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<div2 id="Jos.xx" n="xx" next="Jos.xxi" prev="Jos.xix" progress="8.28%" title="Chapter XIX">
<h2 id="Jos.xx-p0.1">J O S H U A</h2>
<h3 id="Jos.xx-p0.2">CHAP. XIX.</h3>
<p class="intro" id="Jos.xx-p1">In the description of the lots of Judah and
Benjamin we have an account both of the borders that surrounded
them and of the cities contained in them. In that of Ephraim and
Manasseh we have the borders, but not the cities; in this chapter
Simeon and Dan are described by their cities only, and not their
borders, because they lay very much within Judah, especially the
former; the rest have both their borders described and their cities
names, especially frontiers. Here is, I. The lot of Simeon,
<scripRef id="Jos.xx-p1.1" osisRef="Bible:Josh.19.1-Josh.19.9" parsed="|Josh|19|1|19|9" passage="Jos 19:1-9">ver. 1-9</scripRef>. II. Of Zebulun,
<scripRef id="Jos.xx-p1.2" osisRef="Bible:Josh.19.10-Josh.19.16" parsed="|Josh|19|10|19|16" passage="Jos 19:10-16">ver. 10-16</scripRef>. III. Of
Issachar, <scripRef id="Jos.xx-p1.3" osisRef="Bible:Josh.19.17-Josh.19.23" parsed="|Josh|19|17|19|23" passage="Jos 19:17-23">ver. 17-23</scripRef>.
IV. Of Asher, <scripRef id="Jos.xx-p1.4" osisRef="Bible:Josh.19.24-Josh.19.31" parsed="|Josh|19|24|19|31" passage="Jos 19:24-31">ver.
24-31</scripRef>. V. Of Naphtali, <scripRef id="Jos.xx-p1.5" osisRef="Bible:Josh.19.32-Josh.19.39" parsed="|Josh|19|32|19|39" passage="Jos 19:32-39">ver. 32-39</scripRef>. VI. Of Dan, <scripRef id="Jos.xx-p1.6" osisRef="Bible:Josh.19.40-Josh.19.48" parsed="|Josh|19|40|19|48" passage="Jos 19:40-48">ver. 40-48</scripRef>. Lastly, The
inheritance assigned to Joshua himself and his own family,
<scripRef id="Jos.xx-p1.7" osisRef="Bible:Josh.19.49-Josh.19.51" parsed="|Josh|19|49|19|51" passage="Jos 19:49-51">ver. 49-51</scripRef>.</p>
<scripCom id="Jos.xx-p0.1_1" osisRef="Bible:Josh.19" parsed="|Josh|19|0|0|0" passage="Jos 19" type="Commentary"/>
<scripCom id="Jos.xx-p0.2_1" osisRef="Bible:Josh.19.1-Josh.19.9" parsed="|Josh|19|1|19|9" passage="Jos 19:1-9" type="Commentary"/><div class="Commentary" id="Bible:Josh.19.1-Josh.19.9">
<h4 id="Jos.xx-p1.10">The Lot of Simeon. (<span class="smallcaps" id="Jos.xx-p1.11">b. c.</span> 1444.)</h4>
<p class="passage" id="Jos.xx-p2">1 And the second lot came forth to Simeon,
<i>even</i> for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to
their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of
the children of Judah.   2 And they had in their inheritance
Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,   3 And Hazar-shual, and
Balah, and Azem,   4 And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,
  5 And Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah,   6
And Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages:
  7 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their
villages:   8 And all the villages that <i>were</i> round
about these cities to Baalath-beer, Ramath of the south. This
<i>is</i> the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon
according to their families.   9 Out of the portion of the
children of Judah <i>was</i> the inheritance of the children of
Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too much for
them: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within
the inheritance of them.</p>
<p class="indent" id="Jos.xx-p3">Simeon's lot was drawn after Judah's,
Joseph's, and Benjamin's, because Jacob had put that tribe under
disgrace; yet it is put before the two younger sons of Leah and the
three sons of the handmaids. Not one person of note, neither judge
nor prophet, was of this tribe, that we know of.</p>
<p class="indent" id="Jos.xx-p4">I. The situation of their lot was within
that of Judah (<scripRef id="Jos.xx-p4.1" osisRef="Bible:Josh.19.1" parsed="|Josh|19|1|0|0" passage="Jos 19:1"><i>v.</i> 1</scripRef>)
