b Ir is not unuſual even amongſt us, for a River to be divided be- tween two Lords, and for their Territories or Jeriſditions to meet in the middle- of the River : | And beſides, here is a very particular Reaſon for this Exprefſion, becauſe the ciry 4r, which was no part of Sihon's Dominions, but belonged to the Moabites, Der. 2. 9, 18. was in the middle of the River mon, Deut. 2. 36. and 3.-16. and therefore the middle of the River ts moſt fitly and properly here mentioned, as the bounds of Sihorn'S Dominion on that fide. c Heb. and the half Gilead, (5. e.) half of the Countrey of Gilead ; The par- ticle from is not inthe Original,-and this doth not ſeem to denote the term-or bound from which his Dominion begun, as our Ver- fion implies, for ſo indeed it was not, but the place or Country, in and over which his Dominion' was, which, as is here ſaid, be- gan at Arno, and took in half Gilead, and ended at Jabbot, beyond which was the other hatf of Gilead, which belonged to Og, as is expreſly ſaid, verſe'5; where the words being wholly the ſame that
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-.3 And*fremthe plain unto the ſea of Cinneroth on the eaſt 4, and unto the ſea of the plain e, ever the ſalt 'Or, 7e- ſea on the eaſt, the way to Beth-jeſhimoth: and from
an, * the ſouth f under + * Aſhdoth-piſgah. | Or, the d Which words deſcribe the ſituation not of the ſea of Cinnerorh,
Deut: 3.
prings of * which was part of the Weſtern border of $Sihor's Dominion, but Piſgah, or of the Plain, which is here ſaid to ly eaſtward from the ſea of Cin-
he bill. neroth, and alſo eaſtward from the Salt-ſea, as. it here follows. Deur: 3. And this was indeed. the ſituation of the Plains of Moah, which 7.and 4. are here ſpoken of, to wit, that they lay berween the two Seas, 9. that of Cinnerorh, and-the Salt-ſea, and eaſtward ro them both, e The Salr-ſea is fo called, becauſe it was a-famous Plain, pleaſant and fruirfu], before it was turned into a Salt-ſea, f Or, On, or t0- wards the South. © |
4 © And the coaſt of Og king of Baſhan which was of the F remnant of the Giants that * dwelt at Aſhta-
Dent: 3. oth, and at Edrei g. Y
are here,it-is moſt reaſonable to underſtand and tranſlate them in the
JOSH U 4.
in all Baſhan, unto the border of the Geſburites b, 2nd the Maacathite, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heſhbon. 7
hþ Of which ſee Devz. 3. r3. Joſ. 13. 13. 2 Sam. 13. 37.and rs. 8)
6 * Them did Moſes the ſervant of the LORD, and the children of Iſrael ſmite, and * Moſes the ſervant of the LORD gave it for a poſleflion unto the Reubenites, and Gadites,and the half tribe of Manaſſeh. 32. 29,
7 And theſe are the kings of the countrey,which Jo- P*ut33-12 ſhua and the children of Iſrael ſmote on this ſide Jordan, ©” 3:8 on the welt, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon, even unto * the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, «, which Joſhua gave unto the tribes of I{rael for a poſlel- ;-** ſion, according te their diviſions. :
8 In the mountain, and in the vale,and in the plain, and in the ſprings, and in the wilderneſs ;, and in the ſouth countrey; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Ca- naanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebuſites.
; This word here and elſe-where in Scripture notes not a Land wholly deſert and.unhabited, but one thin of Inhabitants, as 1 Kings
2. 34. and 9. 18. Matt. 3.1, 3. .* 9 © * The king of Jericho one : * the king of Ai * Chap: which is beſide Bethel &, one: | ©, & "This is added to diſtinguiſh it from 4: of the Ammonites, of , "ic which, Jer. 49. 3. : # Chap: 10 * The king of Jeruſalem, one: the king of He- ,.',- bron, one: 11 The king of Jarmuth,one 3 the king of Lachiſh one: I2 The king of Eglon, one : *ehe king of Gezer one: + chp. * . . . . 13 "The king of Debir, one: the king of Geder,one: 10. 33. 14 The king of Hormah, one: the king of Arad, one: aps 3 I5 The king of Libnah,one: the kingof Adullam,one: *** 3*: 16* The king of Makkedah,one: the king*of Bethel,one: 17 The kingof Tappuah,one: the king of Hepher,one: » cy, 18 Theking of Aphek,one: the king of + Laſharon,one: yo. :g. 19 The king of Madon, one: *the king of Hazor, one: * Chap. 20 . The king of Shimron-meron, one z the king of 14.23 Achfhaph, one : Fg 21 The king of Taanach, one 3 the king of Megid- + Or, 5. do, ane . hgh 22 The king of Kedeſb, one : the king of Joknean '<*11.0 of Carmel, one : . 23 The king of Dor /, in the coaft of Dor, one : the , - king of ® the nations of Gilgal »z, one : — F Of which, Joſ.r1. 2. 2: Not of that Gilgal where Joſhna firſt lodged after his paſſage over Jordan; where it doth not appear, that there was either King or City ; bur of another City of the ſame Name, (as was frequent in thoſe parts) probably in Galilee, towards the Sea, whither divers people might poſſibly reſort for 'Frade and
Merchandiſe, over whom this was King, as formerly 7idal ſeems to have becn, Gen. 14. 1.
24 The king of Tirzah, one : all the kings thirty and ane ,
z Each being confined to a narrow compaſs, and being King on- ly of one City, or ſmall Province belonging to it, which was by the wiſe and ſingular Providence of God, that they might be more eaſily and ſucceſſively conquered by the 1ſraelites, one after another, as they were.
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C H A P. XII.
God makes known to Joſhua the bounds of the Land not yet conquered, T---G. Communal it to be divided among the nine Tribes and an half, 5. The In- heritance of the two T:ibes and an half on the other (de Jordan, 8-=-1 3. The Lord and his Sacrifices the Inheritance of Levi, 14. The Portion of the Reubenites, 15 ———23: Of the Gadites, 24 28, Of the half Tribe of Manafſeh, 29 — 32. ;
N OW. Joſhua * was old, and ftricken in years, and
the LORD. faid unto him, thou art old s, and
ſtricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much + Heb: ,
land Þ to be poſſeſſed 5. poſoſs it.
a Therefore delay not to do the work which I have appointed and commanded thee to do. 5 To be conquered, and ſo poſſefled by the people.
2 * This is the landthat yet remaineth c: all the bor- +5uag:z:; ders of the Philiſtines, and all Geſburi 4. *Tec: 9: 5: © Unconquered by thee, and to be coriquered by the 1ſraelites * if they behave themſelves aright. d A people in the North-eaſt of Canaan, of which ſee Deut. 3. 14. as the Philiſtines are on the South-weſt.