Josué 13:25

25 Et leur territoire fut Jaezer, toutes les villes de Galaad, et la moitié du pays des enfants d'Ammon, jusqu'à Aroër, qui est en face de Rabba,

Josué 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.

Josué 13:25 In-Context

23 Et la frontière des enfants de Ruben fut le Jourdain et son territoire. Tel fut l'héritage des enfants de Ruben, selon leurs familles: les villes et leurs villages.
24 Moïse donna aussi une part à la tribu de Gad, aux enfants de Gad, selon leurs familles.
25 Et leur territoire fut Jaezer, toutes les villes de Galaad, et la moitié du pays des enfants d'Ammon, jusqu'à Aroër, qui est en face de Rabba,
26 Et depuis Hesbon jusqu'à Ramath-Mitspé et Betonim, et depuis Mahanaïm jusqu'à la frontière de Débir;
27 Et, dans la vallée, Beth-Haram, Beth-Nimra, et Succoth et Tsaphon, reste du royaume de Sihon, roi de Hesbon, le Jourdain et son territoire, jusqu'au bout de la mer de Kinnéreth, au delà du Jourdain, vers l'orient.
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.