and was taken from it, <scripRef id="Jos.xx-p4.2" osisRef="Bible:Josh.19.9" parsed="|Josh|19|9|0|0" passage="Jos 19:9"><i>v.</i>
9</scripRef>. It seems, those that first surveyed the land thought
it larger than it was, and that it would have held out to give
every tribe in proportion as large a share as they had carved out
for Judah; but, upon a more strict enquiry, it was found that it
would not reach (<scripRef id="Jos.xx-p4.3" osisRef="Bible:Josh.19.9" parsed="|Josh|19|9|0|0" passage="Jos 19:9"><i>v.</i>
9</scripRef>): <i>The part of the children of Judah was too much
for them,</i> more than they needed, and more, as it proved, than
fell to their share. Yet God did not by the lot lessen it, but left
it to their prudence and care afterwards to discover and rectify
the mistake, which when they did, 1. The men of Judah did not
oppose the taking away of the cities again, which by the first
distribution fell within their border, when they were convinced
that they had more than their proportion. In all such cases errors
must be excepted and a review admitted if there be occasion.
Though, in strictness, what fell to their lot was their right
against all the world, yet they would not insist upon it when it
appeared that another tribe would want what they had to spare.
Note, We must look on the things of others, and not on our own
only. The abundance of some must supply the wants of others, that
there may be somewhat of an equality, for which there may be equity
where there is not law. 2. That which was thus taken off from Judah
to be put into a new lot Providence directed to the tribe of
Simeon, that Jacob's prophecy concerning this tribe might be
fulfilled, <i>I will divide them in Jacob.</i> The cities of Simeon
were scattered in Judah, with which tribe they were surrounded,
except on that side towards the sea. This brought them into a
confederacy with the tribe of Judah (<scripRef id="Jos.xx-p4.4" osisRef="Bible:Judg.1.3" parsed="|Judg|1|3|0|0" passage="Jdg 1:3">Judg. i. 3</scripRef>), and afterwards was a happy
occasion of the adherence of many of this tribe to the house of
David, at the time of the revolt of the ten tribes to Jeroboam.
<scripRef id="Jos.xx-p4.5" osisRef="Bible:2Chr.15.9" parsed="|2Chr|15|9|0|0" passage="2Ch 15:9">2 Chron. xv. 9</scripRef>, <i>out of
Simeon they fell to</i> Asa <i>in abundance.</i> It is good being
in a good neighbourhood.</p>
<p class="indent" id="Jos.xx-p5">II. The cities within their lot are here
named. Beersheba, or Sheba, for these names seem to refer to the
same place, is put first. Ziklag, which we read of in David's
story, is one of them. What course they took to enlarge their
borders and make room for themselves we find <scripRef id="Jos.xx-p5.1" osisRef="Bible:1Chr.4.39-1Chr.4.43" parsed="|1Chr|4|39|4|43" passage="1Ch 4:39-43">1 Chron. iv. 39</scripRef>, &amp;c.</p>
</div><scripCom id="Jos.xx-p0.3" osisRef="Bible:Josh.19.10-Josh.19.16" parsed="|Josh|19|10|19|16" passage="Jos 19:10-16" type="Commentary"/><div class="Commentary" id="Bible:Josh.19.10-Josh.19.16">
<h4 id="Jos.xx-p5.3">The Lot of Zebulun. (<span class="smallcaps" id="Jos.xx-p5.4">b. c.</span> 1444.)</h4>
<p class="passage" id="Jos.xx-p6">10 And the third lot came up for the children of
Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their
inheritance was unto Sarid:   11 And their border went up
toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached
to the river that <i>is</i> before Jokneam;   12 And turned
from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of
Chisloth-tabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth up to
Japhia,   13 And from thence passeth on along on the east to
Gittah-hepher, to Ittah-kazin, and goeth out to Remmon-methoar to
Neah;   14 And the border compasseth it on the north side to
Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of
Jiphthah-el:   15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and
Idalah, and Beth-lehem: twelve cities with their villages.  
