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Chapter 13
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am 2560, bc 1444, An, Ex, Is, 47
Joshua Josh 14:10, Josh 23:1-2, Josh 24:29; Gen 18:11; 1Kgs 1:1; Luke 1:7
to be possessed Heb. to possess it, Deut 31:3
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the land Exod 23:29-31; Deut 11:23-24; Judg 3:1
borders Gen 10:14, Gen 26:1; Joel 3:4
Geshuri Josh 13:11, Josh 13:13, Josh 12:5; 1Sam 27:8; 2Sam 3:3, 2Sam 13:37-38, 2Sam 15:8
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Sihor Jer 2:18
which is counted Gen 10:15-19; Num 34:2-14
five Lords Judg 3:3; 1Sam 6:4, 1Sam 6:16-17; Zeph 2:4-5; The Philistine were not descended from Canaan, but from Mizraim, the son of Ham; (compare Gen 10:6 with Josh 13:13); yet they were numbered with the Canaanites in this distribution.
Avites Deut 2:23, Avims
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the land of Josh 10:40, Josh 11:3, Josh 12:7-8
Mearah or, the cave
Aphek This is probably the Aphek spoken of in 1Kgs 20:26. 2Kgs 13:18, as the capital of the kings of Syria; and the same as is mentioned by Sozomen, Eusebius, and Theophanes, as situated near the river Adonis (now Nahr Ibrahim), between Heliopolis and Byblos, and celebrated for the infamous temple of Venus the Aphacite. The village Afka, situated in the bottom of a valley, and hour and three quarters from Akoura, and three hours' distance from Lake Liemoun, is supposed to occupy its site. Burckhardt, however, could not hear of any remains of antiquity in it neighbourhood. Josh 19:30; 1Sam 4:1
the Amorites Judg 1:34-36
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Giblites Probably the inhabitants of the country, around Gebal (Ezek 27:9), or Byblos, as the LXX render, a city of Phoenicia, situated on the Mediterranean, between Sidon and Tripoli, on the north of the river Adonis. It is now called Gibyle, of Djebail, situated about a day's journey south of Tripoli. Its walls are about a mile in circumference, with square towers about every forty yards' distance. Anciently it must have been a place of no mean extent and of considerable beauty, from the ruins still visible. 1Kgs 5:18 *marg. Ps 83:7; Ezek 27:9
Lebanon Deut 1:7, Deut 3:25
Baalgad Josh 12:7
under mount Josh 11:17
unto the Num 34:8; Isa 10:9; Amos 6:2
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Misrephothmaim Josh 11:8
them Josh 23:13; Gen 15:18-21; Exod 23:30-31; Judg 2:21-23
only divide Josh 14:1-2
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Num 26:53-56, Num 33:54, Num 32:2-14; Ezek 47:13-23, Ezek 48:23-29
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Moses gave Josh 4:12, Josh 22:4; Num 32:33-42; Deut 3:12-17
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Aroer Josh 13:16, Josh 12:2; Deut 3:12, Deut 3:16
all the plain Num 21:30; Isa 15:2; Jer 48:18, Jer 48:22
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Num 21:24-26
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Josh 12:2-5; Deut 4:47-48; 1Chr 2:23
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Og Josh 12:4; Deut 3:10-11
these did Josh 14:3-4; Num 21:23-35
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expelled Josh 13:11, Josh 23:12-13; Num 33:55; Judg 2:1-3; 2Sam 3:3, 2Sam 13:37-38
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See note on Josh 13:33. Josh 14:3-4; Num 18:20-24; Deut 10:9, Deut 12:12, Deut 12:19, Deut 18:2
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Josh 13:9, Josh 12:2; Num 21:28-30, Num 32:33-38; Deut 3:12; Isa 15:1-2, Isa 15:4, Isa 16:7-9; Jer 48:21-24
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Dibon Eusebius says the city was situated in the plain of Arnon.
Bamothbaal or, the high places of Baal, and the house of Baal-meon, Num 21:19, Num 22:41, Num 32:38
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Jahaza A city near Medeba and Dibon, afterwards given to the Levites. Josh 21:36-37; Num 21:23, Jahaz, 1Chr 6:78-79, Jahzah
Kedemoth Supposed to have been situated east of the Arnon.
Mephaath Situated near the desert, east of Moab. In the time of Eusebius, he says the Romans kept a garrison there.
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And Kirjathaim This city, according to Eusebius, was situated ten miles west of Medeba. Num 32:37-38, Sibman, Called Shibmah, Num 32:38, and celebrated for its vines Jer 48:32. Isa 16:8-9; on which last place, Jerome says, there were scarcely 500 paces between it and Heshbon.
