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Joshua 17:1 open_in_new
a lot. the lot. Compare Joshua 16:1, above.
firstborn of Joseph. Genesis 41:51; Genesis 46:20; Genesis 50:23. Nah 32:39.
man. Hebrew. ish. App-14.
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Joshua 17:2 open_in_new
children. sons.
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Joshua 17:3 open_in_new
Zelophehad. Compare Numbers 26:33; Numbers 27:1; Numbers 36:2.
but. but [only]: or "but [he had]".
Milcah. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and Milcah".
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Joshua 17:4 open_in_new
Eleaear the priest. His presence necessary for the casting of lots, with the Urim and Thummim. See notes on Exodus 28:30 and Numbers 26:55.
The LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
Moses. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "by the hand of Moses": "hand" being put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), for what is done by it (App-6).
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Joshua 17:5 open_in_new
there fell: i.e. by lot. Compare Joshua 17:1, and note.
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Joshua 17:9 open_in_new
outgoings. utmost limits. English idiom.
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Joshua 17:11 open_in_new
towns Hebrew daughters. Figure of speech Prosopopoeia (App-6). villages.
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Joshua 17:12 open_in_new
could not drive out. Compare Joshua 15:63; Joshua 16:10. and see Exodus 23:31.Deuteronomy 7:2, &c.
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Joshua 17:14 open_in_new
children of Joseph. sons of Joseph, i.e. Manasseh. Note their selfishness, so well reproved by Joshua (verses: Joshua 17:15-18), who was of that tribe himself.
portion. Hebrew "line", put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), for the territory marked out by it (App-6).
forasmuch. to such. degree.
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Joshua 17:18 open_in_new
cut down. carve out, or create as in Genesis 1:1.
giants. Hebrew. Rephaim. See note on Numbers 13:22.Deuteronomy 1:28, and App-23 and App-25.