Josué 15:1-Rut RVA

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Joshua 15:1

This chapter deals with the actual division of the land of Canaan. Judah, as we have seen, was first by right of Jacob's blessing, and here we have an outline of the borders of Judah's territory in ideal terms Joshua 15:1-12), an account of Caleb's occupation of Hebron and Debir (Joshua 15:13-19), and a statistical list of the cities awarded to Judah (Joshua 15:20-63).OUTLINE OF JUDAH'S TERRITORY"And the lot for the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families was unto the border... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 15:1

Ver. 1. This then was the lot of the tribe of—Judah— In one of the following chapters we see, that the first care of Joshua, Eleazar, and the princes appointed to divide the conquered country, was, to have a plan of the whole drawn out, and to divide it into nine parts and a half, as equally as possible, calculating the extent and goodness of the district. This done, they cast lots in the manner before described, Numbers 26:53-56.; and the lot first assigned a portion to the tribe of Judah; as... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Joshua 15:1

1. This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah—In what manner the lot was drawn on this occasion the sacred historian does not say; but it is probable that the method adopted was similar to that described in :-. Though the general survey of the country had not been completed, some rough draft or delineation of the first conquered part must have been made, and satisfactory evidence obtained that it was large enough to furnish three cantons, before all the tribes cast lots for... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joshua 15:1-12

The writer recorded the boundaries of the whole tribal territory first. The description proceeds counterclockwise from south (Joshua 15:2-4) to east (Joshua 15:5) to north (Joshua 15:5-11) to west (Joshua 15:12). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joshua 15:1-20

Judah’s boundaries and Caleb and Othniel’s inheritances 15:1-20 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joshua 15:1-63

3. Judah’s inheritance ch. 15The tribe of Judah probably received first consideration in the text, because it was this tribe that had received Jacob’s special patriarchal blessing. It was also the largest tribe.Ancient Near Easterners used natural landmarks (rivers, mountains, deserts, towns, etc.) to construct borders as well as artificial boundaries that they made by drawing lines between sites. Virtually all nations have used these methods, and they are still common today.Judah was the... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 15:1-51

The Assignment of the TerritoryIt has been noticed that there are many incidental features in this narrative which point to a contemporary document. Thus in the lot of Judah we have a full description, both of the frontier-lines (Joshua 15:1-12), and also of the chief cities contained within them (Joshua 15:21-62): and the same is true of Benjamin (Joshua 18:11-28). But these are the tribes which seem to have conquered their territory soonest and most completely. Ephraim and Manasseh, on the... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 15:1-63

The Lot of Judah1-12. The boundaries of Judah’s lot. There is a valuable descriptive note on this section and on Joshua 15:20-63 in Black’s Commentary on ’Joshua’ in the Smaller Cambridge Bible.2-4. The S. Frontier. This coincides, of course, with the S. Frontier of the whole land as given in Numbers 34:3-5. 4. The river of Egypt] RV ’brook of Egypt,’ not the Nile, but the Wâdy el Arish: cp. Joshua 15:47.5. The E. Frontier, viz. the Dead Sea.5-11. The N. Frontier. Cp. the account in Joshua... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Joshua 15:1

XV.(1) This then was the lot.—Rather, And the lot came to the tribe of Judah. We might perhaps better begin this section with the last sentence of Joshua 14:0, and read thus: “And the land had rest from war; and the lot fell to the tribe of Judah (i.e., the tribe of Judah received its allotment), according to their families.”The question arises at this point how the position of the tribes of Judah, Ephraim, and Manasseh was determined. As to the remaining seven, see Note on Joshua 18:5-10. It... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Joshua 15:1-63

CHAPTER XXIV.THE INHERITANCE OF JUDAH.Joshua 15:1-63.JUDAH was the imperial tribe, and it was fitting that he should be planted in a conspicuous territory. Even if the republic had not been destined to give place to the monarchy, some pre-eminence was due to the tribe which had inherited the patriarchal blessing, and from which He was to come in whom all the families of the earth were to be blessed. Judah and the sons of Joseph seem to have obtained their settlements not only before the other... read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Joshua 15:1

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 15:1

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Joshua 15:1

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joshua 15:1-12

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joshua 15:1-20

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joshua 15:1-63

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 15:1-51

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 15:1-63

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Joshua 15:1

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Joshua 15:1-63

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