Joshua 21
DOYLY
Chap. 23. 14, 15. ### CHAP. XXII.
Chap. XXII. ver. 3. — these many days] For the space of seven years at least, some think as many more, they had continued in the service of their brethren, until they saw them settled in quiet possession of their lots. Bp. Patrick.
Joshua 21:43
- — the Lord gave unto Israel all the land] He gave them a right to the whole country, which was distributed among them, as He appointed, by a lot which He ordered and directed; and He gave them the actual possession and enjoyment of the greater part of it, with power to subdue the rest, provided they continued in obedience; according to this understanding, “there failed not ought of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel,” ver. 45. Bp. Patrick.
Joshua 21:44
- And the Lord gave them rest] That is, He permitted them to enjoy the undisturbed possession of their lands, without any molestation, and “delivered their