| Joshua 22:10
| And when they were come to the banks of the Jordan, in the land of Chanaan, they built an altar immensely great near the Jordan.
| Banks. Hebrew Goliluth, which is (chap. 13:2, etc.) rendered Galilee, Galgal, "limits," etc. (Haydock) --- Chanaan, consequently on the western banks. Vatable, however, says that the eastern country went sometimes by this name, on account of the Amorrhites having dwelt in it. Josephus ([Antiquities?] 5:1.) and the Jews affirm, that the altar was built on that side; and it seems natural that these tribes would erect it in their own territories, for the benefit of their children. (Calmet) --- The effect would nevertheless have been equal, on which side soever it appeared, as the Jordan was not so broad but they might see over. (Haydock) --- Immensely. Hebrew, "a great altar to be seen," like those heaps which Bacchus and Alexander raised to perpetuate the memory of their victories. (Pliny, [Natural History?] 6:16.)
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