Joshua 13

Joshua 13:1

old and stricken in years. Figure of speech, Synonymic. App-6. Joshua, now in his 101st year (1544).

the 8 LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

said. See note on Joshua 3:7.

Joshua 13:2

borders = circuit. Hebrew. gelilah, a rare word.

Joshua 13:3

Sihor. Hebrew “the Sihor”.

lords. Hebrew seren, a prince; first occurrence. Used only of the Philistine princes. Joshua 13:3. Judges 3:3; Judges 16:5, Judges 16:8, Judges 16:18, Judges 16:23, Judges 16:27, Judges 16:30; 1 Samuel 5:8, 1 Samuel 5:11; 1 Samuel 6:4, 1 Samuel 6:12, 1 Samuel 6:16, 1 Samuel 6:18; 1 Samuel 7:7; 1 Samuel 29:2, 1 Samuel 29:6, 1 Samuel 29:7; 1 Chronicles 12:19.

the Gittites. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Septuagint, and Syriac, read “and the.”

Joshua 13:4

From = on. The Syriac punctuates Joshua 13:3 and Joshua 13:4, thus: “also the Avites on the south”,

Joshua 13:5

the entering into = the pass of.

Joshua 13:6

children = sons.

as according as.

Joshua 13:7

Manasseh. The Septuagint adds, “from the Jordan to the Great Sea westward thou shalt give it: the Great Sea shall be the boundary; and to the two tribes, and to the half tribe of Manasseh”.

Joshua 13:8

Moses gave Compare Numbers 32:33 Deuteronomy 3:13, Deuteronomy 22:4.

even as. So a special reading called Sevir (App-34). but Hebrew text reads “as”.

Moses the servant of the LORD. See note on Deuteronomy 34:5.

Joshua 13:12

giants. Heb Rephaim. See note on Joshua 12:4,

Joshua 13:14

God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.

Joshua 13:18

Coast = border.

by. A special various reading called Sevir. (App-34) reads “as far as”, with some codices, and three early printed editions Aramaean, Syriac, and Septuagint.

Joshua 13:19

Zareth-shahar = light of the dawn, because it catches the rays of the rising sun. Compare Subscription to Psalms 22.

Joshua 13:21

dukes anointed [leaders], called kings in Numbers 31:8.

Joshua 13:22

Balaam. Compare Numbers 22:5; Numbers 24:3, Numbers 24:15, Numbers 31:8. Deuteronomy 23:4.

Joshua 13:26

And. This is the middle verse of this book.

Joshua 13:30

And their. Some codices in the margin read “and all their”.

all. Some codices, with one early printed edition, and Septuagint, read “and all”.

towns = villages. Hebrew Havoth Jair. Compare Deuteronomy 3:14, Hebrew daughters. Figure of speech Prosepopoeia (App-6).

Joshua 13:31

Machir. Compare Numbers 32:39.

Joshua 13:33

was. Literally “he (was)”.

as = according as. Compare Numbers 18:20.