Joshua 13:25

25 terminus Iazer et omnes civitates Galaad dimidiamque partem terrae filiorum Ammon usque ad Aroer quae est contra Rabba

Joshua 13:25 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 13:25

And their coast was Jazer
Their southern coast; of Jazer, see ( Numbers 21:32 ) ; where it is called Jaazer, and is mentioned in ( Isaiah 16:8 ) ; and in ( Jeremiah 48:32 ) , where it is spoken of as a city of Moab, as it was in the days of those prophets:

and all the cities of Gilead;
which lay in those parts, for the whole was not given to this tribe, half of Gilead was given to the half tribe of Manasseh, ( Joshua 13:31 ) ;

and half the land of the children of Ammon;
not what then belonged to them, but what had been taken from them by the Amorites; and which Israel taking from them, had a right to retain, though they were forbid meddling with any of their land in present possession; see ( Deuteronomy 2:19 ) ( Judges 11:13-24 ) ;

unto Aroer that [is] before Rabbath;
Aroer was a city of Moab, situated on the river Arnon, ( Joshua 13:9 ) ; and stood over against Rabbath, a city of the Amorites, since called Philadelphia, the same that Joab took, ( 2 Samuel 12:26 ) ; though Reland thinks F14, that according to the situation of these cities another Aroer must be here meant, and which belonged to the Amorites.


FOOTNOTES:

F14 Palestin. Illustrat. tom. 2. p. 583.

Joshua 13:25 In-Context

23 factusque est terminus filiorum Ruben Iordanis fluvius haec est possessio Rubenitarum per cognationes suas urbium et viculorum
24 deditque Moses tribui Gad et filiis eius per cognationes suas possessionem cuius haec divisio est
25 terminus Iazer et omnes civitates Galaad dimidiamque partem terrae filiorum Ammon usque ad Aroer quae est contra Rabba
26 et ab Esebon usque Ramoth Masphe et Batanim et a Manaim usque ad terminos Dabir
27 in valle quoque Betharaam et Bethnemra et Soccoth et Saphon reliquam partem regni Seon regis Esebon huius quoque Iordanis finis est usque ad extremam partem maris Chenereth trans Iordanem ad orientalem plagam
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