When ye have (h) transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.
(h) He shows that no evil can come to man, except he offend God by disobedience.
Verse Joshua 23:16. _YE SHALL PERISH QUICKLY FROM OFF THE GOOD LAND_] The following note from Mr. John Trapp is very judicious: "This judgment Joshua inculcates Joshua 23:13; Joshua 23:15, and here,...
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
_ye shall perish_ The latter part of this 16th verse occurs word for word in Deuteronomy 11:17....
_Warnings of Punishments for Disobedience Joshua 23:12-16_ 12 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 marriage...
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...
COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES! JOSHUA _BRIAN ROWLANDS_ Maps to help you to study this book are on the Internet at www.easyenglish.info. CHAPTER 23 JOSHUA SAYS ‘GOODBYE’ TO HIS LEADERS – J...
The resemblance between this verse and an exhortation in Deuteronomy should be noticed, Joshua 11:16, “Take heed to yourselves, lest... ye turn aside and serve other gods and worship them; and then th...
בְּ֠ עָבְרְכֶם אֶת ־בְּרִ֨ית יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם֮...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_And speedily. This word is added to express the force of the Hebrew term. (Menochius) --- "Punishment is seldom lame in overtaking the wicked. (Haydock) --- This. He emphatically sets before them wha...
REFLECTIONS BLESSED Jesus! In the close of Joshua's ministry and labours, I see that all things and all men come to an end. But though Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and Joshua must die, yet thou...
The man of God makes use of the same argument again, of his old age and dying circumstances, to enforce all he had said. Not to endear his memory to them. Not to have a monument erected of his valour...
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...
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...
WHEN YE HAVE TRANSGRESSED THE COVENANT OF THE LORD YOUR GOD, WHICH HE COMMANDED YOU,.... The law, so called, and the several precepts of it, particularly those which relate to the faith and worship o...
When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled agai...
_Ye shall perish quickly from off the good land_ It would aggravate their misery in their destruction, that the land from which they perished was a good land, and a land which God himself had given th...
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...
When ye have transgressed the covenant of the Lord, your God, which He commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, for faithfulness to Jehovah was the essence of the covenant, AND BOWED YOURSE...
AN EARNEST WARNING...
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...
11-16 Would we cleave to the Lord, we must always stand upon our guard, for many a soul is lost through carelessness. Love the Lord your God, and you will not leave him. Has God been thus true to you...
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“When you transgress the covenant of YHWH your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow down yourselves to them, then the anger of YHWH will be kindled against you, and you wi...
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...
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...
_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...
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....
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 23:15 Key Mosaic descriptions of blessings and curses are in Leviticus 26:14 and...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 23:11. Take good heed therefore unto yourselves] _Marg_., “unto your souls.” “Take heed with all your soul;” so _Winer_ and _Ges_., quoted by _Keil_, who adds, The form is use...
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...
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...
2 Kings 24:20; Joshua 23:13...
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...
It will aggravate their perdition, that the land from which they shall perish is a good land, and a land which God himself had given them: and which therefore he would have secured to them, if they ha...
Was God’s promise of the land to Israel conditional or unconditional? PROBLEM: When God gave the Promised Land to Abraham (Gen. 12–15), Isaac (Genesis 26), and Jacob (Genesis 46), there were no condit...