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Bethpeor Num 25:3; Deut 4:46
Ashdothpisgah or, springs of Pisgah, or, the hill, Josh 12:3; Deut 3:17
Bethjeshimoth Num 33:49; Ezek 25:9
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And all the Deut 3:10
whom Moses Num 21:24-35; Deut 2:30-36
with the Num 31:8
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Balaam Num 22:5-7, Num 24:1, Num 31:8; 2Pet 2:15; Jude 1:11; Rev 2:14, Rev 19:20
soothsayer or, diviner
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Num 32:34-36
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their coast Num 32:35
Jazer A city near a brook of the same name, now called Wady Szyr; and probably the present Szyr occupies its site.
half Num 21:26-30; Deut 2:19; Judg 11:13-27
Rabbah Deut 3:11; 2Sam 11:1, 2Sam 12:26; Ezek 21:20; Amos 1:14
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Ramathmizpeh Josh 20:8; Gen 31:49; Judg 10:17, Judg 11:11, Judg 11:29; 1Kgs 22:3
Mahanaim Josh 21:38; Gen 32:1-2; 2Sam 2:8, 2Sam 17:27
Debir 2Sam 9:4-5, 2Sam 17:27, Lodebar
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Betharam A city near mount Peor, and not far from the entrance of the Jordan into the Dead Sea; rebuilt and called Livias by Herod, in honour of Livia, wife of Augustus. Num 32:36
Bethnimrah Num 32:3, Num 32:36
Succoth Gen 33:17; Judg 8:5-6, Judg 8:14-16; 1Kgs 7:46
Chinnereth Josh 11:2, Josh 12:3, Chinneroth, Num 34:11; Deut 3:17; Luke 5:1, Gennesaret
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Josh 13:26; Num 32:39-41; Deut 3:13-15; 1Chr 2:21-23
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Ashtaroth Josh 12:4
the children of Machir by Num 32:39-40
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At Josh 13:14, as well as here, notice is taken, that to the tribe of Levi, "Moses gave no inheritance," for so God had appointed. Num 18:20. If they had been appointed to a lot entire by themselves, Moses would have served them first, not because it was his own tribe, but because it was God's, but they must be provided for in another manner; their habitation must be scattered in all the tribes, and their maintenance brought out of all the tribes, and God himself was the portion both of their inheritance and of their cup.
Josh 18:7; Deut 10:9, Deut 18:1-2
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am 2560, bc 1444, An, Ex, Is, 47
Joshua Josh 14:10, Josh 23:1-2, Josh 24:29; Gen 18:11; 1Kgs 1:1; Luke 1:7
to be possessed Heb. to possess it, Deut 31:3
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the land Exod 23:29-31; Deut 11:23-24; Judg 3:1
borders Gen 10:14, Gen 26:1; Joel 3:4
Geshuri Josh 13:11, Josh 13:13, Josh 12:5; 1Sam 27:8; 2Sam 3:3, 2Sam 13:37-38, 2Sam 15:8
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Sihor Jer 2:18
which is counted Gen 10:15-19; Num 34:2-14
five Lords Judg 3:3; 1Sam 6:4, 1Sam 6:16-17; Zeph 2:4-5; The Philistine were not descended from Canaan, but from Mizraim, the son of Ham; (compare Gen 10:6 with Josh 13:13); yet they were numbered with the Canaanites in this distribution.
