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Jos_19:49 When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them:
Ver. 49. When they had made an end of dividing.] Joshua was content to be last served, who had best deserved: such was his humility and modesty.
The children of Israel gave.] He took it as a gift, whenas it was his right by God’s own appointment, as it is in the next verse, "According to the word of the Lord," sc., that he and Caleb for their good service {Num_14:24; Num_14:30} should have whatsoever they best liked in the land.
Among them.] Among the many; in the barren mountains. This Jerome noteth in his epistle upon Paula. He saith she visited the sepulchre of Joshua, Et mirata est quod distributor possessionum sibi montana et aspera deligisset, and she wondered that he who had divided the land to others, had set out for himself so mean a preferment.