Joshua 22:34 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD is God. ”

Joshua 22:34 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The word עד ‛ êd is not found after “altar” in the text of most manuscripts, nor is it represented in the Septuagint or Vulgate. The passage should probably run: “the children of Reuben and t...
Joshua 22:34 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Altar of Witness Erected by the E. Jordan Tribes. This narrative is clearly not historical, and the question arises, Why should it have been composed? The answer is that it is a Midrash (p. 314...
Joshua 22:34 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ed. Hebrew "a witness. "This, and the verb "shall be", not in the received Hebrew text. (Some codices have it.) Literally "called the altar.. witness it is, &c. " God . the God. Hebrew ha-Elo...
Joshua 22:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed : for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD is God. Called the altar Ed - The word עד Ed, which signifies witness...
Joshua 22:34 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 34. And the children of Reuben, and—Gad, called the altar Ed — The word עד ad, is evidently wanting in the Hebrew, which only says the children of Reuben, &c. called the altar; for...
Joshua 22:34 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dismissal of the Two and a Half Tribes. The Axtar set up at Ed, and the Controversy it Raised 1-9. The dismissal of the tribes. 10-34. The controversy at Ed. Here, as in Numbers 25:7-9 , we se...
Joshua 22:34 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

That the Lord ( i.e., Jehovah) is God (of all the twelve tribes alike).
Joshua 22:34 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXX. THE ALTAR ED. Joshua 22:1-34 . THE two tribes and a half had behaved well. They had kept their word, remained with their brethren during all Joshua's campaign, and taken their part...
Joshua 22:34 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Altar of Witness Joshua 22:21-34 Phinehas and the ten princes did their work well. It was politic as well as true to remind the departing warriors that they could not rebel against God with...
Joshua 22:34 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

We now begin the third and last division of the Book, which tells the story of the final things circling around Joshua's farewell and passing. The first incident recorded is the return of the two and...
Joshua 22:34 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The word Ed signifies witness. Oh! that there may be many memorandums, as witnesses for me, of my interest in a covenant God in Christ. And, yet abundantly more and above all, do thou, blessed Spirit...
Joshua 22:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, called the altar [Ed] ,.... Which signifies a "witness"; they caused such an inscription to be put upon it, or this word to be engraved on it, th...
Joshua 22:34 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They called the altar Ed That is, a witness; a witness of the relation they stood in to God and Israel, and of their concurrence with the other tribes in the common faith, that Jehovah he is God. I...
Joshua 22:34 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE RETURN OF THE 2 ½ TRIBES (vs.1-9) To their credit, the warriors from Reuben, Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh had continued faithfully with the other tribes in conflict with the enemy until...
Joshua 22:34 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

30 And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children o...
Joshua 22:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Joshua 22:34 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, called the altar [Ed], for ‘it is a witness between us that YHWH is God'.' The actual name is not in the Massoretic Text. However it is foun...
Joshua 22:34 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 22:10 . The borders of Jordan] Lit. = “the circles of the Jordan.” So, in chap. Joshua 13:2 , we have “the circles of the Philistines.” The immediate neighbourhood of th...
Joshua 22:34 - Scofield Reference Notes

Ed That is, a witness; so ( Joshua 24:27 ).
Joshua 22:34 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 22:10 . A great altar to see to. See on Numbers 32 . The object of this mount or tumulus was to show that they belonged to the Hebrew nation, and had hope in the Messiah. It was a sudden e...
Joshua 22:34 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ye have not left your brethren. Helping one another I. These tribes helped their brethren to their own inconvenience and positive detriment. A narrow-minded, selfish race would have recognised...
Joshua 22:34 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Joshua 22:1 The Reubenites and the Gadites. According to the Hebrew idiom, these are in the original in the singular, as in Genesis 12:6 . Thus a tribe, as has been before rem...
Joshua 22:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Explanation made and Accepted
Joshua 22:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 18:39 ; Isaiah 43:10 ; Joshua 22:27 ; Joshua 24:27 ; Matthew 4:10
Joshua 22:34 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Home Again Joshua 22:1-34 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The Heavenly warfare supersedes our duty at home. The two and a half tribes had left their homes to go over the Jordan in order to aid their bre...
Joshua 22:34 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The altar Ed — That is, a witness: a witness of the relation they stood in to God and Israel, and of their concurrence with the other tribes in the common faith, that Jehovah he is God. It was a wi...

Joshua 22:34 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Joshua 22:34 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 22:34 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Joshua 22:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Joshua 22:34 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Joshua 22:34 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 22:34 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Joshua 22:34 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Joshua 22:34 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joshua 22:34 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Joshua 22:34 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Joshua 22:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joshua 22:34 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 22:34 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 22:34 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joshua 22:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Joshua 22:34 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 22:34 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Joshua 22:34 - Scofield Reference Notes

Joshua 22:34 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 22:34 - The Biblical Illustrator

Joshua 22:34 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Joshua 22:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joshua 22:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 22:34 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Joshua 22:34 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes