And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities:
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Interpretation
The land must be divided among the tribes. It is the will of God that every man should know his own, and not take that which is another's.
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This thought runs through Joshua 13:29-33.
Glossary
- Bashan Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Saham al Jawlan.
- Mahanaim Place
- Two camps, a place near the Jabbok, beyond Jordan, where Jacob was met by the “angels of God,” and where he divided his retinue into “two hosts” on his return from Padan-aram ( Gen. 32:2 ). Modern identification: Tell edh Dhahab el Gharbi.
- Havvoth-jair Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Qamm.