Joshua 22:1-34 Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh,… 1. Prepossessions and misunderstandings are too often the occasion of great divisions in the world, and of such as, if not prevented, draw after them very pernicious and fatal consequences. 2. There ought to be the speediest and most effectual care taken for preventing the ill-consequences of such misunderstandings, and to rake up the case before it comes to the utmost extremity. 3. The most proper method for preventing such misunderstandings, and for composing differences arising from such misunderstandings, is examination and inquiry into the cause with deliberation and meekness, that they may see where the difference lies, and take the best course for the composing of it. 4. It is a comfortable evidence of God's presence with a people to bless, defend, and prosper them when mistakes are removed, differences happily composed, and they are at union and peace among themselves. (John Williams, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh,WEB: Then Joshua called the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, |
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