The tabernacle is ſet up in Shiloh, 1+ The remainder of the Land deſcribed and divided into ſeven parts, for the ſeven Tribes which as yet had no In- heritance, 2— — 9: Joſhua caſts the Lot at Shiloh : The firſt comes out for Benjamin, 10: Whoſe Borders and Cities are deſcribed, 11 —-28-
Nd the whole congregation of the children of It- 'rael aſſembled together at Shiloh, and ſerup the .., tabernacle of the congregation there a; and 6 the land
was ſubdued before them.
a By Gods appoiatment, as is manifeſt from Dexre 12: 5: OF Jer, 9: 12: Hirher it was removed from G:{zal, partly for the ho- nour and conveniency cf Joſhua, that he being of the Tribe of E- phraim, and ſeating himſelf there, might have the opportunity of conſulting with God as off as he deſired and needed; and partly for the conveniency of all the Tribes, that being in the heart and
' center of them, they might more ealily reſort to it £:om all places. Here the Tabernacle continued for above zoo Years, even till Samuels days, 1 Sam: I: 3: b Or, for, becauſe theſe words contain a
' reaſon of the former ation : the Partic'e and is oft uled for for, as bath been ſhewed. :
2 And there remained among the children of Iſrael
ſeventribes, whichhad notyet received their inheritance 2 And Joſhua ſaid unto the children of [rac], How long are you flack to go to poſlleſs the land c which the
Lord GOD of your fathers hath given you ?
c This flackneſs is ſuppoſed to ariſe, partly from their diffatis- faQion in the portions already allotted, Judas being roo large, as itappeared ; and Jeſephs too narrow, as they complained; partly from an opinion of the impoſſibility of making any regular and equal diſtribution of the Parts, till the whole were better known, and more exaQtly ſurveyed, which accordingly is here done ; and partly, becauſe being weary of War, and having ſufficient plenty of all things in their preſent condition, they grew flothful and 1c. |
ſhall abide in their coaſt on the ſouth g, and the houſe of Joſeph ſhall abide in their coaſt on the north 5h.
f Which were of equal extent or worth: for no Tribe was ſo great, bur one of theſe parts in its full extent would abundantly tuffice them ; and there was no reaſon why the portions ſhould be greater or leſs according as the 'Tribes at preſent were more or fewer in number, becauſe of the various changes which happened therein ſuc- cefſively ; it being uſual for one Tribe to be more numerous than another in one Age, which was fewer in the next. And if the ſeveral Tribes had increaſed more, and not diminiſhed their Numbers by their Sins, they mighr have ſent forth Colonies, and taken any part of the Land, even as far as Euphyates, all which the Lord of the whole Earth had given them a Rightro, which when they vleaſed they might take poſſeſſion of. g They ſhall nor be diſturbed in their poiteflion, bur thall keep it, except {ome partof it ſhall be adjudg- ed to another Tribe. þ In reſpet&t of Judah, not of the whole Land ; for divers other Tribes were moze Northern than they. 4
6 Ye ſhall therefore deſcribe the land into ſeven parts, and bring the deſcriptics hither to me, that I may caſt lots for you here before the LORD # your God.
2 7. 6. Before the Ark or Tabernacle, that God may be Witneſs and Judge, and Author of the Diviſion, that each may be contented with his Lot, and that your ſeveral poſſeſſions may be ſecured to you as things Sacred, and nor to be alienated, |
7 Bur the Levites have no part among you &, for the prieſt-hoed of the LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manaſſeh, have received their inkeritance beyond Jordan on the eaſt, which Moſes the ſervant of the LORD gave them.
8 T And themen roſe, and went away : and Joſhua charged them that went to deſcribe the land, laying, Go, and walk through the land, and deſcribe it, and come again to me, that I may here caſt lots for you be- fore the LORD in Shiloh.
T : __ : oy > herefore it ſhall be divided only into ſeven parts, as 1 have
9 And the men went, and paſſed through: the la and deſcribed it by cities /, into ſeven way, in a one and came again to Joſhua to the hoſt ar Shiloh. |
I Or, according to the Citie 7 : s, to which the ſeveral Parts or tories b2longed. on qa
10 4 And Joſhua caft lots for them in Shiloh the LORD.: and there Joſhua divided the Oe the children of I{rael according to their diviſions, 11 ©« Andthelot of the tribe of the children of Ben- jamin came up according to their families : and the coaſt of their lot came forth between the children of Judah, and the children of Joſeph m-.
m Wherein we ſee the wiſdom of Divine providence, this being
the only place in which that Prophecy, Der. 33+ 12. could have WEN
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been accomplifhed.
12 And their border on the north-ſide was from Jordan, and the border went up to the ſide of Jericho on the north-ſide, and went up through the mountains weſt-ward, and the goings out thereof were at the wil- derneſs of Beth-aven ».
2 A place diſtin& from,- but ne red from Joſ. 16. r. amr:
13 And the border went over from thence toward Lvz,to the fide of Luz (* which Beth-el)ſouth-ward, * Gen: and the border deſcended to Ataroth-adar, near the hill 28: 19 thar /zeth on the ſouth-ſide of the nether Beth-horon
14 And the border was drawn thence, and compaſſed the corner of the ſea ſouth-ward, from the hill that 7;eth betore Beth-horon ſouth-ward : -and the goings our thereof were atKirjath-baal( which js Kirjath- jearimo)
a ny o he —— of Judah: This was the weſt-quarter noel. Camper Nr re i A on onindrance . I5 Andthe ſouth-quarter p 24s from the end of Kir- jath-jearim, and the border went out on the weſt and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah, ; } The ſame with the N orth-quarter of Judz/.See Joſ: I5* 5: Gy 16 And the border came down to the end of the as.
Beth.el, as may be gathe-
tain q that /ieth before the vallev of the ſon of Hin- nom,
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>. 15-8- north s, and deſcended to the valley of Hinom * to the th.15-7. ſide of Jebuſi t on the ſouth, and deſcended to * Enrogel, Et q i.e. Theplace where the Mountain ends,and the Valley begins. 7 1. e. In the proſpeCof that Valley;or,that reacheth to that Vailey on the South. 5 Which extends to this other Valley on the North- ſide of it. t To that part where the Jeb»ſires lived, which was in and near Jeruſalem.