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Joshua 13:1-33
The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 13:1-33
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Matthew Henry on Joshua 13:1-6Joshua 13:1-6 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryAt this chapter begins the account of the dividing of the land of Canaan among the tribes of Israel by lot; a narrative showing the performance of the promise made to the fathers, that this land should be given to the s…The Distribution of Canaan. (b. c. 1445.)Joshua 13:1-6 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleTHE DISTRIBUTION OF CANAAN. (B. C. 1445.) Here, I. God puts Joshua in mind of his old age, Joshua 13:1. 1. It is said that Joshua was old and stricken in years, and he and Caleb were at this time the only old men among…The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 13:1Joshua 13:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryNow Joshua was old. This is usually regarded as the second part of the Book of Joshua; the first being devoted to the history of the conquest of Palestine, while the second is engaged with the history of its division am…The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 13:1Joshua 13:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryLife ending and the work not done. The rest of the land from war, then (Joshua 12:23), was not that of final and completed victory. It was only a temporary truce. The whole land was not yet in the possession of Israel,…The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 13:1Joshua 13:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryOld age. The most active servant of God may be overtaken by old ago before he has completed what he believes to be the task of his life. This fact suggests various reflections. I. THE GREATNESS OF DUTY AND THE LIMITS OF…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Joshua 13:1-6At this chapter begins the account of the dividing of the land of Canaan among the tribes of Israel by lot; a narrative showing the performance of the promise made to the fathers, that this land should be given to the s…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Distribution of Canaan. (b. c. 1445.)THE DISTRIBUTION OF CANAAN. (B. C. 1445.) Here, I. God puts Joshua in mind of his old age, Joshua 13:1. 1. It is said that Joshua was old and stricken in years, and he and Caleb were at this time the only old men among…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 13:1Life ending and the work not done. The rest of the land from war, then (Joshua 12:23), was not that of final and completed victory. It was only a temporary truce. The whole land was not yet in the possession of Israel,…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 13:1Old age. The most active servant of God may be overtaken by old ago before he has completed what he believes to be the task of his life. This fact suggests various reflections. I. THE GREATNESS OF DUTY AND THE LIMITS OF…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 13:1Now Joshua was old. This is usually regarded as the second part of the Book of Joshua; the first being devoted to the history of the conquest of Palestine, while the second is engaged with the history of its division am…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 13:2This is the land which yet remaineth. The powerful league of the Philistines, as well as the tribes near them, remained unsubdued. In the north, likewise, the neighbourhood of Sidon, and the territory of Coele, Syria, w…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 13:3From Sihor. This word, which has the article in Hebrew, is literally the black river. This has been thought to be the Nile, known to both Greeks and Latins by that title. The Greeks called it μέλας. So Virgil says of i…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 13:4From the south. The LXX. and the best modern commentators connect these words with what precedes. This gives a better sense than joining it to what follows. For the south was not "all the land of the Canaanites," but a…Joseph S. Exell and contributors