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The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 19:46
Before. Or opposite. Japho. The Joppa of the New Testament, and the modern Jaffa. It is called Joppa in 2 Chronicles 2:16, in Ezra 3:7, and in the book of Jonah (Jonah 1:3), in an which places it is mentioned as a famou…
The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 19:47
Went out too little for them. The Hebrew is, went out from them; i.e; either went out beyond their own borders, or went out too small a distance to be sufficient for them. The first is the explanation of Masius ("extra…
The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 19:48
This is the inheritance of the children of Dan. We read little of Dan in the after history of Israel. Samson is the only hero this tribe produced, and his exploits were limited to a very narrow area, and his influence a…
The Inheritance of Joshua. (b. c. 1444.)
THE INHERITANCE OF JOSHUA. (B. C. 1444.) Before this account of the dividing of the land is solemnly closed up, in the Joshua 19:51, which intimates that the thing was done to the satisfaction of all, here is an account…
The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 19:49
When they had made an end. The LXX; both here and in Joshua 19:51, reads יֵלְכוּ they went. The last thing Joshua thought of was himself. It was only when his work was done, and Israel had received her allotted territor…
The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 19:49
Joshua's portion. "When they had made an end of dividing the land," Joshua gets his share. Not first, as kings usually do, but last. When all are helped, then comes his turn. Though he waits longest, yet it does come to…
The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 19:50
The city which he asked. He asked for a city, certainly. But the law of the inheritance was not to be set aside for him any more than for the meanest in Israel. Timnath-serah was in his own tribe. Timnath-serah. Called…
The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 19:51
At the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. The lots were drawn under Divine sanction. The ruler of the State and the ruler of the Church combined in this sacred act, hallowed by all the rites of religion, and co…
Matthew Henry on Joshua 20:1-6
When the Israelites were settled in their promised inheritance, they were reminded to set apart the cities of refuge, whose use and typical meaning have been explained, Nu 35; De 19. God's spiritual Israel have, and sha…
The Cities of Refuge. (b. c. 1444.)
THE CITIES OF REFUGE. (B. C. 1444.) Many things were by the law of Moses ordered to be done when they came to Canaan and this among the rest, the appointing of sanctuaries for the protecting of those that were guilty of…
Matthew Henry on Joshua 20:7-9
These cities, as those also on the other side Jordan, stood so that a man might in half a day reach one of them from any part of the country. God is ever a Refuge at hand. They were all Levites' cities. It was kindness…
Matthew Henry on Joshua 20:7-9
We have here the nomination of the cities of refuge in the land of Canaan, which was made by the advice and authority of Joshua and the princes (Joshua 20:7); and upon occasion of the mention of this is repeated the nom…
Matthew Henry on Joshua 21:1-8
The Levites waited till the other tribes were provided for, before they preferred their claim to Joshua. They build their claim upon a very good foundation; not their own merits or services, but the Divine precept. The…
The Cities of the Levites. (b. c. 1444.)
THE CITIES OF THE LEVITES. (B. C. 1444.) Here is, I. The Levites' petition presented to this general convention of the states, now sitting at Shiloh, Joshua 21:1-2. Observe, 1. They had not their lot assigned them till…
The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 21:1
Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites. We are not to suppose, with Calvin, that the Levites had been overlooked. Such a supposition is little in keeping with the devout spirit of him who now directed th…
The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 21:1-45
The ecclesiastical settlement of Canaan. Though the ecclesiastical institutions of the Christian Church differ, in some respects materially, from these of the Jewish, yet inasmuch as the law and the gospel came from the…
The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 21:1-45
EXPOSITION THE INHERITANCE OF THE LEVITES.
The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 21:2
At Shiloh. Another instance of exact accuracy. Shiloh was now the place of assembly in Israel (see Joshua 18:1). The Lord commanded. The command is given in Numbers 35:1-34. We have here, therefore, another quotation fr…
The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 21:3
The portion of the tribe of Levi. There might seem at first something strange in the withholding from the tribe of Levi its share among the cities of Canaan, divided by lot among the other tribes. There were, however, a…
The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 21:3
Out of their inheritance. Out of that of Israel (see note on Joshua 21:1). These cities. The number was forty-eight, i.e; four times twelve. Bahr ('Symbolik des Alten Testaments,' 1:221) remarks on the symbolical meanin…
The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 21:3
The cities of the Levites. The Levites were scattered among the other tribes of Israel, and yet not individually but in clusters, in cities of their own. This arrangement must have had some object:?? I. THE LEVITES WERE…
The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 21:4
And the lot came out. As in the distribution of the land among the tribes, so in the division of the cities among the tribes of Levi, the whole matter was referred to the judgment of God. Thus solemnly placed in His han…
Matthew Henry on Joshua 21:9-42
By mixing the Levites with the other tribes, they were made to see that the eyes of all Israel were upon them, and therefore it was their concern to walk so that their ministry might not be blamed. Every tribe had its s…
Matthew Henry on Joshua 21:9-42
We have here a particular account of the cities which were given to the children of Levi out of the several tribes, not only to be occupied and inhabited by them, as tenants to the several tribes in which they lay—no, t…