16 This <i>is</i> the inheritance of the children of Zebulun
according to their families, these cities with their villages.</p>
<p class="indent" id="Jos.xx-p7">This is the lot of Zebulun, who, though
born of Leah after Issachar, yet was blessed by Jacob and Moses
before him; and therefore it was so ordered that his lot was drawn
before that of Issachar, north of which it lay and south of Asher.
1. The lot of this tribe was washed by the great sea on the west,
and by the sea of Tiberias on the east, answering Jacob's prophecy
(<scripRef id="Jos.xx-p7.1" osisRef="Bible:Gen.49.13" parsed="|Gen|49|13|0|0" passage="Ge 49:13">Gen. xlix. 13</scripRef>), <i>Zebulun
shall be a haven of ships,</i> trading ships on the great sea and
fishing ships on the sea of Galilee. 2. Though there were some
places in this tribe which were made famous in the Old Testament,
especially <i>Mount Carmel,</i> on which the famous trial was
between God and Baal in Elijah's time, yet it was made much more
illustrious in the New Testament; for within the lot of this tribe
was Nazareth, where our blessed Saviour spent so much of his time
on earth, and from which he was called <i>Jesus of Nazareth,</i>
and <i>Mount Tabor</i> on which he was transfigured, and that coast
of the sea of Galilee on which Christ preached so many sermons and
wrought so many miracles.</p>
</div><scripCom id="Jos.xx-p0.4" osisRef="Bible:Josh.19.17-Josh.19.23" parsed="|Josh|19|17|19|23" passage="Jos 19:17-23" type="Commentary"/><div class="Commentary" id="Bible:Josh.19.17-Josh.19.23">
<h4 id="Jos.xx-p7.3">The Lot of Issachar. (<span class="smallcaps" id="Jos.xx-p7.4">b. c.</span> 1444.)</h4>
<p class="passage" id="Jos.xx-p8">17 <i>And</i> the fourth lot came out to
Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families.
  18 And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and
Shunem,   19 And Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath,  
20 And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez,   21 And Remeth, and
En-gannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez;   22 And the coast
reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Beth-shemesh; and the
outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their
villages.   23 This <i>is</i> the inheritance of the tribe of
the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities
and their villages.</p>
<p class="indent" id="Jos.xx-p9">The lot of Issachar ran from Jordan in the
east to the great sea in the west, Manasseh on the south, and
Zebulun on the north. A numerous tribe, <scripRef id="Jos.xx-p9.1" osisRef="Bible:Num.26.25" parsed="|Num|26|25|0|0" passage="Nu 26:25">Num. xxvi. 25</scripRef>. Tola, one of the judges, was
of this tribe, <scripRef id="Jos.xx-p9.2" osisRef="Bible:Judg.10.1" parsed="|Judg|10|1|0|0" passage="Jdg 10:1">Judg. x. 1</scripRef>.
