Joshua 22

Joshua 22:2

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

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

Joshua 22:3

God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.

Joshua 22:4

as = according as.

them. A special various reading called Sevir (App-34), with many codices and two early printed editions, reads “to you

Joshua 22:5

and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton (App-6) in this verse.

soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.

Joshua 22:8

divide = share.

Joshua 22:9

children = sons.

Shiloh. See note on Joshua 18:1.

word. Hebrew “mouth”, put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for what was spoken by it.

Joshua 22:10

borders = windings or hendings.

to see to = to look at, i.e. in appearance.

Joshua 22:11

Behold. Figure of speech Asteriamos (App-6) over against - in front of. i.e. on the oast side of Jordan. at the

passage of = beyond, or opposite to.

Joshua 22:16

trespass. Hebrew. chata. App-44.

Joshua 22:17

iniquity = perverseness. Hebrew avah. App-44. Peor. Compare Numbers 25:3, Numbers 25:4.

Joshua 22:19

tabernacle. Habitation. Hebrew mishkan. App-40.

Joshua 22:22

The LORD GOD of gods. Hebrew. El Elohim Jehovah. Figure of speech Epizeuxis (App-6).

transgression. Hebrew. maal. App-44.

save us not this day. Note the Figure of speech Parentheaia. App-6.

Joshua 22:23

offer = offer up. See App-43.

offer make ready. App-43.

Joshua 22:24

What have ye. ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-8.

Joshua 22:27

a witness. Compare Genesis 31:48, and see Joshua 22:34 below, and Ch. Joshua 24:27.

Joshua 22:28

Behold = behold ye. Not the Figure of speech Asterisms.

pattern = construction.

and you. Note Figure of speech Ellipsis, “and [between] you. “App-6.

Joshua 22:29

God forbid = far be it from us.

Joshua 22:30

it pleased them. Hebrew “was good in their eyes”.

Joshua 22:34

Ed. Hebrew “a witness. “This, and the verb “shall be”, not in the received Hebrew text. (Some codices have it.) Literally “called the altar. A witness it is, &c. "

God = the God. Hebrew ha-Elohim. App-4.