Josua 19:50

50 Nach dem Befehle Jehovas gaben sie ihm die Stadt, die er verlangte, Timnath-Serach im Gebirge Ephraim; und er baute die Stadt und wohnte darin.

Josua 19:50 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 19:50

According to the word of the Lord
Or mouth of the Lord; either according to the oracle of Urim and Thummim, which Eleazar consulted on this occasion; or according to what the Lord had said to Moses, at the same time that Hebron was ordered to Caleb, ( Joshua 14:6 ) ; and

they gave him the city which he asked, [even] Timnathserah in Mount
Ephraim;
he chose a place in his own tribe, for he was of the tribe of Ephraim; and it seems that what he chose was none of the best of places; for Paula, as Jerom ^F9 relates, when she travelled into those parts, wondered that the distributor of the possessions of the children of Israel should choose such a rough and mountainous place for himself; of its situation, see ( Joshua 24:30 ) ;

and he built the city, and dwelt therein;
he rebuilt it, and fitted it for his own habitation, and for those that belonged to him.

(Timnathserah means "an abundant portion" or "a place in the sun". Joshua great reward was in seeing the promises of God fulfilled before his very eyes ( Joshua 21:45 ) ( 23:14 ) and the children of Israel serving the Lord's during his lifetime ( Joshua 24:31 ) . Joshua may have received but a small inheritance in the promised land but this was just an earnest of his future glorious inheritance in eternity. The saints of God have the best portion saved for the last ( John 2:10 ) whereas the worldling has his best portion now; his worst is yet to come. Editor.)

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 Epitaph. Paulae, fol. 59. L.

Josua 19:50 In-Context

48 Das war das Erbteil des Stammes der Kinder Dan nach ihren Geschlechtern, diese Städte und ihre Dörfer.

49 Und als sie die Verteilung des Landes nach seinen Grenzen vollendet hatten, gaben die Kinder Israel Josua, dem Sohne Nuns, ein Erbteil in ihrer Mitte.

50 Nach dem Befehle Jehovas gaben sie ihm die Stadt, die er verlangte, Timnath-Serach im Gebirge Ephraim; und er baute die Stadt und wohnte darin.

51 Das sind die Erbteile, welche Eleasar, der Priester, und Josua, der Sohn Nuns, und die Häupter der Väter der Stämme der Kinder Israel durch das Los austeilten zu Silo, vor Jehova, an dem Eingang des Zeltes der Zusammenkunft. Und so vollendeten sie die Verteilung des Landes.