Joshua 24:1-13
A Review of God's Mercies... [ Continue Reading ]
A Review of God's Mercies... [ Continue Reading ]
And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, a gigantic assembly of people in the place which was hallowed by so many memories, ever since the time of Abraham, AND CALLED FOR THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL, AND FOR THEIR HEADS, AND FOR THEIR JUDGES, AND FOR THEIR OFFICERS, Joshua 23:2; AND THEY PR... [ Continue Reading ]
And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, as whose representative Joshua was here addressing the people, YOUR FATHERS, progenitors, DWELT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FLOOD, of the great stream Euphrates, IN OLD TIME, EVEN TERAH, THE FATHER OF ABRAHAM, AND THE FATHER OF NAC... [ Continue Reading ]
And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, the great river Euphrates, out of these dangerous surroundings, AND LED HIM THROUGHOUT ALL THE LAND OF CANAAN, AND MULTIPLIED HIS SEED, AND GAVE HIM ISAAC, in making true the promise concerning his great progeny.... [ Continue Reading ]
And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau, Genesis 25:24; AND I GAVE UNTO ESAU MOUNT SEIR TO POSSESS IT, Genesis 36:8; Deuteronomy 2:5; BUT JACOB AND HIS CHILDREN WENT DOWN INTO EGYPT, Genesis 46:1; Genesis 46:6. Thus everything was prepared for the second great proof of God's mercy, the miraculous deliv... [ Continue Reading ]
I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them, in the matter of the great plagues, Exodus 7-10; AND AFTERWARD I BROUGHT YOU OUT, Exodus 12.... [ Continue Reading ]
And I brought your fathers out of Egypt, Exodus 12:51; AND YE CAME UNTO THE SEA, the Red Sea, Exodus 14:2; AND THE EGYPTIANS PURSUED AFTER YOUR FATHERS WITH CHARIOTS AND HORSEMEN UNTO THE RED SEA, Exodus 14:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
And when they cried unto the Lord, He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, Exodus 14:10, AND BROUGHT THE SEA UPON THEM, AND COVERED THEM, Exodus 14:27; AND YOUR EYES HAVE SEEN WHAT I HAVE DONE IN EGYPT, in punishing both the land and the people; AND YE DWELT IN THE WILDERNESS A LONG SEASON, f... [ Continue Reading ]
And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, this one name standing for all the heathen nations, but here designating the two branches of this nation dwelling east of Jordan, WHICH DWELT ON THE OTHER SIDE JORDAN; AND THEY FOUGHT WITH YOU, the armies of Sihon and of Og, Numbers 21:21; AND I GAVE... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Balak, the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, he made ready for a campaign against Israel, in case he could get Balaam to curse the invaders, AND SENT AND CALLED BALAAM, THE SON OF BEOR, TO CURSE YOU, Numbers 22:5, since he lacked the courage to attack Israel outright... [ Continue Reading ]
but I would not hearken unto Balaam, Jehovah frustrated the evil intentions of the soothsayer; THEREFORE HE BLESSED YOU STILL, in spite of himself; SO I DELIVERED YOU OUT OF HIS HAND. Thus were the plans of Balak overthrown and everything made ready for the fourth proof of God's favor, the conquest... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye went over Jordan, by a miraculous passage, Joshua 3:14, AND CAME UNTO JERICHO; AND THE MEN OF JERICHO FOUGHT AGAINST YOU, Joshua 6:1, and not only they, but also THE AMORITES, AND THE PERIZZITES, AND THE CANAANITES, AND THE HITTITES, AND THE GIRGASHITES, THE HIVITES, AND THE JEBUSITES, Joshua... [ Continue Reading ]
And I sent the hornet before you, in terrifying the nations of the land, Exodus 23:28; Deuteronomy 7:20, WHICH DRAVE THEM OUT FROM BEFORE YOU, EVEN THE TWO KINGS OF THE AMORITES, Sihon and Og, as representatives of the entire heathen host; BUT NOT WITH THY SWORD NOR WITH THY BOW, for it was not Isra... [ Continue Reading ]
And I have given you a land for which ye did not labor, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and olive-yards which ye planted not do ye eat. Thus Israel, without any merit on its part, through God's goodness and merciful kindness alone, had received a glorious land,... [ Continue Reading ]
Now, therefore, with all these blessings and merciful kindnesses in mind, FEAR THE LORD, AND SERVE HIM IN SINCERITY AND IN TRUTH, without all pretense and feigned devotion, for all hypocrisy and false piety is an abomination in the sight of the Lord; AND PUT AWAY THE GODS WHICH YOUR FATHERS SERVED O... [ Continue Reading ]
THE EXACTION OF THE PROMISE TO BE FAITHFUL... [ Continue Reading ]
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, for true service requires the conviction of the heart, CHOOSE YOU THIS DAY WHOM YE WILL SERVE, WHETHER THE GODS WHICH YOUR FATHERS SERVED THAT WERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FLOOD, beyond Euphrates, OR THE GODS OF THE AMORITES, the Canaanitish nations,... [ Continue Reading ]
