John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 22:30
And when Phinehas the priest ,.... For he was, being the son of Eleazar the high priest, so the word "priest", Joshua 22:13 ; is to be joined, not to Eleazar but to Phinehas: and the princes of the congregation ; the ten princes, who were sent by the congregation of Israel, one out of each tribe: and heads out of the thousands of Israel ; these are the same with the princes, and this belongs to their title, who were heads of the Chiliarchs, or those who were rulers of thousands in... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 22:30-34
We have here the good issue of this controversy, which, if there had not been on both sides a disposition to peace, as there was on both sides a zeal for God, might have been of ill consequence; for quarrels about religion, for want of wisdom and love, often prove the most fierce and most difficult to be accommodated. But these contending parties, when the matter was fairly stated and argued, were so happy as to understand one another very well, and so the difference was presently compromised.... read more