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Joshua 22:8

Joshua 22:8
And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, returned,.... First to the camp to…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Joshua 22:7-8

The insertion of this explanation about the half tribe, and the repetition of Joshua’s farewell, are examples of a…

Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832

Return with much riches - It appears they had their full proportion of the spoils that were taken from the Canaanites,…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

with your brethren i.e. with the members of the tribes who had remained on the east side of the Jordan, to whom,…