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Izhibhalo Ezingcwele
UYoshuwa 1:14
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
armed: Heb. marshalled by five, Exodus 13:18
the mighty: Deuteronomy 20:8, Revelation 17:4
Reciprocal: Numbers 32:19 - on this side Numbers 32:25 - General Deuteronomy 33:21 - a portion Joshua 4:12 - the children Joshua 6:7 - that is armed
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan,.... This was what they themselves proposed, agreed unto, and confirmed,
Numbers 32:16;
but ye shall pass over before your brethren armed; bearing arms, to fight for them; for none but such that were fit to bear arms were obliged to go; and these were to go "harnessed" o, as some render the word, or in a military order, in rank and file, by fives, five in a row; not at the front of the army, for the standard of Judah went first, but along with them; for "before them" signifies no other than in the presence of them, and in company with them:
all the mighty men of valour, and help them; to obtain a conquest over the Canaanites; all, according to the order of Moses, and by their agreement, were to go, all that were able to bear arms; but Joshua did not take them all, only a select company of strong and valiant for, out of an hundred thirty thousand, but forty thousand went with him, Joshua 4:13.
o חמשים "ordine militari", Junius Tremellius, Piscator "quintati", Montanus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Armed - Rather, “arrayed” (see Exodus 13:18 note).
On this side Jordan - Compare Deuteronomy 1:1, note.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Joshua 1:14. Your wives, your little ones — And with these it appears, from Numbers 32:17, were left behind 70,580 effective men to guard them and their property; only 40,000 having passed over Jordan to assist the nine tribes and half to conquer the land. See Joshua 4:13.
Armed — חמשים chamushim, by fives; in several lines, five in front, probably the usual method of marching; but it seems to signify arrayed, equipped, accoutred, well-armed, and ready for battle. Exodus 13:18.
