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Verse Joshua 23:6. _BE YE THEREFORE VERY COURAGEOUS TO KEEP AND TO DO,
C._] It requires no small courage to keep a sound _creed_ in the midst
of _scoffers_, and not less to maintain a godly _practice_...
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2. JOSHUA'S TWO ADDRESSES
The First Address
CHAPTER 23
_ 1. The people gathered (Joshua 23:1)_
2. God's faithfulness remembered (Joshua 23:3)
3. Exhortations to obedience (Joshua 23:6)
4. Warni
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THE BOOK OF THE LAW. See note on Exodus 17:14, and App-47.
THAT YE TURN NOT. Compare Deuteronomy 5:32; Deuteronomy 28:14....
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_Be ye therefore very courageous_ Joshua exhorts them to bravery and
constancy in the same terms as he had been exhorted himself. See
above, Joshua 1:7....
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_Promises of Blessings for Obedience Joshua 23:6-11_
6 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 ri...
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_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...
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THE FIRST FAREWELL ADDRESS OF JOSHUA
This discourse was probably delivered at Shiloh or Timnath-Serah.
Unlike the Second Discourse, which is mainly a historical retrospect,
it dwells chiefly upon the...
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COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES!
JOSHUA
_BRIAN ROWLANDS_
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CHAPTER 23
JOSHUA SAYS ‘GOODBYE’ TO HIS LEADERS – J...
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BE YE THEREFORE VERY COURAGEOUS TO KEEP AND TO DO ALL THAT IS WRITTEN
IN THE BOOK OF THE LAW OF MOSES. — As Joshua was the servant of the
law himself, so must his successors be. No higher position was...
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וַ חֲזַקְתֶּ֣ם מְאֹ֔ד לִ שְׁמֹ֣ר וְ לַ
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CHAPTER XXXI.
JEHOVAH THE CHAMPION OF ISRAEL.
Joshua 23:1.
THE last two Chapter s of Joshua are very like each other. Each
professes to be a report of the aged leader's farewell meeting with
the hea...
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JOSHUA'S FAREWELL ADDRESS
Joshua 23:1
Joshua's anxiety for the welfare of his people after his death has New
Testament parallels. See Acts 20:29; 2 Peter 1:13; and especially...
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As the time approached for Joshua's passing, he twice gathered the
people together and delivered to them his farewell messages.
The first of these is contained in this chapter. Its burden was of the...
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As Joshua neared the end of his life, he called for all the leaders of
the people to meet with him. He reminded them that it was God who
fought for them in the conquest of the land. How else could the...
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The holy jealousy which the man of God so warmly and affectionately
recommended, may serve to teach us, with what circumspection believers
in Jesus ought to walk amidst the swarm of vanities, with whi...
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In the wars of Jehovah it was not always a question of hostile power.
Indeed this is not the most serious evil which the people of God have
to encounter in this world. The very same principle which wa...
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6._Be you therefore very courageous, _etc He now shows them the mode
of conquering, — not to indulge gross security, as too often
happens, as a substitute for genuine confidence. He affirms that God
w...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 12 THROUGH 24.
Chapter 12 is only a summary of their conquests. The Holy Ghost not
only gives us the victory over our enemies, but makes us understand
and kno...
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BE YE THEREFORE VERY COURAGEOUS TO KEEP AND TO DO ALL THAT IS WRITTEN
IN THE BOOK OF THE LAW OF MOSES,.... To observe which required
spiritual strength, fortitude of mind, a holy courage, a firm and
f...
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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;
Ver. 6. _Be ye therefore...
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1 Ioshuas exhortation before his death,
3 by former benefits,
5 by promises,
11 and by threatnings.
1 AND it came to passe, a long time after that the LORD had giuen rest
vnto Israel from all thei...
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Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written
in the Book of the Law of Moses, for that was the condition of the
covenant upon which the Lord insisted, THAT YE TURN NOT ASIDE
T...
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THE URGENT EXHORTATION TO BE FAITHFUL TO THE LORD...
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AN APPEAL ON THE BASIS OF GOD'S FAITHFULNESS
(vs.1-16)
Many years had passed now that Joshua calls for all Israel, elders,
heads, judges and officers, and tells them he is old and advanced in
age (vs...
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1-10 Joshua was old and dying, let them observe what he said now. He
put them in mind of the great things God had done for them in his
days. He exhorted them to be very courageous. Keep with care, do...
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BE YE THEREFORE VERY COURAGEOUS; for it will require great courage and
resolution to execute all the commands of Moses, and particularly that
of expelling and destroying the residue of the Canaanites....
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Joshua 23:6 very H3966 courageous H2388 (H8804) keep H8104 (H8800) do
H6213 (H8800) written H3789 ...
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“ Therefore be very courageous to keep and to do all that is written
in the book of the law of Moses, that you turn not aside from it, to
the right hand or to the left.”
Here was the condition, obedie...
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CONTENTS: Last counsels of Joshua.
CHARACTERS: God, Joshua.
CONCLUSION: As all good things come upon the believer according to the
promise, so long as we have kept close to God, so all evil things w...
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Joshua 23:7. _Neither make mention of the name of their gods._ This
prohibition is often repeated, and it involves mythology in
difficulties. The LXX had authorities for saying, Joshua 24:33, that
the...
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_Be ye therefore very courageous._
ON CHRISTIAN COURAGE
In the first place, in your relation with your fellow-creatures, in
your intercourse with the world, it requires much courage and
resolution to...
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_I am old and stricken in age: and ye have seen all that the Lord your
God hath done._
OLD AGE
As in the snowy realms of the Alps lovely flowers open their cheerful
petals to the sky, so, notwithsta...
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JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 23:1 The next generation of leaders is charged
in terms echoing the charge to Joshua in ch. Joshua 1:1....
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Joshua 23:7. That ye come not among these nations] They were not to
form with the Canaanites any civil or social alliances. The word
rendered “come” indicates close and familiar inte...
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EXPOSITION
JOSHUA'S SOLEMN CHARGE.—
JOSHUA 23:1
WAXED OLD AND STRICKEN IN AGE. Literally, _was old, advanced in days
_(see Joshua 13:1). But this refers to a more advanced age still, when
the patria...
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In chapter twenty-three,
It came to pass a long time after that the Lord had given rest to
Israel (Joshua 23:1)
A long time, being about seventeen years. So from the time that they
conquered the lan...
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1 Corinthians 16:13; Deuteronomy 12:32; Deuteronomy 17:20; Deuteronomy
28:14;...
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HALLOWED REMINISCENCES
Joshua 23:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. A glorious rest. Our study opens with very striking words: "And it
came to pass a long time after that the Lord had given rest unto
Israel f...
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Very courageous — For it will require great courage and resolution
to execute all the commands of Moses, and particularly, that of
expelling and destroying the residue of the Canaanites. The right han...