Joshua 18:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you? ”

• Joshua 18:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  This backwardness probably arose from the indisposition of the people to abandon the nomad life in which they had been born and bred, and to settle in fixed abodes, and perhaps also from a dislike...

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• Joshua 18:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  the LORD, God . Jehovah Elohhm App-4.

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• Joshua 18:3 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 255 SLOTH AND LUKEWARMNESS REPROVED [Note: For New Year’s Day.] Joshua 18:3 . And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the...

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• Joshua 18:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you? How long are ye slack to go to possess the land - We...

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• Joshua 18:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you? How long are ye slack to go to possess the lan...

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• Joshua 18:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Joshua 18:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And Joshua said... — Joshua, who took no inheritance for himself until all the tribes had received their portions, was free from the selfishness of the other leaders. He could not rest until he had...

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• Joshua 18:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER XXVI. THE DISTRIBUTION COMPLETED. Joshua Chs. 18, 19. AN event of great importance now occurs; the civil arrangements of the country are in a measure provided for, and it is time to set...

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• Joshua 18:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Dividing the Remaining Territory Joshua 18:1-10 ; Joshua 19:49-51 The Tabernacle had remained in Gilgal. It must now be removed to Shiloh, a site selected by God himself, Deuteronomy 12:11 ;...

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• Joshua 18:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  An important event is now recorded. The Tent of Meeting was erected at Shiloh. No reason is given for the choice of Shiloh. It certainly was central to the country and perhaps that is the simplest ex...

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• Joshua 18:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  There is no way of accounting for the sloth of the seven tribes. Surely they were interested to have their portion as well as their brethren. But it should seem to be a pause in the circumstances of...

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• Joshua 18:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And Joshua said unto the children of Israel ,.... To those of the seven tribes: how long [are] you slack to go to possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers hath given you ? not that they...

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• Joshua 18:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long [are] ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you? Ver. 3. How long are you slack? ] Quousque estis...

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• Joshua 18:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  How long are ye slack ? It is probable, that being weary of war, and now having sufficient plenty of all things, they were unwilling to run into new hazards. Give out three men Three , not one , f...

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• Joshua 18:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  SURVEYING AND DIVIDING THE REST OF THE LAND (vs.1-10) Though Jerusalem was God's purposed center for Israel, they had not been able to take this city from the Jebusites, so that they found Shiloh...

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• Joshua 18:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Joshua Reproves the Unsettled Tribes. B. C. 1444.         2 And there remained among the chi...

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• Joshua 18:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  This slackness is supposed to arise, partly, from their dissatisfaction in the portions already allotted, Judah's being too large, as it appeared, and Joseph's too narrow as they complained; partly,...

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• Joshua 18:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘ And Joshua said to the children of Israel, “How long are you dallying from going in to possess the land, which YHWH the God of your fathers has given you?” ' Joshua now challenged the remainder...

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• Joshua 18:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  THE ENCAMPMENT AT SHILOH, AND A FURTHER DIVISION OF THE LAND CRITICAL NOTES. Joshua 18:1 . Shiloh]=“ Place of rest,” or of “tranquillity;” the word apparently pointing to the fulfilment of...

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• Joshua 18:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Joshua 18:1 . Israel assembled together at Shiloh. This city stood on a hill, fifteen miles from Jerusalem and ten from Shechem; and not far north of Beth-el and Ai. Here the ark rested in the cen...

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• Joshua 18:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

  The whole congregation . .. assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle. Religion in the new land An event of great importance now occurs; the civil arrangements of the country a...

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• Joshua 18:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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 . render...

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• Joshua 18:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Tabernacle Set Up

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• Joshua 18:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Peter 1:10 ; 2 Peter 1:11 ; Ecclesiastes 9:10 ; John 6:27 ; Judges 18:9 ; Matthew 20:6 ; Philippians 3:13 ; Philippians 3:14 ; Proverbs 10:4 ; Proverbs 13:4 ; Proverbs 15:19 ; Proverbs...

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• Joshua 18:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  How long are you slack — This slackness is supposed to arise from an opinion of the impossibility of making any regular distribution of the parts, 'till the whole were more exactly surveyed, which...

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