17Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon,
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And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:
And Nebo, and Baalmeon,(their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-33)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 (Josh. 13:7): Now divide this land . Joshua thought all must be conquered before any must be divided. “No,” said, God, “the…
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