So was Baasha, one of the kings of Israel, <scripRef id="Jos.xx-p9.3" osisRef="Bible:1Kgs.15.27" parsed="|1Kgs|15|27|0|0" passage="1Ki 15:27">1 Kings xv. 27</scripRef>. The most considerable places
in this tribe were, 1. Jezreel, in which was Ahab's palace, and
near it Naboth's vineyard. 2. Shunem, where lived that good
Shunamite that entertained Elisha. 3. The river Kishon, on the
banks of which, in this tribe, Sisera was beaten by Deborah and
Barak. 4. The mountains of Gilboa, on which Saul and Jonathan were
slain, which were not far from Endor, where Saul consulted the
witch. 5. The valley of Megiddo, where Josiah was slain near
Hadad-rimmon, <scripRef id="Jos.xx-p9.4" osisRef="Bible:2Kgs.23.29 Bible:Zech.12.11" parsed="|2Kgs|23|29|0|0;|Zech|12|11|0|0" passage="2Ki 23:29,Zec 12:11">2 Kings
xxiii. 29; Zech. xii. 11</scripRef>.</p>
</div><scripCom id="Jos.xx-p0.5" osisRef="Bible:Josh.19.24-Josh.19.31" parsed="|Josh|19|24|19|31" passage="Jos 19:24-31" type="Commentary"/><div class="Commentary" id="Bible:Josh.19.24-Josh.19.31">
<h4 id="Jos.xx-p9.6">The Lot of Asher. (<span class="smallcaps" id="Jos.xx-p9.7">b. c.</span> 1444.)</h4>
<p class="passage" id="Jos.xx-p10">24 And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of
the children of Asher according to their families.   25 And
their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,  
26 And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel
westward, and to Shihor-libnath;   27 And turneth toward the
sunrising to Beth-dagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley
of Jiphthah-el toward the north side of Beth-emek, and Neiel, and
goeth out to Cabul on the left hand,   28 And Hebron, and
Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, <i>even</i> unto great Zidon;  
29 And <i>then</i> the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong
city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings
thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib:   30 Ummah
also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their
villages.   31 This <i>is</i> the inheritance of the tribe of
the children of Asher according to their families, these cities
with their villages.</p>
<p class="indent" id="Jos.xx-p11">The lot of Asher lay upon the coast of the
great sea. We read not of any famous person of this tribe but Anna
the prophetess, who was a constant resident in the temple at the
time of our Saviour's birth, <scripRef id="Jos.xx-p11.1" osisRef="Bible:Luke.2.36" parsed="|Luke|2|36|0|0" passage="Lu 2:36">Luke ii.
36</scripRef>. Nor were there many famous places in this tribe.
Aphek (mentioned <scripRef id="Jos.xx-p11.2" osisRef="Bible:Josh.19.30" parsed="|Josh|19|30|0|0" passage="Jos 19:30"><i>v.</i>
30</scripRef>) was the place near which Benhadad was beaten by
Ahad, <scripRef id="Jos.xx-p11.3" osisRef="Bible:1Kgs.20.30" parsed="|1Kgs|20|30|0|0" passage="1Ki 20:30">1 Kings xx. 30</scripRef>. But
close adjoining to this tribe were the celebrated sea-port towns of
Tyre and Sidon, which we read so much of. Tyre is called here
<i>that strong city</i> (<scripRef id="Jos.xx-p11.4" osisRef="Bible:Josh.19.29" parsed="|Josh|19|29|0|0" passage="Jos 19:29"><i>v.</i>
29</scripRef>), but Bishop Patrick thinks it was not the same Tyre
that we read of afterwards, for that was built on an island; this
old strong city was on the continent. And it is conjectured by some
that into these two strong-holds, Sidon and Tzor, or Tyre, many of
the people of Canaan fled and took shelter when Joshua invaded
them.</p>
</div><scripCom id="Jos.xx-p0.6" osisRef="Bible:Josh.19.32-Josh.19.39" parsed="|Josh|19|32|19|39" passage="Jos 19:32-39" type="Commentary"/><div class="Commentary" id="Bible:Josh.19.32-Josh.19.39">
<h4 id="Jos.xx-p11.6">The Lot of Naphtali. (<span class="smallcaps" id="Jos.xx-p11.7">b. c.</span> 1444.)</h4>
<p class="passage" id="Jos.xx-p12">32 The sixth lot came out to the children of
Naphtali, <i>even</i> for the children of Naphtali according to
their families.   33 And their coast was from Heleph, from
Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and
the outgoings thereof were at Jordan:   34 And <i>then</i> the
