Jos 22:11-34, Judg 20:1-17 | TSK | STEP

Joshua 22:11-34

heard.

Le 17:8,9; De 12:5-7; 13:12-14; Joh 20:1,12

at the passage.

the whole.Supposing they had built this altar for sacrifice, in opposition to the command of God, they considered them as rebels against God and the Israelitish constitution.

De 13:15; Jud 20:1-11; Ac 11:2,3; Ro 10:2; Ga 4:17,18

sent.

De 13:14; Jud 20:12; Pr 20:18; Mt 18:15

Phinehas.

Ex 6:25; Nu 25:7,11-13; Jud 20:28; Ps 106:30,31; Pr 25:9-13

chief house. Heb. house of the father. an head.

Ex 18:25; Nu 1:4

the whole.

12; Mt 18:17; 1Co 1:10; 5:4; Ga 1:1,2

trespass.

Le 5:19; 26:40; Nu 5:6; 1Ch 21:3; 2Ch 26:18; 28:13; Ezr 9:2,15

Mt 6:14,15

to turn.

18; Ex 32:8; Nu 14:43; 32:15; De 7:4; 30:17; 2Ch 10:19; 25:27

Heb 12:25

rebel.

Le 17:8,9; De 12:4-6,13,14; 1Sa 15:23; Ps 78:8; Isa 63:10

Is the iniquity.

Nu 25:3,4-18; De 4:3,4; Ps 106:28,29

from which.

Ezr 9:13,14; 1Co 10:8,11

following.

16; De 7:4; 1Sa 12:14,20; 1Ki 9:6; 2Ki 17:21; 2Ch 25:27; 34:33

and it will.

Ezr 9:13,14

he will be.

20; 7:1,11,21; Nu 16:22; 2Sa 24:1; 1Ch 21:1,14

unclean.

Ex 15:17; Le 18:25-28; Am 7:17; Ac 10:14,15; 11:8,9

wherein.

18:1; Le 17:8,9; De 12:5,6; 2Ch 11:13,16,17

7:1,5,18,24; 1Co 10:6; 2Pe 2:6; Jude 1:5,6

Then the children.The conduct and answer of these Reubenites and the associates are worthy of admiration and imitation. Though conscious of their innocence, they permitted Phinehas to finish his speech, though composed of little else than accusations, without any interruption; and taking in good part the suspicions, reproofs, and even harshness of their brethren, with the utmost meekness and solemnity they explain their intention, give all the satisfaction in their power, and with great propriety and reverence, appeal to that God against whom they were supposed to have rebelled.

answered.

Pr 15:1; 16:1; 18:13; 24:26; Ac 11:4; Jas 1:19; 1Pe 3:15

heads.

Ex 18:21-25; Mic 5:2

Lord God.[Yehôvâh elôhîym êl ,] {El Elohim Yehowah,} literally "The strong God, Elohim Jehovah," which is nearly the version of Luther, {der starte Gott, der Herr,} "The strong God, the Lord."

Ex 18:11; De 10:17; Ps 82:1; 95:3; 97:7; 136:2; Da 2:47; 11:36

1Ti 6:16; Re 19:16

he knoweth.

1Ki 8:39; Job 10:7; 23:10; Ps 7:3; 44:21; 139:1-12; Jer 12:3; 17:10

Joh 2:24,25; 21:17; Ac 1:24; 2Co 11:11,31; Heb 4:13; Re 2:23

Israel.

Ps 37:6; Mic 7:9; Mal 3:18; Ac 11:2-18; 2Co 5:11

if it be.

1Sa 15:23; Job 31:5-8,38-40; Ps 7:3-5; Ac 25:11

let the Lord.

Ge 9:4; De 18:19; 1Sa 20:16; 2Ch 24:22; Ps 10:13,14; Eze 3:18

Eze 33:6,8

for fear.

Ge 18:19

In time to come. Heb. To-morrow.

4:6; Ge 30:33; Ex 13:14; De 6:20; *margins

ye have.

27; 2Sa 20:1; 1Ki 12:16; Ezr 4:2,3; Ne 2:20; Ac 8:21

make.

1Sa 26:19; 1Ki 12:27-30; 14:16; 15:30

a witness.

10,34; 24:27; Ge 31:48,52; 1Sa 7:12

that we.

De 12:5,6,11,17,18,26,27

Behold.

Ex 25:40; 2Ki 16:10; Eze 43:10,11; Heb 8:5

God forbid.

24:16; Ge 44:7,17; 1Sa 12:23; 1Ki 21:3; Ro 3:6; 6:2; 9:14

to build.

23,26; De 12:13,14; 2Ki 18:22; 2Ch 32:12

it pleased them. Heb. it was good in their eyes.It is remarkable, that Joshua is not once named in this transaction; but this only shews, that he did not in his old age assume any regal authority, but left the elders and magistrates to conduct the general business, only acting himself when great occasions made it necessary. Yet we cannot doubt, that his wisdom and piety influenced the counsels of the elders and people at this time.

33; Ge 28:8; Jud 8:3; 1Sa 25:32,33; 29:6; 2Ch 30:4; Es 1:21; *margins

Pr 15:1; Ac 11:18

the Lord is.

