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XIV. . Mahanaim Was in the portion of Manaſ?h, be- Ee , okick was the border of Ged and Manaſſeh. "
27 And in thevalley Beth-aram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the reſt of the kingdom of Sihon y king of Heſhbon, Jordan, and 4is border, ever unto the edge of the ſea of Cinnereth, on the other ſide
Jordan eaſtward.
3 The Northern parts of his Kingdom. _
28 This 5s the inheritance of the children of Gad, ter their families, the cities and their villages.
29 And Moſes gave i»heritexce unto the half tribe of Manaſleh z: and this was the poſſehow of the hall tribe of the children of Manaſlſeh by their families.
z Not that they deſired it, as Reuben and Gad did, Numb. 32. I. but partly as a recompence to Machir the Manaſſite,for his valiant atts againſt Og ; And partly for the better ſecurity and defence of the other two Tribes, by ſo conſiderable an acceſſion to them, which alſo was without any inconvenience to them, becauſe the Countrey was too large for the two Tribes of Reuben and Gad. |
30 Andtheircoaſt wasfrom Mahanaim, all Baſhan,ali the kingdom of Og king of Baſhan, and all the Lowns of Jair #, which ere in Baſhan, threeſcore cities.
a Who, though of the Tribe of Juda, by the Father, 1 Chr: 2. 21, 22. yet is called che ſon of Manaſeh, Numb. 32. 47. becauſe he married a daughter of Manaſſh, and wholly aſfociat=d himſelf with thoſe valiant Manaſſites; And with their help took ſixty Cites or oreat Towns, Deut. 3. 4, 14. Which thence were called zhe Towns of
gr” And half Gilead, and Aſbtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Baſhan, vere pertaining unto the children of Machir the ſon of Manaſſeh, eve» to the
one half of the * children of Machir b, by their tamiltes.
bþ Whom before he called the children of Me, he now calls the children of Machir, becauſe Machir was the moſt eminent, and as it may ſeem, the only ſurviving Son of Manaſſeh, Numb. 26. 29. 1 Chron. 7. 14, 15, 16: For the other half of Machir's, or Manaſſeh s Children, ſee Joſh. 17. 1, &c. : MI
22 Theſe are the countreys which Moſes did diſtribute for inheritance in the Plains of Moab, on the other fide
Jordan by Jericho eaſtward. 33 * But unto the cribe of Levi Moſes gave not any
inheritance: the LORD God of Iſrael was their inhe-
ritance, * as he ſaid unto thern. | C'H A Þ.j XIV.
The Land and its Inheritances to be divided by Lot, 1=—=5. Caleb, having on his Return from ſpying the Land encouraged the People, Moſes then pro= miſed him the Land of Hebron; which he now claims of Joſhua, 6 — 12. Who grants his Requeſt, 13 IS. 8:
ND theſe @ are the countreys which the children of Iſrael inherited in the land of Canaan, * which
Eleazer the Prieſt b, and Jofbua the ſon of Nun, and
the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of
Ifracl diftribured for inheritance to them.
a Mentioned, Chap. 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19. 6 See on Joſh. 8. 33. and 9. 15, 18. and 19. 51. He beſt underſtood the Laws of God by which this diviſion was to be regulated ; and he was to conſult God upon any difficult Occurrence. c Twelve perſons, cach the head of his Tribe, which were appointed and named by God, Numb. 34. 19. and if any of them were now dead, no doubt 7oſbua and Eleazer, by God's DireQion, put others in their ſtead.
' 2 * By Lot ws their inheritance 4, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moſes, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.
d This courſe God ordained, partly to prevent Diſcontents, En- mities, Animoſities and Quarrels among the Tribes, about the quality of their ſeveral Portions; And partly to demonſtrate the Truth and Wiſdom of his Providence, by which alone thoſe Parts fell to each of them, which Jacob long ſince, and Meſes lately, foretold ; ſo that as a learned Man faith, He muſt be more ſtupid than Stupidity, and more impudent than Impudence it ſelf, that doth not acknowledge and confeſs a Divine Hand and Providence in this Matter. The Lot did only determine the ſeveral Parts or Provinces to the ſeveral Tribes, but did not preciſely fix all the Bounds of it, but theſe might be either enlarged or diminiſhed,
according to the greater or ſmaller number of the Tribes, Numb. 26.53, 56. and 33.54. and that by the direQion of thoſe perſons mentioned v. 1. and Foſb. 17. > 18. |
For Moſes had given the inheritance of two tribes, anda halftribe, on the other ſide Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them.
4 For the children of Joſeph were two tribes e, Ma- naſlſeh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, ſave citiesto dwell zz with their
ſuburbs, for their cattel, and for their ſubſtance.
e (7. e.) Had the double Portion, or the Portion of two Tribes, 1 Chron. 5. 1, 2. and therefore though Levi was excluded, there re- mained nine Tribes and a half,as was faid-v. 2. to be provided for in Canaan. |
5 * As the LORD commanded Moſes, ſo the chil- dren of Iſrael did, and they divided the land f.
f They (6. e.) the perſons named v. 5. who repreſented and aQed in the name of the Children of J1/rael, divided it, Either now, or preſently after ; which 1s here ſpoken by Anticipation.
6« Then gthe children of Judah came þ unto Joſhua in Gilgal 3: and Caleb the Son of Jephunneh & the Ke-
nezite /, ſaid unto him, Thou knoweft the thing that
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the LORD ſaid unto Moſes »w the man of God 2, COn- cerning me and thee in Kadeſh-barnea.