Avites Deut 2:23, Avims
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the land of Josh 10:40, Josh 11:3, Josh 12:7-8
Mearah or, the cave
Aphek This is probably the Aphek spoken of in 1Kgs 20:26. 2Kgs 13:18, as the capital of the kings of Syria; and the same as is mentioned by Sozomen, Eusebius, and Theophanes, as situated near the river Adonis (now Nahr Ibrahim), between Heliopolis and Byblos, and celebrated for the infamous temple of Venus the Aphacite. The village Afka, situated in the bottom of a valley, and hour and three quarters from Akoura, and three hours' distance from Lake Liemoun, is supposed to occupy its site. Burckhardt, however, could not hear of any remains of antiquity in it neighbourhood. Josh 19:30; 1Sam 4:1
the Amorites Judg 1:34-36
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Giblites Probably the inhabitants of the country, around Gebal (Ezek 27:9), or Byblos, as the LXX render, a city of Phoenicia, situated on the Mediterranean, between Sidon and Tripoli, on the north of the river Adonis. It is now called Gibyle, of Djebail, situated about a day's journey south of Tripoli. Its walls are about a mile in circumference, with square towers about every forty yards' distance. Anciently it must have been a place of no mean extent and of considerable beauty, from the ruins still visible. 1Kgs 5:18 *marg. Ps 83:7; Ezek 27:9
Lebanon Deut 1:7, Deut 3:25
Baalgad Josh 12:7
under mount Josh 11:17
unto the Num 34:8; Isa 10:9; Amos 6:2
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Misrephothmaim Josh 11:8
them Josh 23:13; Gen 15:18-21; Exod 23:30-31; Judg 2:21-23
only divide Josh 14:1-2
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Num 26:53-56, Num 33:54, Num 32:2-14; Ezek 47:13-23, Ezek 48:23-29
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Moses gave Josh 4:12, Josh 22:4; Num 32:33-42; Deut 3:12-17
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Aroer Josh 13:16, Josh 12:2; Deut 3:12, Deut 3:16
all the plain Num 21:30; Isa 15:2; Jer 48:18, Jer 48:22
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Num 21:24-26
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Josh 12:2-5; Deut 4:47-48; 1Chr 2:23
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Og Josh 12:4; Deut 3:10-11
these did Josh 14:3-4; Num 21:23-35
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expelled Josh 13:11, Josh 23:12-13; Num 33:55; Judg 2:1-3; 2Sam 3:3, 2Sam 13:37-38
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See note on Josh 13:33. Josh 14:3-4; Num 18:20-24; Deut 10:9, Deut 12:12, Deut 12:19, Deut 18:2
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Josh 13:9, Josh 12:2; Num 21:28-30, Num 32:33-38; Deut 3:12; Isa 15:1-2, Isa 15:4, Isa 16:7-9; Jer 48:21-24
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Dibon Eusebius says the city was situated in the plain of Arnon.
Bamothbaal or, the high places of Baal, and the house of Baal-meon, Num 21:19, Num 22:41, Num 32:38
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Jahaza A city near Medeba and Dibon, afterwards given to the Levites. Josh 21:36-37; Num 21:23, Jahaz, 1Chr 6:78-79, Jahzah
Kedemoth Supposed to have been situated east of the Arnon.
Mephaath Situated near the desert, east of Moab. In the time of Eusebius, he says the Romans kept a garrison there.
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And Kirjathaim This city, according to Eusebius, was situated ten miles west of Medeba. Num 32:37-38, Sibman, Called Shibmah, Num 32:38, and celebrated for its vines Jer 48:32. Isa 16:8-9; on which last place, Jerome says, there were scarcely 500 paces between it and Heshbon.
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Bethpeor Num 25:3; Deut 4:46
Ashdothpisgah or, springs of Pisgah, or, the hill, Josh 12:3; Deut 3:17
Bethjeshimoth Num 33:49; Ezek 25:9
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And all the Deut 3:10
whom Moses Num 21:24-35; Deut 2:30-36
with the Num 31:8
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Balaam Num 22:5-7, Num 24:1, Num 31:8; 2Pet 2:15; Jude 1:11; Rev 2:14, Rev 19:20
soothsayer or, diviner
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Num 32:34-36
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their coast Num 32:35
Jazer A city near a brook of the same name, now called Wady Szyr; and probably the present Szyr occupies its site.
half Num 21:26-30; Deut 2:19; Judg 11:13-27
Rabbah Deut 3:11; 2Sam 11:1, 2Sam 12:26; Ezek 21:20; Amos 1:14
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Ramathmizpeh Josh 20:8; Gen 31:49; Judg 10:17, Judg 11:11, Judg 11:29; 1Kgs 22:3
Mahanaim Josh 21:38; Gen 32:1-2; 2Sam 2:8, 2Sam 17:27
Debir 2Sam 9:4-5, 2Sam 17:27, Lodebar
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Betharam A city near mount Peor, and not far from the entrance of the Jordan into the Dead Sea; rebuilt and called Livias by Herod, in honour of Livia, wife of Augustus. Num 32:36
Bethnimrah Num 32:3, Num 32:36
Succoth Gen 33:17; Judg 8:5-6, Judg 8:14-16; 1Kgs 7:46
Chinnereth Josh 11:2, Josh 12:3, Chinneroth, Num 34:11; Deut 3:17; Luke 5:1, Gennesaret
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Josh 13:26; Num 32:39-41; Deut 3:13-15; 1Chr 2:21-23
31
Ashtaroth Josh 12:4
the children of Machir by Num 32:39-40
33
At Josh 13:14, as well as here, notice is taken, that to the tribe of Levi, "Moses gave no inheritance," for so God had appointed. Num 18:20. If they had been appointed to a lot entire by themselves, Moses would have served them first, not because it was his own tribe, but because it was God's, but they must be provided for in another manner; their habitation must be scattered in all the tribes, and their maintenance brought out of all the tribes, and God himself was the portion both of their inheritance and of their cup.
Josh 18:7; Deut 10:9, Deut 18:1-2