Numbers 33:49
Beth-jesimoth.Probably the place called Bethsimath by Eusebius, east of Jordan, and about ten miles south of Jericho. Jos 13:20; Eze 25:9Abel-shittim. or, the plains of Shittim.This place, according to Josephus, (Ant. 1. iv. c. 7, 1. Bell. 1. v. c. 3,) who calls it Abela, was 60 furlongs east of Jordan. 25:1-9; Ex 25:5,10,23; Jos 2:1Joshua 2:1
1 Rahab receives and conceals the two spies sent from Shittim.8 The covenant between her and them.23 Their return and relation. sent. or, had sent. Shittim.Nu 25:1; 33:49to spy secretly.Nu 13:2,17-21; Jud 18:2,14,17; Mt 10:16; Eph 5:5even Jericho.5:10; 6:1-24harlot's house.Though the word {zonah} generally denotes a prostitute, yet many very learned men are of opinion that it should be here rendered an innkeeper or hostess, from {zoon,} to furnish or provide food. In this sense it was understood by the Targumist, who renders it, {ittetha pundekeetha,} "a woman, a tavern-keeper," and so St. Chrysostome, in his second sermon on Repentance, calls her [pandokeutria.] The Greek [porné,] by which the LXX. render it, and which is adopted by the Apostles, is derived from [pernaó,] to sell, and is also supposed to denote a tavern keeper. Among the ancients, women generally kept houses of entertainment. Herodotus says, "Among the Egyptians, the women carry on all commercial concerns, and keep taverns, while the men continue at home and weave." The same custom prevailed among the Greeks. 6:17,25; Mt 1:5Rachab.21:31; Heb 11:31; Jas 2:25lodged. Heb. lay.Joshua 3:1
1 Joshua comes to Jordan.2 The officers instruct the people for their passage.7 The Lord encourages Joshua.9 Joshua encourages the people.14 The water of Jordan are divided. rose early.Archbishop Usher supposes, that this was upon Wednesday, the 28th of April, A.M. 2553, the fortieth year of the Exodus from Egypt. From Shittim, where the israelites had been encamped for about two months (De 1:3), to the Jordan, was, according to Josephus, about sixty stadia; that is, between seven and eight English miles. Ge 22:3; Ps 119:60; Jer 7:13; 25:3; 26:5; Mr 1:35Shittim.2:1; Nu 25:1; Mic 6:5Jordan.Jordan, called by the Arabs El Sharia, takes its rise in Anti-Libanus, about twelve miles north of Cæsarea Philippi, now Banias; and, having run about twelve miles southward, it receives a considerable stream, which is now called the Moiet Hasbeia. About 15 miles farther, it forms the waters of Merom or Semechon, now Houle; and, after running about 28 miles more, it passes through the lake of Gennesareth, and thence runs southward till it loses itself in the Dead Sea; its whole course being about 160 miles.Micah 6:5
remember.De 8:2,18; 9:7; 16:3; Ps 103:1,2; 111:4; Eph 2:11Balak.Nu 22:1-25:18; 31:16; De 23:4,5; Jos 24:9,10; Re 2:14Balaam.Nu 31:8; 2Pe 2:15; Jude 1:11Shittim.Nu 22:41; 23:13,14,27; 25:1; 33:49; Jos 4:19; 5:9,10; 10:42,43know.Jud 5:11; *marg:Ps 36:10; 71:15,16,19; 143:11; Ro 3:25,26; 1Jo 1:9
Copyright information for
TSK