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Matthew Poole’s Bible Commentary

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Joshua Matthew Poole

Chapters

  1. Joshua Commissioned; Israel Prepares for Conquest.
  2. Rahab Hides the Spies in Jericho.
  3. Israel Crosses the Jordan River Miraculously.
  4. Memorial Stones Set Up at Jordan.
  5. Circumcision Renewed; Passover Celebrated; Joshua’s Vision.
  6. Jericho’s Walls Fall; City Destroyed Completely.
  7. Achan’s Sin Causes Israel’s Defeat at Ai.
  8. Ai Captured; Covenant Renewed at Mount Ebal.
  9. Gibeonites Deceive Israel; Become Servants.
  10. Sun Stands Still; Israel Defeats Amorite Kings.
  11. Northern Kings Defeated; Land Mostly Conquered.
  12. Summary of Defeated Kings and Territories.
  13. Unconquered Lands Listed; Inheritance East of Jordan.
  14. Caleb Receives Hebron as His Inheritance.
  15. Judah’s Territory and Cities Described.
  16. Inheritance of Ephraim Detailed.
  17. Manasseh’s Territory and Land Distribution Issues.
  18. Tabernacle Set Up; Land Divided by Lot.
  19. Inheritance for the Remaining Tribes Allocated.
  20. Cities of Refuge Appointed for Manslayers.
  21. Cities Given to the Levites Described.
  22. Eastern Tribes Return Home; Build an Altar.
  23. Joshua’s Farewell Address to Israel’s Leaders.
  24. Covenant Renewed at Shechem; Joshua’s Death.

The Book of Joshua

The Argument

IT is not material to know who was the penman of this book, whether Joshua, as seems most probable from Joshua 24.26, or some other holy prophet. It is sufficient that this book was a part of the Holy Scriptures, or oracles of God, committed to and carefully kept by the Jews, and by them faithfully delivered to us, as appears by the concurring testimony of Christ and his apostles, who owned and approved of the same Holy Scriptures which the church of the Jews did. But this is certain, that divers passages in this book were put into it after Joshua's death, as Joshua 10.13, compared with 2 Samuel 1.18; Joshua 19.47, compared with Judges 18.1; and Joshua 24.29-30. And such like insertions have been observed in the five books of Moses.