Bible Commentary

And Moses swore on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children’s forever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God. 9. And Moses sware on that day ] The oath of the great Lawgiver is not mentioned either in Num 14:23, or Deu … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 14:9”

Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God. 8. made the heart of the people melt ] (Comp. Num 14:1; Num 14:4; Deu 1:28), so that they murmured against Moses and Aaron, and wanted to return again to Egypt. “Discomfortiden … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 14:8”

Forty years old [was] I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as [it was] in mine heart. 7. to espy out the land ] “for to behold the loond,” Wyclif. “Espy” (comp. Gen 42:27, “And as one of them … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 14:7”

Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadesh-barnea. 6 15. The Possession of Caleb 6. in Gilgal ] Where the casting of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 14:6”

As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land. 5. they divided the land ] The division was not finished at once. See below, ch. Jos 18:1. But that is not the point here. The section contains the general introduction to the distribution of the land. Fuente: The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 14:5”

For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell [in], with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance. 4. For the children of Joseph ] There would have been only eight tribes and a half left, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 14:4”

For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and a half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them. 3. For Moses ] In this verse the reason is stated why there were only nine tribes and a half, to whom the land was distributed by … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 14:3”

By lot [was] their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and [for] the half tribe. 2. By lot was their inheritance ] See Num 26:55; Num 33:54, and note above on the use of “lots” ch. Jos 7:18. ( a) The use of lots was specially characteristic … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 14:2”

And these [are the countries] which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them. Ch. Jos 14:1-5. Distribution of the Land West of the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 14:1”

But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not [any] inheritance: the LORD God of Israel [was] their inheritance, as he said unto them. 33. But unto the tribe of Levi ] See above, Jos 13:14, and comp. Num 18:20. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges But unto the tribe of Levi Moses … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 13:33”