“ So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents. ”
So Joshua (d) blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents. (d) He commended them to God, and prayed for them.
Joshua 21:43 to Joshua 22:8 . Yahweh's Promise of Conquest Completely Fulfilled, so that the E. Jordan Tribes are Set Free to Return Home. We have here the introduction to the last section of ou...
So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents.
But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, an...
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...
XXII. DISMISSAL OF THE TWO AND A HALF TRIBES TO THEIR INHERITANCE ON THE EAST OF JORDAN. (1-6) Charge to the two and a half tribes by Joshua. The words of Joshua 22:2-3 recall the promise of J...
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...
Averting War between Brethren Joshua 22:1-20 There was generous appreciation of services rendered as Joshua dismissed the warriors. Something like “Well-done, good and faithful servant,” rings...
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...
Doubtless there was somewhat prophetical in the blessing of Joshua, as there was in all the blessings of the patriarchs, when taking leave: see Genesis 49:1 ; Deuteronomy 33:1 .
So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away ,.... Dismissed them from his presence with a blessing, in order to go to their own country; this he did by wishing them well, praying to God for a blessin...
So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents. Ver. 6. So Joshua blessed them. ] That is, He besought God to bless them, and so took a friendly farewell of them: they...
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...
The Reubenites, Gadites, and Half Tribe of Manasseh Dismissed. B. C. 1444. 1 Then Joshua...
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‘ So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away, and they went to their tents.' To bless was to wish God's power and favour on them. But the idea here would also seem to include the spoils that they...
THE GOING HOME OF THE EASTERN TRIBES CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 22:1 . Then Joshua called] “As the return of the armed men belonging to the two tribes and a half is only described in general term...
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...
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...
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...
The Dismissal
1 Samuel 2:20 ; 2 Chronicles 30:18 ; 2 Samuel 6:18 ; 2 Samuel 6:20 ; Exodus 39:43 ; Genesis 14:19 ; Genesis 47:10 ; Genesis 47:7 ; Hebrews 7:6 ; Hebrews 7:7 ; Joshua 14:13 ; Joshua 22:7 ;...
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...