coast turneth westward to Aznoth-tabor, and goeth out from thence
to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth
to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the
sunrising.   35 And the fenced cities <i>are</i> Ziddim, Zer,
and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,   36 And Adamah, and
Ramah, and Hazor,   37 And Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor,
  38 And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and
Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.   39 This
<i>is</i> the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali
according to their families, the cities and their villages.</p>
<p class="indent" id="Jos.xx-p13">Naphtali lay furthest north of all the
tribes, bordering on Mount Libanus. The city of Leshem, or Liash,
lay on the utmost edge of it to the north, and therefore when the
Danites had made themselves masters of it, and called it
<i>Dan,</i> the length of Canaan from north to south was reckoned
from Dan to Beersheba. It had Zebulun on the south, Asher on the
west, and Judah upon Jordan, probably a city of that name, and so
distinguished from the tribe of Judah on the east. It was in the
lot of this tribe, near the waters of Merom, that Joshua fought and
routed Jabin, <scripRef id="Jos.xx-p13.1" osisRef="Bible:Josh.11.1-Josh.11.14" parsed="|Josh|11|1|11|14" passage="Jos 11:1-14"><i>ch.</i> xi.
1</scripRef>. &amp;c. In this tribe stood Capernaum and Bethsaida,
on the north end of the sea of Tiberias, in which Christ did so
many mighty works; and the mountain (as is supposed) on which
Christ preached, <scripRef id="Jos.xx-p13.2" osisRef="Bible:Matt.5.1" parsed="|Matt|5|1|0|0" passage="Mt 5:1">Matt. v.
1</scripRef>.</p>
</div><scripCom id="Jos.xx-p0.7" osisRef="Bible:Josh.19.40-Josh.19.48" parsed="|Josh|19|40|19|48" passage="Jos 19:40-48" type="Commentary"/><div class="Commentary" id="Bible:Josh.19.40-Josh.19.48">
<h4 id="Jos.xx-p13.4">The Lot of Dan. (<span class="smallcaps" id="Jos.xx-p13.5">b. c.</span> 1444.)</h4>
<p class="passage" id="Jos.xx-p14">40 <i>And</i> the seventh lot came out for the
tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.   41
And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and
Ir-shemesh,   42 And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,
  43 And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,   44 And
Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,   45 And Jehud, and
Bene-berak, and Gath-rimmon,   46 And Me-jarkon, and Rakkon,
with the border before Japho.   47 And the coast of the
children of Dan went out <i>too little</i> for them: therefore the
children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and
smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt
therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their
father.   48 This <i>is</i> the inheritance of the tribe of
the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with
their villages.</p>
<p class="indent" id="Jos.xx-p15">Dan, though commander of one of the four
squadrons of the camp of Israel, in the wilderness, that which
brought up the rear, yet was last provided for in Canaan, and his
lot fell in the southern part of Canaan, between Judah on the east
and the land of the Philistines on the west, Ephraim on the north
and Simeon on the south. Providence ordered this numerous and
powerful tribe into a post of danger, as best able to deal with
those vexatious neighbours the Philistines, and so it was found in
Samson. Here is an account, 1. Of what fell to this tribe by lot,
Zorah, and Eshtaol, and the camp of Dan thereabouts, of which we
read in the story of Samson. And near there was the valley of
Eshcol, whence the spies brought the famous bunch of grapes. Japho,
or Joppa was in this lot. 2. Of what they got by their own industry
and valour, which is mentioned here (<scripRef id="Jos.xx-p15.1" osisRef="Bible:Josh.19.47" parsed="|Josh|19|47|0|0" passage="Jos 19:47"><i>v.</i> 47</scripRef>), but related at large,
<scripRef id="Jos.xx-p15.2" osisRef="Bible:Judg.18.7-Judg.18.31" parsed="|Judg|18|7|18|31" passage="Jdg 18:7-31">Judg. xviii. 7</scripRef>,
