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Joshua 13:18

in Joshua 13

Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

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and Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,

KJV

And Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,

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This verse in Joshua 13

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
And Jahazah,.... Called Jahaz, Num 21:23, where the battle was fought between Sihon and Israel: and Kedemoth; near to which was a wilderness, which took its name from it, from whence Moses sent messengers with words of peace to Sihon, Deu 2:26, and Mephaath; thought to be the Maipha of Ptolemy (f); here Jerom says (g), in his time was a garrison of Roman soldiers, because of the desert that was near.

This site's exposition

unto the tribe of the children

on Joshua 13:15-23

Reuben's towns carry the names of the gods Israel had fallen to a generation before. Bamoth-baal and Beth-baal-meon at verse 17 and Beth-peor at verse 20 are Baal's high places, Numbers 25:1-3 records what Israel did at Baal-peor, and Deuteronomy 34:6 buries Moses in a valley over against Beth-peor. Verse 22 is the only place in Scripture that calls Balaam a soothsayer, and it sets his death among the slain of Midian, which closes Numbers 31:8. Heshbon at the head of the list had been Moab's before Sihon took it at Numbers 21:26, and Isaiah 16:8 and Jeremiah 48 find Moab holding these same towns again long after Reuben is gone.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

If they had been appointed to a lot entire by themselves, Moses would have served them first, not because it was his own tribe, but because it was God's; but they must be provided for in another manner; their habitations must be scattered in all the tribes, and their maintenance brought out of all the tribes, and God himself was the portion both of their inheritance and of their cup, Deut. x.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Jahaza - A city near Medeba and Dibon. It was given to the Levites, 1Ch 6:78. Kedemoth - Mentioned Deu 2:26; supposed to have been situated beyond the river Arnon. Mephaath - Situated on the frontiers of Moab, on the eastern part of the desert. It was given to the Levites, Jos 21:37.

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Jahaza - A city near Medeba and Dibon. It was given to the Levites, 1Ch 6:78. Kedemoth - Mentioned Deu 2:26; supposed to have been situated beyond the river Arnon. Mephaath - Situated on the frontiers of Moab, on the eastern part of the desert. It was given to the Levites, Jos 21:37.

The words behind it

3 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְיַ֥הְצָהand Jahaz <towards>

    veyahtzahH3096 →

  • וּקְדֵמֹ֖תand Kedemoth

    ukedemotH6932 →

  • וּמֵפָֽעַת׃and Mephaath

    umefaatH4158 →

Related verses

6 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Numbers 21:23But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.5 worksJeremiah 48:21Judgment has come upon the high plain—upon Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,5 worksDeuteronomy 2:26So from the Wilderness of Kedemoth I sent messengers with an offer of peace to Sihon king of Heshbon, saying,3 works1 Chronicles 6:78–79From the tribe of Reuben east of the Jordan opposite Jericho they were given Bezer in the wilderness, Jahzah,2 worksJoshua 21:36–37From the tribe of Reuben they were given Bezer, Jahaz,2 worksIsaiah 15:4Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out; their souls tremble within.2 works

The walk

5 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Numbers 21:23

    But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.

    it leads to

    • Judges 11:20

      But Sihon would not trust Israel to pass through his territory. So he gathered all his people, encamped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.

    • Deuteronomy 29:7–8

      When you reached this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us in battle, but we defeated them.

    • Numbers 20:21

      So Edom refused to allow Israel to pass through their territory, and Israel turned away from them.

    • Jeremiah 48:34

      There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.

    • Deuteronomy 2:30–32

      But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as…

About Joshua

The Walls of Jericho Fall Down, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Walls of Jericho Fall Down, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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