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Selected Verse: Joshua 22:10 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Jos 22:10 |
Strong Concordance |
And when they came [0935] unto the borders [01552] of Jordan [03383], that are in the land [0776] of Canaan [03667], the children [01121] of Reuben [07205] and the children [01121] of Gad [01410] and the half [02677] tribe [07626] of Manasseh [04519] built [01129] there an altar [04196] by Jordan [03383], a great [01419] altar [04196] to see to [04758]. |
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King James |
And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
THEY BUILD THE ALTAR OF TESTIMONY ON THEIR JOURNEY. (Jos 22:10)
when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben . . . built there an altar by Jordan--This altar was probably an immense pile of stones and earth. The generality of our translators supposes that it was reared on the banks of the Jordan, within the limits of Canaan proper. But a little closer examination seems to make the conclusion irresistible that its position was on the eastern side of the river, for these two reasons; first, because it is said (Jos 22:11) to have been built "over against," or in the sight of the land of Canaan--not within it; and secondly, because the declared motive of the trans-jordanic Israelites in erecting it was to prevent their brethren in Canaan ever saying, "in time to come, What have ye to do with the Lord God of Israel? For the Lord hath made Jordan a border between us and you," &c. [Jos 22:24-25]. Such a taunt would be obviously prevented or confuted by the two tribes and a half having on the eastern side of Jordan, within their own land, a facsimile of the altar at Shiloh, as a witness that they acknowledged the same God and practised the same rites of worship as the brethren in Canaan. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The two tribes and a half erected this altar in order to keep alive their claim to have the same interest as the other tribes had in the sanctuary of God, which was established on the west side of Jordan: and in order to forestall any assertion that the Jordan itself was a natural barrier of exclusion between them and the sanctuary, they built it on the west or Canaanite bank of the Jordan and not on the east.
The word rendered "borders" is noteworthy; it means circuits, arrondissements. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Built an altar - About that time when they came to them, they designed it, and as soon as they were got over Jordan, which was in a very little time, they effected and perfected it. They built it, no doubt, on their own side of the water: for how could they build on other men's land, without their consent? And it is said, in the following verse, to be over against the land of Jordan. Nor would there have been cause to suspect that it was designed for sacrifice, if they had not built it among themselves. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
The borders of Jordan, that are in - Canaan - This verse can never mean that they built the altar on the west side of Jordan, for this was not in their territories; nor could it be a place for the purpose of public worship to their own people, if built on the opposite side of Jordan; besides, the next verse says it was built over against the land of Canaan. It appears that when they came to the river they formed the purpose of building the altar; and when they had crossed it they executed their purpose.
A great altar to see to - A vast mass of earth, stones, etc., elevated to a great height, to serve as a memorial of the transactions that had already taken place. Probably it was intended also to serve as a kind of watchtower, being of a stupendous height, altare infinitae magnitudinis, an altar of an immense size, as the Vulgate terms it. |
24 And if we have not rather done [06213] it for fear [01674] of this thing [01697], saying [0559], In time to come [04279] your children [01121] might speak [0559] unto our children [01121], saying [0559], What have ye to do with the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478]?
25 For the LORD [03068] hath made [05414] Jordan [03383] a border [01366] between us and you, ye children [01121] of Reuben [07205] and children [01121] of Gad [01410]; ye have no part [02506] in the LORD [03068]: so shall your children [01121] make [07673] our children [01121] cease [07673] from [01115] fearing [03372] the LORD [03068].
11 And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] heard [08085] say [0559], Behold, the children [01121] of Reuben [07205] and the children [01121] of Gad [01410] and the half [02677] tribe [07626] of Manasseh [04519] have built [01129] an altar [04196] over against [04136] the land [0776] of Canaan [03667], in the borders [01552] of Jordan [03383], at the passage [05676] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
10 And when they came [0935] unto the borders [01552] of Jordan [03383], that are in the land [0776] of Canaan [03667], the children [01121] of Reuben [07205] and the children [01121] of Gad [01410] and the half [02677] tribe [07626] of Manasseh [04519] built [01129] there an altar [04196] by Jordan [03383], a great [01419] altar [04196] to see to [04758].