And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba;
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Gill's Exposition
Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain,.... Which was by Medeba, and reached to Dibon:
Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon; Dibon was rebuilt by Gad, though it belonged to Reuben, and…
The writer appends to the command of God Jos 13:1-7 a statement that the other two tribes and a half had already had their inheritance marked out for them by Moses in the land east of Jordan. The…
Here we have, I. Orders given to Joshua to assign to each tribe its portion of this land, including that which was yet unsubdued, which must be brought into the lot, in a believing confidence that it…
Cambridge Bible
their coast Observe the use of the word "coast" here, without any allusion to the seaboard. The word comes from the Latin costa= "a rib," "side," through the Fr. "coste." Hence it = "a border"…
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