3:10; Le 26:11,12; Nu 14:41-43; 2Ch 15:2; Ps 68:17; Isa 12:6

Zec 8:23; Mt 1:23; 1Co 14:25

now. Heb. then.

and brought.

12-14; Pr 25:13

the thing.

30; Ac 15:12,31; 2Co 7:7; 1Th 3:6-8

blessed.

1Sa 25:32,33; 1Ch 29:20; Ne 8:5,6; Da 2:19; Lu 2:28; Eph 1:3 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."

Judges 20:1-17

1 The Levite in a general assembly declares his wrong.

8 The decree of the assembly.

12 The Benjamites, being cited, make head against the Israelites.

18 The Israelites in two battles lose forty thousand.

26 They destroy by a stratagem all the Benjamites, except six hundred.

Then all.

2,8,11; 21:5; De 13:12-18; Jos 22:12

as one man.

1Sa 11:7,8; 2Sa 19:14; Ezr 3:1; Ne 8:1

from Dan.

18:29; 1Sa 3:20; 2Sa 3:10; 24:2; 1Ch 21:2; 2Ch 30:5

with the.

Nu 32:1,40; Jos 17:1; 2Sa 2:9

unto the.

18,26; 11:11

in Mizpeh.

10:17; 11:11; Jos 15:38; 18:26; 1Sa 7:5,6; 10:17; 2Ki 25:23It does not appear that the Israelites on this occasion, were summoned by the authority of any one common head, but they came together by the consent and agreement, as it were, of one common heart, fired with a holy zeal for the honour of God and Israel. The place of their meeting was Mizpeh; they gathered together unto the Lord there; for Mizpeh was so very near to Shiloh, that their encampment might very well be supposed to reach from Mizpeh to Shiloh. Shiloh was a small town, and therefore, when there was a general meeting of the people to present themselves before God, they chose Mizpeh for their head quarters, which was the next adjoining city of note; perhaps, because they were not willing to give that trouble to Shiloh, which so great an assembly would occasion; it being the residence of the priests that attended the tabernacle.

drew sword.

15,17; 8:10; 2Sa 24:9; 2Ki 3:26

the children of Benjamin.

Pr 22:3; Mt 5:25; Lu 12:58,59; 14:31,32

how was.

19:22-27

the Levite. Heb. the man the Levite. I came.

And the men.

beset.

and my concubine.

forced. Heb. humbled.

De 22:24; Eze 22:10,11

cut her.

19:29

folly in Israel.

10; 19:23; Ge 34:7; Jos 7:15; 2Sa 13:12,13

ye are all.

Ex 19:5,6; De 4:6; 14:1,2; 1Co 5:1,6,10-12

give here.

19:30; Jos 9:14; Pr 20:18; 24:6; Jas 1:5

as one man.

1,11

We will not.

21:1,5; Pr 21:3; Ec 9:10

by lot against it.

Jos 14:2; 1Sa 14:41,42; 1Ch 24:5; Ne 11:1; Pr 16:33; Jon 1:7

Ac 1:26

10 Knit together as one man. Heb. fellows.

sent men.

De 13:14; 20:10; Jos 22:13-16; Mt 18:15-18; Ro 12:18

deliver.

2Sa 20:21,22

children of Belial.

19:22; De 13:13; 1Sa 30:22; 2Sa 20:1; 23:6; 1Ki 21:13; 2Ch 13:7

put away.

De 17:7,12; 19:19; 21:21; 22:21,24; 24:7; Ec 11:10

would not.

1Sa 2:25; 2Ch 25:16,20; Pr 29:1; Ho 9:9; 10:9; Ro 1:32; Re 18:4,5The conduct of the Israelites was very equitable in this demand; but perhaps the rulers or elders of Gibeah ought previously to have been applied to, to deliver up the criminals to justice. However, the refusal of the Benjamites, and their protection of those who had committed this horrible wickedness, because they were of their own tribe, prove them to have been deeply corrupted, and (all their advantages considered) as ripe for divine vengeance as the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah had been. Confiding in their own valour and military skill, they seen to have first prepared for battle in this unequal contest with such superior numbers.

Nu 20:20; 21:23; 2Ch 13:13; Job 15:25,26

twenty.

25,35,46,47; Nu 26:41

left-handed.{Itter yad yemeeno,} "obstructed in his right hand;" so the Chaldee Targum, {gemid beedaih deyammeena,} contracted or impeded in his right hand." Le Clerc observes, that the 700 men left-handed seem therefore to have been made slingers, because they could not use the right hand, which is employed in managing heavier arms; and they could discharge the stones from the sling in a direction against which their opponents were not upon their guard, and thus do the greater execution.

3:15; 1Ch 12:2

sling stones.The sling was a very ancient warlike instrument; and, in the hands of those who were skilled in the use of it, produced astonishing effects. The inhabitants of the islands of Baleares, now Majorca and Minorca, were the most celebrated slingers of antiquity. They did not permit their children to break their fast, till they had struck down the bread they had to eat from the top of a pole, or some distant eminence. Vegetius tells us, that slingers could in general hit the mark at 600 feet distance.

1Sa 17:40,49,50; 25:29; 2Ch 26:14

four hundred.

2; Nu 1:46; 26:51; 1Sa 11:8; 15:4; 1Ch 21:5; 2Ch 17:14-18