eleazar... and Jos...
Joshua 14:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Man Who Wholly Followed His God Joshua 14:1-15 The lot was doubtless adopted to obviate cause for jealousy or charges of favoritism. It denoted God's choice, Proverbs 16:33 ; Proverbs 18:...
Joshua 14:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The matter of supreme interest here is, of course, the story of Caleb, who, after forty-five years of waiting, claimed and obtained a definite possession in the land. His claim was made while there...
Joshua 14:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The two branches of Joseph's house, Manasseh and Ephraim, forming each a tribe, would have made Israel's family to have been thirteen to have divided Canaan, had not Levi been separated to the Lord;...
Joshua 14:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

As the Lord commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did ,.... Particularly with respect to the division of the land, and making provision for the Levites; this they did by their heads and represe...
Joshua 14:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land. Ver. 5. As the Lord commanded Moses. ] To see that the Levites had their lands as well as other incomes, Num...
Joshua 14:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The children of Joseph were two tribes That is, had the portion of two tribes, and therefore, though Levi was excluded, there remained nine tribes and a half to be provided for in Canaan. They div...
Joshua 14:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

WEST OF JORDAN: THE LAND DIVIDED BY LOT (vv. 1-5) The land west of the Jordan River was divided by Joshua and Eleazar the priest. It was not their discretion that decided this, however, for as t...
Joshua 14:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Distribution of Canaan. B. C. 1444. 1 And these are the countries which the childr...
Joshua 14:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They, i.e. the persons named Joshua 14:5 , who represented and acted in the name of the children of Israel, divided it, either now, or presently after; which is here spoken by anticipation.
Joshua 14:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ As YHWH commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.' The obedience of the people at this point is stressed. They carried out Moses' commands as given by YHWH. The...
Joshua 14:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

DIVISION OF THE LAND WEST OF JORDAN.—THE INHERITANCE OF CALEB CRITICAL NOTES .—The section of the history which is introduced in the first five verses of this chapter terminates with chap. 19., a...
Joshua 14:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 14:12 . Give me this mountain, said Caleb; not the city; that was given to the levites with the suburbs, chap. 21.; but the country seat, once occupied by the giants, and all the land. The...
Joshua 14:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

By lot was their inheritance. The tribes apportioned As the whole inheritance was the gift of God, so each one’s share was assigned to him by His appointment. Not even Joshua himself in a displ...
Joshua 14:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Joshua 14:1 Tribes . The word here for "tribes," in connection with the word "fathers," is the one which implies genealogical descent (see note on Joshua 13:29 ). Eleazar the...
Joshua 14:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Beginning of the Distribution
Joshua 14:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

They — That is, the persons named, Joshua 14:5 , who acted in the name of the children of Israel, divided it, either now, or presently after.

Joshua 14:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 14:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Joshua 14:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Joshua 14:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Joshua 14:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Joshua 14:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 14:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Joshua 14:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joshua 14:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Joshua 14:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Joshua 14:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joshua 14:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joshua 14:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 14:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 14:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joshua 14:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Joshua 14:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 14:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Joshua 14:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 14:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Joshua 14:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Joshua 14:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joshua 14:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes