Joshua 14:1

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 14:1-2

Chapter 14 Distribution of the Land - The Lot Allocated to Caleb. This chapter commences the account of the distribution of land to the children of Israel in the land of Canaan itself. However, prior to that distribution it describes the claim of Caleb to Hebron, through a promise made to him by Moses forty five years earlier, after his report that the land to which he was sent as a spy was good; and the grant which Joshua made of it to him, with his blessing. Joshua 14:1-2 ‘ And these are... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 14:1-5

Joshua 14-19. The Division of the Land on the W. of Jordan.Joshua 14:1-Deuteronomy : is P’ s introduction to the division of the land by lot, but instead of going on at once with his account of the inheritance of Judah the editor inserts ( Joshua 14:6-Ezra :) a Deuteronomic account of Caleb’ s claim to Hebron in accordance with the promise given him by Moses in Nu. After this we get in Joshua 15:1-2 Kings :, P’ s account of the boundaries of Judah. But before giving the names of the various... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Joshua 14:1

These, mentioned chapters 14-19. Eleazar the priest. see on Joshua 8:33; Joshua 9:15,Joshua 9:18; Joshua 19:51. He best understood the laws of God, by which this division was to be regulated; and he was to consult God upon any difficult occurrence. The heads of the fathers of the tribes; twelve persons, each the head of his tribe, which were appointed and named by God, Numbers 34:19; and if any of them were now dead, no doubt Joshua and Eleazar, by God’s direction, put others in their stead. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Joshua 14:1-5

DIVISION OF THE LAND WEST OF JORDAN.—THE INHERITANCE OF CALEBCRITICAL NOTES.—The section of the history which is introduced in the first five verses of this chapter terminates with chap. 19., and deals with the division of the land lying between the Jordan and the Mediterranean, among the nine and a half tribes. Joshua 14:1. Eleazar the priest] He was solemnly set apart to this office in Mount Hor, just before the death of his father. As the distribution of the land was to be by lot, Eleazar... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Joshua 14:1-15

Chapter 14Now in chapter fourteen we have the interesting account of this fellow Caleb. When Moses had sent out the twelve spies to go into the land, Caleb was a companion to Joshua. They spied out the south country of Israel. From near Jerusalem to the Dead Sea, the valley of Eshcol, on over to the valley of Elah, and southwards towards Hebron, and Beersheba on down to the southern border of Kadesh-Barnea.Now when they came back and gave the good report, said, "Hey that land is great." They... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 14:1-15

Joshua 14:12 . Give me this mountain, said Caleb; not the city; that was given to the levites with the suburbs, chap. 21.; but the country seat, once occupied by the giants, and all the land. The wicked say that religion will be our ruin; while faith, on the contrary, sees the evil augurs fall on the wicked, and claims in full confidence the promised heritage of the Lord. Joshua 14:15 . Kirjath-arba. The brevity of the Hebrew text occasions a difficulty here. The LXX read τεταπολις , ... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Joshua 14:1-5

Joshua 14:1-5By lot was their inheritance.The tribes apportionedAs the whole inheritance was the gift of God, so each one’s share was assigned to him by His appointment. Not even Joshua himself in a display of the greatest wisdom and impartiality could have yielded satisfaction in a matter where so many, and all of one family, were concerned. Only the authority of the Father, who had entailed upon them as His redeemed children this common patrimony, could decide the portion of each tribe and of... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Joshua 14:1

Jos 14:1 And these [are the countries] which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them. Ver. 1. And these are the countries. ] These that are expressed in this and the five following chapters. Which Eleazar the priest. ] Who was a type of Christ, by whom we have entrance into the heavenly Canaan, and the fourth from Levi;... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Joshua 14:1

which Eleazar: Numbers 34:17-Joel : Reciprocal: Genesis 10:19 - And the Exodus 6:14 - the heads Numbers 26:53 - General Numbers 34:13 - This is the land Numbers 36:2 - The Lord commanded Joshua 11:23 - according to their Joshua 13:6 - only divide Joshua 17:4 - Eleazar Joshua 18:8 - that I may here Joshua 19:51 - These are Joshua 21:1 - Eleazar Joshua 22:4 - get Joshua 24:33 - Eleazar Ezra 7:5 - Eleazar Acts 13:19 - he divided read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Joshua 14:1

And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.Eleazar the priest — He best understood the laws of God by which this division was to be regulated.Heads of the fathers — Twelve persons, each the head of his tribe, who were appointed and named by God, Numbers 34:19, and if any of them were now... read more

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