From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;
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Gill's Exposition
From Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon,.... A city belonging to Moab, from whence the description begins, the river Arnon, on which it was situated, being the border between Moab and the…
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
and all the plain of Medeba Instead of "half Gilead," as in ch. Jos 12:2, we have here "all the plain (Mishor = "table-land" or "downs") of Medeba unto Dibon," "the wijld feeldis of Medeba," Wyclif.…
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