And he provided the first part for himself, because there, [in] a portion of the lawgiver, [was he] seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel.
Ver. 21. In a portion of the lawgiver.] That portion that Moses the lawgiver assigned him on the other side Jordan. Num 32:33
He executed the justice of the Lord,] viz., Upon the Canaanites; which is so noble an act that even the good angels refuse not to be executioners of God's judgments upon obstinate malefactors.