And the people, evidently deeply affected by Joshua's fervent sincerity, ANSWERED AND SAID, GOD FORBID THAT WE SHOULD FORSAKE THE LORD TO SERVE OTHER GODS, the very idea of such apostasy was far from their minds;... [ Continue Reading ]
for the Lord, our God, He it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, as the Lord had reminded them in the address of Joshua, AND AMONG ALL THE PEOPLE THRO... [ Continue Reading ]
and the Lord drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land, as they here gratefully acknowledge; THEREFORE WILL WE ALSO SERVE THE LORD, FOR HE IS OUR GOD. They turn from the service of other gods with every indication of extreme loathing, of deep aversion.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Joshua said unto the people, in testing the sincerity of their position, YE CANNOT SERVE THE LORD, that is, not without His assistance, for He it is who must work both to will and to do; FOR HE IS AN HOLY GOD; HE IS A JEALOUS GOD, Exodus 19:6; Exodus 20:5; HE WILL NOT FORGIVE YOUR TRANSGRESSIONS... [ Continue Reading ]
If ye forsake the Lord and serve strange gods, Genesis 35:4, THEN HE WILL TURN, assume an entirely different attitude toward them, AND DO YOU HURT AND CONSUME YOU AFTER THAT HE HATH DONE YOU GOOD. Jehovah demands unwavering loyalty, steadfast allegiance.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the Lord. They persist in their determination and uphold their resolution.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves, their declaration would serve as a testimony against them, THAT YE HAVE CHOSEN YOU THE LORD TO SERVE HIM. AND THEY SAID, WE ARE WITNESSES. They fully agreed to all that Joshua had said.... [ Continue Reading ]
Now, therefore, put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, even the last remnant of idolatrous superstition, AND INCLINE YOUR HEART UNTO THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL, who demands all the heart, all the soul, and all the mind in His service.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the people said unto Joshua, The Lord, our God, will we serve, and His voice will we obey. It was the third solemn assurance of loyalty and obedience.... [ Continue Reading ]
So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, in exacting this promise from them, AND SET THEM A STATUTE AND AN ORDINANCE IN SHECHEM. It was a second renewal of the covenant made with Israel on Mount Sinai, Exodus 19:20. It is a great and serious thing to serve the Lord, a matter which no man... [ Continue Reading ]
And Joshua wrote these words, the entire account of the renewal of the covenant, IN THE BOOK OF THE LAW OF GOD, as an addition to the law-book of Moses, AND TOOK A GREAT STONE, AND SET IT UP THERE UNDER AN OAK THAT WAS BY THE SANCTUARY OF THE LORD, in the space consecrated by the altars of Abraham a... [ Continue Reading ]
Joshua's Death and Burial... [ Continue Reading ]
And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness, a monument and memorial, UNTO US; FOR IT HATH HEARD ALL THE WORDS OF THE LORD WHICH HE SPAKE UNTO US, during the meeting which had gone before; IT SHALL BE THEREFORE A WITNESS UNTO YOU, LEST YE DENY YOUR GOD, it would always... [ Continue Reading ]
So Joshua let the people depart; every man unto his inheritance, to his possession in the section of the country allotted to his tribe.... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass after these things that Joshua, the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, as he is now also called in recognition of his loyalty to Jehovah, DIED, BEING AN HUNDRED AND TEN YEARS OLD, as his progenitor, the patriarch Joseph, before him.... [ Continue Reading ]
And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which is in Mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash, evidently a well-known hill at that time, Judges 2:9; 2 Samuel 23:30.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, literally, "whose days extended beyond those of Joshua," AND WHICH HAD KNOWN ALL THE WORKS OF THE LORD THAT HE HAD DONE FOR ISRAEL. The experiences which these men had gone through in their youth... [ Continue Reading ]
And the bones of Joseph which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt buried they in Shechem, Genesis 50:25. IN A PARCEL OF GROUND WHICH JACOB BOUGHT OF THE SONS OF HAMOR, THE FATHER OF SHECHEM, FOR AN HUNDRED PIECES OF SILVER, Genesis 33:19; AND IT BECAME THE INHERITANCE OF THE CHILDREN OF J... [ Continue Reading ]
And Eleazar, the son of Aaron, died, the second high priest whom Israel had had; AND THEY BURLED HIM IN A HILL THAT PERTAINED TO PHINEHAS, HIS SON, that is, at Gibeah-Phinehas, a city in central Canaan, WHICH WAS GIVEN HIM IN MOUNT EPHRAIM. Thus the righteous, enter into their reward and rest in the... [ Continue Reading ]