Expositor's Bible Commentary - Joshua 22:1-34
CHAPTER XXX.THE ALTAR ED.Joshua 22:1-34.THE two tribes and a half had behaved well. They had kept their word, remained with their brethren during all Joshua’s campaign, and taken their part in all the perils and struggles through which the host had passed. And now they receive the merited reward of honourable conduct. They are complimented by their general; their services are rehearsed with approval; their threefold fidelity, to God, to Moses, and to Joshua, is commended; they are dismissed... read more
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Joshua 22:1-6
XXII.DISMISSAL OF THE TWO AND A HALF TRIBES TO THEIR INHERITANCE ON THE EAST OF JORDAN.(1-6) Charge to the two and a half tribes by Joshua.The words of Joshua 22:2-3 recall the promise of Joshua 1:16, and Joshua’s charge in Joshua 22:5 recalls that which he himself had received at first (Joshua 1:7), and finds a further parallel in what he said to Israel before his death (Joshua 23, 24). read more