Adam Clarke on Joshua 22:1
Then Joshua called the Reubenites, etc. - We have already seen that 40,000 men of the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, had passed over Jordan armed, with their brethren, according to their stipulation with Moses. The war being now concluded, Joshua assembles these warriors, and with commendations for their services and fidelity, he dismisses them, having first given them the most pious and suitable advices. They had now been about seven years absent from their respective families; and though there was only the river Jordan between the camp at Gilgal and their own inheritance, yet it does not appear that they had during that time ever revisited their own home, which t…
Read the whole note in the consoleJohn Gill on Joshua 22:2
And said unto them, ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you,.... Which was, that they should leave their wives and children, and flocks, and herds, behind them in the land of Gilead, and pass over Jordan, with their brethren the children of Israel armed, and fight with them, and for them, until the Canaanites were subdued, and not return until their brethren were peaceably settled in the possession of their inheritances; all which they had punctually observed, and inviolably kept, as they agreed to, Numbers 32:1,
and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you; as the generalissimo and commander in chief of the Israelitish forces; as what rank and position to…
Read the whole note in the consoleJohn Calvin on Joshua 22:1-9
Joshua 22:1-9
1. Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
1. Tunc accersivit Josue Rubenitas et Gaditas ac dimidiam tribum Manasse,
2. And said unto them, You have kept all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you:
2. Dixitque ad eos, Vos custodistis omnia quae praecepit vobis Moses servus Jehovae, et obedistis voci meae in cunctis quae praecepi vobis.
3. You have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God.
3. Non deseruistis fratres vestros jam diebus multis usque ad diem hanc, sed custodistis custodiam pr…
