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Joshua 13:22 KJV
Joshua · chapter 13 · verse 22
Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.Joshua 13:22 · King James Version
Joshua 13:22 in context
20And Bethpeor, and Ashdothpisgah, and Bethjeshimoth,
21And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.
22Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.
23And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families, the cities and the villages thereof.
24And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- soothsayerqâçamproperly, to distributeH7080 →
- BalaamBilʻâmBilam, a Mesopotamian prophetH1109 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- swordcherebdroughtH2719 →
- BeorBᵉʻôwrBeor, the name of the father of an Edomitish kingH1160 →
- slayhâragto smite with deadly intentH2026 →
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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 should be conquered when Israel was multiplied so as to have occasion for it (Jos 13:7): Now divide this land.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-33