the Week of Proper 20 / Ordinary 25
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上 到 伯 曷 拉 , 过 伯 亚 拉 巴 的 北 边 , 上 到 流 便 之 子 波 罕 的 磐 石 ;
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Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Bethhogla: Probably the Bethagla mentioned by Jerome is the same as the "threshing-floor of Atad," - Genesis 50:10, situated three miles from Jericho, and two from Jordan; and belonging to the tribe of Benjamin, though serving as a frontier to the tribe of Judah. Joshua 18:19, Joshua 18:20
the stone: Joshua 18:17
Reciprocal: Joshua 15:61 - Betharabah Joshua 18:18 - Arabah Joshua 18:21 - Bethhoglah Joshua 18:22 - Betharabah
Cross-References
Abram said, "Look, you have given me no son, so a slave born in my house will inherit everything I have."
Abram believed the Lord . And the Lord accepted Abram's faith, and that faith made him right with God.
But I will punish the nation where they are slaves. Then your descendants will leave that land, taking great wealth with them.
Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,
Phinehas did what was right, and it will be remembered from now on.
Is this blessing only for those who are circumcised or also for those who are not circumcised? We have already said that God accepted Abraham's faith and that faith made him right with God.
Abraham was circumcised to show that he was right with God through faith before he was circumcised. So Abraham is the father of all those who believe but are not circumcised; he is the father of all believers who are accepted as being right with God.
God was in Christ, making peace between the world and himself. In Christ, God did not hold the world guilty of its sins. And he gave us this message of peace.
It was by faith Abraham obeyed God's call to go to another place God promised to give him. He left his own country, not knowing where he was to go.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the border went up to Bethhoglah,.... A place in the tribe of Benjamin, mentioned along with Jericho, and probably near it,
Joshua 18:21; Jerom a speaks of a place called Betagla, in his time, which was three miles from Jericho, and two from Jordan, and perhaps is this same place:
and passed along by the north of Betharabah; another city belonged to Benjamin, Joshua 18:22; and lay in a as its name shows; or in a plain, as the Targum:
and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben; by whom, or on whose account, it was placed, either as a sepulchral stone, he being buried there, or in memory of some famous exploit done by him there, he being one of those of the tribe of Reuben, that came with Joshua to assist in the war against the Canaanites; or it was set for a sign of the border, as Kimchi thinks, it being the boundary between Judah and Benjamin, Joshua 18:17. Bunting says b it is near Bahurim, in the valley just in the king's way, and is of an extraordinary greatness, shining like marble.
a De loc. Heb. fol. 87. G. b Travels, &c. p. 144.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The stone of Bohan - This stone perhaps commemorated some deed of valor belonging to the wars of Joshua (compare 1 Samuel 7:12). The stone was erected on the slope of a hill (see the marginal reference), no doubt one of the range which hounds the Jordan valley on the west. But its exact site is wholly uncertain.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Joshua 15:6. Beth-hogla — A place between Jericho and the Dead Sea, belonging to the tribe of Benjamin, Joshua 18:21, though here serving as a frontier to the tribe of Judah.
Stone of Bohan — This must have been some remarkable place, probably like the stone of Jacob, which afterwards became Bethel; but where it was situated is uncertain.