The inheritance of Judah.
This chapter does not suggest much matter for homiletic treatment. The chief points to be noticed are
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Joshua 15:1-63
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Matthew Henry on Joshua 15:1-12Joshua 15:1-12 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryJoshua allotted to Judah, Ephraim, and the half of Manasseh, their inheritances before they left Gilgal. Afterwards removing to Shiloh, another survey was made, and the other tribes had their portion assigned. In due ti…The Lot of Judah. (b. c. 1444.)Joshua 15:1-12 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleTHE LOT OF JUDAH. (B. C. 1444.) Judah and Joseph were the two sons of Jacob on whom Reuben's forfeited birth-right devolved. Judah had the dominion entailed on him, and Joseph the double portion, and therefore these two…The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 15:1-63Joshua 15:1-63 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION THE LOT OF JUDAH.The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 15:1Joshua 15:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe lot of the tribe of the children of Judah. The first twelve verses of this chapter define the boundaries of Judah. With it compare Numbers 34:3-5, which gives the southern border of the Israelitish territory, corres…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Joshua 15:1-12Joshua allotted to Judah, Ephraim, and the half of Manasseh, their inheritances before they left Gilgal. Afterwards removing to Shiloh, another survey was made, and the other tribes had their portion assigned. In due ti…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Lot of Judah. (b. c. 1444.)THE LOT OF JUDAH. (B. C. 1444.) Judah and Joseph were the two sons of Jacob on whom Reuben's forfeited birth-right devolved. Judah had the dominion entailed on him, and Joseph the double portion, and therefore these two…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 15:1-63EXPOSITION THE LOT OF JUDAH.Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 15:1The lot of the tribe of the children of Judah. The first twelve verses of this chapter define the boundaries of Judah. With it compare Numbers 34:3-5, which gives the southern border of the Israelitish territory, corres…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 15:2The shore of the salt sea. Literally, the extremity, i.e; the south extremity. From the bay. Literally, tongue. The LXX. translates by λοφία, ridge. The whole southern portion of the sea is cut off from the rest by a p…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 15:3And it went out to the south side to Maaleh-acrabbim. Or, perhaps, and it went to the southward of Maaleh-acrabbim, translated in Numbers 34:4, "the ascent of Acrabbim." The literal meaning of Maaleh-acrabbim is Scorpio…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 15:4The river of Egypt (see above, Joshua 13:3). "Westward, as far as Egypt, there is a sandy, salt, barren, unfruitful, and uninhabitable waste" (Knobel). The land, he adds, is better near Gaza, but near the sea it is stil…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 15:5To the end of Jordan. The spot where it emptied itself into the Dead Sea. The bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan. As in Joshua 15:3, the word here translated bay is tongue in the original. What is meant is t…Joseph S. Exell and contributors