Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 12:6
Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it [for] a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
Them did Moses the servant of the Lord, and the children of Israel, smite,…. That is, the inhabitants of those kingdoms they smote with the edge of the sword, and took possession of them, the history of which see in Nu 21:1;
and Moses the servant of the Lord gave it; the whole dominion of the two kings before mentioned:
[for] a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh: of which grant, and the conditions of it, see
Nu 32:1.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
‘ Moses the servant of YHWH, and the children of Israel, smote them, and Moses the servant of YHWH gave it for a possession to the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.’
For details of the smiting see Num 21:21-35. For the bestowal on the tribes see Numbers 32. The description of the activities under Moses, seen as to the glory of YHWH, is now completed.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Jos 12:6 Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it [for] a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
Ver. 6. Moses the servant of the Lord. ] See Jos 1:1 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Moses the servant of the LORD. See note on Deu 34:5.
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
did Moses: Num 21:24-35
gave it: Jos 13:8-32, Luk 22:29-42, Deu 3:11-17
Reciprocal: Num 32:33 – Moses Jos 1:1 – the death
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jos 12:6. Them did Moses and the children of Israel smite Fresh mercies must not drown the remembrance of former mercies: nor must the glory of the present instruments of good to the church, diminish the just honour of those that went before them. Joshuas services were confessedly great. But let not those under Moses be forgotten. Both together proclaim God to be the Alpha and Omega of his peoples salvation.