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Joshua 18:20 KJV
Joshua · chapter 18 · verse 20
And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families.Joshua 18:20 · King James Version
Joshua 18:20 in context
18And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah:
19And the border passed along to the side of Bethhoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south coast.
20And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families.
21Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Bethhoglah, and the valley of Keziz,
22And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- inheritancenachălâhproperly, something inheritedH5159 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- BenjaminBinyâmîynBinjamin, youngest son of JacobH1144 →
- JordanYardênJarden, the principal river of PalestineH3383 →
- bordergâbalproperly, to twist as aropeH1379 →
- coastsgᵉbûwlâha boundary, regionH1367 →
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We have here the lot of the tribe of Benjamin, which Providence cast next to Joseph on the one hand, because Benjamin was own and only brother to Joseph, and was little Benjamin (Psa 68:27), that needed the protection of great Joseph, and yet had a better protector, for the Lord shall cover him all the day long, Deu…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-28