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Joshua 17:15

King James Version (KJV)

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Joshua 17:15

Verse 15 of 18

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And Joshua answered them, If thou [be] a great people, [then] get thee up to the wood [country], and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.

Joshua 17:15 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Joshua 17:15

Theological / Devotional

If thou be. Joshua was too wise to dispute the assumption of the Ephraimites and Manassites. He said to them, in effect, “If you are a great people through the blessing of God, then God will continue to bless you in conquering the land. You are well able to take care of yourself. Go up into the vast forests of central Palestine and take possession of them.” It is plain from these statements that a large portion of central Palestine was at that time a great forest and thinly populated. This fact helps to explain the strategy of the attack of Israel under Joshua upon the center of the country, so that the forces of the Canaanites were divided at the beginning of the campaign. Thus the Israelites could strike with their whole force at the southern armies, and having defeated them, turn upon the armies of the north.

Perizzites. See on ch. 3:10.

Giants. Heb. repha’im (see on ch. 12:4).

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