Joshua 15:1

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allotted <01486> [A.M. 2561. B.C. 1443. An. Ex. Is. 48. This then was the lot.]

The geography of the sacred writings presents many difficulties, occasioned by the changes which Canaan has undergone, especially for the last 2,000 years. Many of the ancient towns and villages have had their names so totally changed that their former appellations are no longer discernible; several lie buried under their own ruins, and others have been so long destroyed that not a vestige of them remains. On these accounts it is very difficult to ascertain the precise situation of many places mentioned in these chapters; but this cannot in any measure affect the truth of the narrative.

border <01366> [even to the.]

Joshua 1:1-18

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died <04194> [the death.]

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Joshua <03091> [Joshua.]

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[Jesus.]

Moses' minister.

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Moses <04872> [Moses.]

Get <06965> [arise.]

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wilderness <04057> [From the wilderness.]

That is, their utmost limits should be from the Desert of Arabia Petr‘a on the south, to Lebanon on the north; and from the Euphrates on the east, to the Great Sea, or the Mediterranean, on the west. The Israelites did not possess the full extent of this grant till the time of David.

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<0376> [There shall.]

Moses <04872> [as I was.]

abandon <07503> [I will not.]

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strong <02388> [Be strong.]

people <05971> [unto this people, etc. or, thou shalt cause this people to inherit the land. divide.]

promised <07650> [which I sware.]

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Moses <04872> [which Moses.]

swerve ...... right <05493 03225> [turn not.]

obey ............................. successful <08104 07919> [that.]

successful <07919> [prosper. or, do wisely.]

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scroll <05612> [book.]

memorize .................... prosper .... successful <01897 06743 07919> [thou shalt.]

carefully <08104> [observe.]

successful <07919> [have good success. or, do wisely.]

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repeat <06680> [Have.]

strong <02388> [Be strong.]

afraid <06206> [be not.]

Lord <03068> [for the Lord.]

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leaders .... people <07860 05971> [the officers of the people.]

The {shoterim,} or officers, were different from the {shophetim,} who were the judges among the people. The {shoterim} have been supposed to be subordinate officers, whose business it was to see the decisions of the {shophetim} carried into effect. Calmet conjectures, that the {shoterim} here may have been the heralds of the army.

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three days <03117 07969> [three days.]

Go .................. cross <05674> [ye shall.]

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Remember <02142> [Remember.]

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armed for battle <02571> [armed. Heb. marshalled by five.]

warriors <01368> [the mighty.]

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Lord ................. Lord .......................... Lord's <03068> [Until.]

go back <07725> [then ye shall.]

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Lord <03068> [only the Lord.]

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rebels <04784> [that doth rebel.]

executed <04191> [he shall be.]

strong <02388> [only be.]