Genesis 31:48
This heap.Jos 24:27Galeed. or, Gilead.23; De 2:36; 3:16; Jos 13:8,9Genesis 31:52
44,45,48Joshua 22:10
the children.This verse should probably be rendered, "And when they came to the borders of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, Then built an altar by (or beyond, {al}) Jordan, a great altar to the view." It would appear, that when they came to the river, they formed the purpose of building the altar; and when they crossed it they put that purpose into execution. It is evident that they did not build it west of the Jordan, for that was not in their territories, and the next verse expressly says that it was built over against the land of Canaan. built.25-28; 4:5-9; 24:26,27; Ge 28:18; 31:46-52Joshua 22:34
Ed. i.e, a witness.The word witness, or testimony, is not found in the common editions of the Hebrew Bible; and is supplied in Italics by our venerable translators, at least in our modern copies; for in the first edition of this translation, it stands in the text without any note of this kind; but it is found in several of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS., and also in the Syriac and Arabic. Several also of the early printed editions of the Hebrew Bible have the word {ed,} either in the text or in the margin; and it must be allowed to be necessary to complete the sense. It is very probable that an inscription was put on this altar, signifying the purpose for which it was erected. Thus was this affair most happily terminated. 27; 24:27; 1Ki 18:39; Isa 43:10; Mt 4:10 the Lord is God.Several manuscripts read more emphatically, [yehôvâh ,] [hûw' ] [elôhîym definition 0430|>,] {Yehowah, hoo Elohim,} "Jehovah he is God."Joshua 24:27
A curious coincidence of circumstances is related by Livy, the Roman historian: he writes that "when three ambassadors were sent from Rome to complain of the perfidious conduct of the Æqui, the General informed them, that they might deliver their message to an oak which shaded his tent." On this one of the ambassadors turning away, said, "This venerable oak, and all the gods, shall know that you have violated the peace; they shall now hear our complaints; and may they also soon be witnesses, when we revenge with our arms the violation of divine and human rights." It is worthy of remark that Joshua merely set up a pillar under an oak,--the one, perhaps, to protect the other; while the General directed the ambassadors to address the oak, perhaps with an idolatrous feeling that they were addressing one of the gods, who would aid his cause; while the Roman ambassadors caught the feeling, and really invoked the aid of the oak and the gods. 22:27,28,34; Ge 31:44-52; De 4:26; 30:19; 31:19,21,26; 1Sa 7:12it hath.De 32:1; Isa 1:2; Hab 2:11; Lu 19:40deny.Job 31:23; Pr 30:9; Mt 10:33; 2Ti 2:12,13; Tit 1:16; Re 3:81 Samuel 7:12
took a stone.Ge 28:18,19; 31:45-52; 35:14; Jos 4:9,20-24; 24:26,27; Isa 19:19Ebenezer. that is, The stone of help.4:1; 5:1; Ge 22:14; Ex 17:15Hitherto.Ps 71:6,17; Isa 46:3,4; Ac 26:22; 2Co 1:10
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