&amp;c.</p>
</div><scripCom id="Jos.xx-p0.8" osisRef="Bible:Josh.19.49-Josh.19.51" parsed="|Josh|19|49|19|51" passage="Jos 19:49-51" type="Commentary"/><div class="Commentary" id="Bible:Josh.19.49-Josh.19.51">
<h4 id="Jos.xx-p15.4">The Inheritance of Joshua. (<span class="smallcaps" id="Jos.xx-p15.5">b. c.</span> 1444.)</h4>
<p class="passage" id="Jos.xx-p16">49 When they had made an end of dividing the
land for inheritance by their coasts, the children of Israel gave
an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them:   50
According to the word of the <span class="smallcaps" id="Jos.xx-p16.1">Lord</span>
they gave him the city which he asked, <i>even</i> Timnath-serah in
mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein.   51
These <i>are</i> the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and
Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes
of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in
Shiloh before the <span class="smallcaps" id="Jos.xx-p16.2">Lord</span>, at the door
of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of
dividing the country.</p>
<p class="indent" id="Jos.xx-p17">Before this account of the dividing of the
land is solemnly closed up, in the <scripRef id="Jos.xx-p17.1" osisRef="Bible:Josh.19.51" parsed="|Josh|19|51|0|0" passage="Jos 19:51">last verse</scripRef>, which intimates that the thing
was done to the satisfaction of all, here is an account of the
particular inheritance assigned to <scripRef id="Jos.xx-p17.2" osisRef="Bible:Josh.1" parsed="|Josh|1|0|0|0" passage="Joshua. 1">Joshua. 1</scripRef>. He was last served,
though the eldest and greatest man of all Israel, and who, having
commanded in the conquest of Canaan, might have demanded the first
settlement in it for himself and his family. But he would make it
to appear that in all he did he sought the good of his country, and
not any private interest of his own. He was content to be unfixed
till he saw them all settled; and herein is a great example to all
in public places to prefer the common welfare before their
particular satisfaction. Let the public be first served. 2. He had
his lot <i>according to the word of the Lord.</i> It is probable
that, when God by Moses told Caleb what inheritance he should have
(<scripRef id="Jos.xx-p17.3" osisRef="Bible:Josh.14.9" parsed="|Josh|14|9|0|0" passage="Jos 14:9"><i>ch.</i> xiv. 9</scripRef>), he
gave the like promise to Joshua, which he had an eye to in making
his election: this made his portion doubly pleasant, that he had
it, not as the rest by common providence, but by special promise.
3. He chose it in Mount Ephraim, which belonged to his own tribe,
with which he thereby put himself in common, when he might by
prerogative have chosen his inheritance in some other tribe, as
suppose that of Judah, and thereby have distinguished himself from
them. Let no man's preferment or honour make him ashamed of his
family or country, or estrange him from it. The tabernacle was set
up in the lot of Ephraim, and Joshua would forecast not to be far
from that. 4. The <i>children of Israel</i> are said to <i>give it
to him</i> (<scripRef id="Jos.xx-p17.4" osisRef="Bible:Josh.19.49" parsed="|Josh|19|49|0|0" passage="Jos 19:49"><i>v.</i> 49</scripRef>),
which bespeaks his humility, that he would not take it to himself
without the people's consent and approbation, as if he would
thereby own himself, though <i>major singulis—greater than any
one,</i> yet <i>minor universis—less than the whole
assemblage,</i> and would hold even the estate of his family, under
God, by the grant of the people. 5. It was a city that must be
built before it was fit to be dwelt in. While others dwelt in
houses which they built not, Joshua must erect for himself (that he
might be a pattern of industry and contentment with mean things)
such buildings as he could hastily run up, without curiosity or
magnificence. Our Lord Jesus thus came and dwelt among us, not in
pomp but poverty, providing rest for us, yet himself not having
where to lay his head. <i>Even Christ pleased not himself.</i></p>
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