_AND IT CAME TO PASS A LONG TIME AFTER THAT THE LORD HAD GIVEN REST UNTO ISRAEL FROM ALL THEIR ENEMIES ROUND ABOUT, THAT JOSHUA WAXED OLD AND STRICKEN IN AGE._ A long time after that the Lord had given rest unto Israel - about 14 years afar the conquest of Canaan, and 7 years after the distribution... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JOSHUA CALLED FOR ALL ISRAEL, AND FOR THEIR ELDERS, AND FOR THEIR HEADS, AND FOR THEIR JUDGES, AND FOR THEIR OFFICERS, AND SAID UNTO THEM, I AM OLD AND STRICKEN IN AGE:_ Called for all Israel. The clause which follows seems to restrict this general expression, as applicable only to the officer... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND YE HAVE SEEN ALL THAT THE LORD YOUR GOD HATH DONE UNTO ALL THESE NATIONS BECAUSE OF YOU; FOR THE LORD YOUR GOD IS HE THAT HATH FOUGHT FOR YOU._ Ye have seen all that the Lord your God hath done ... for you. The modesty and humility of Joshua are remarkably displayed at the commencement of this... [ Continue Reading ]
_BEHOLD, I HAVE DIVIDED UNTO YOU BY LOT THESE NATIONS THAT REMAIN, TO BE AN INHERITANCE FOR YOUR TRIBES, FROM JORDAN, WITH ALL THE NATIONS THAT I HAVE CUT OFF, EVEN UNTO THE GREAT SEA WESTWARD._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD YOUR GOD, HE SHALL EXPEL THEM FROM BEFORE YOU, AND DRIVE THEM FROM OUT OF YOUR SIGHT; AND YE SHALL POSSESS THEIR LAND, AS THE LORD YOUR GOD HATH PROMISED UNTO YOU._ The Lord your God, he shall expel them from before you ... The actual possessions which God had given were a pledge of t... [ Continue Reading ]
_BE YE THEREFORE VERY COURAGEOUS TO KEEP AND TO DO ALL THAT IS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE LAW OF MOSES, THAT YE TURN NOT ASIDE THEREFROM TO THE RIGHT HAND OR TO THE LEFT;_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_TAKE GOOD HEED THEREFORE UNTO YOURSELVES, THAT YE LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD._ Take good heed therefore ... that ye love the Lord your God. The sum of his exhortation is comprised in the love of God, which is the end or fulfillment of the law (Deuteronomy 6:5; Deuteronomy 11:13; Matthew 22:37).... [ Continue Reading ]
_ELSE IF YE DO IN ANY WISE GO BACK, AND CLEAVE UNTO THE REMNANT OF THESE NATIONS, EVEN THESE THAT REMAIN AMONG YOU, AND SHALL MAKE MARRIAGES WITH THEM, AND GO IN UNTO THEM, AND THEY TO YOU:_ Else, if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations. By 'going back' is meant t... [ Continue Reading ]