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