What does Joshua 1:16 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go."
Verse Joshua 1:16. _ALL THAT THOU COMMANDEST US WE WILL DO_] Here they acknowledge the Divine mission of Joshua, as they had done that of Moses, and consequently promise to follow his directions in al...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE ENTRANCE OF THE PEOPLE INTO CANAAN AND THE CONFLICTS 1. The Entrance Commanded and Success Promised CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The Lord speaks to Joshua (Joshua 1:1)_ 2. Joshu...
I. JOSHUA'S COMMISSION; PREPARATION FOR THE PASSAGE OF THE JORDAN. This chapter does not call for much comment. It is, for the most part, an introduction to the whole book from a Deuteronomic writer....
ALL. whatsoever, as in Joshua 1:18....
The Command of Joshua to the People 10. _the officers_ Or, _Shoterim_. The word denotes (1) literally a "writer," or "scribe;" then (2) an overseer, in whose office were combined various duties, inclu...
_VER._ 16, 17. _AND THEY ANSWERED JOSHUA, SAYING, ALL THAT THOU COMMANDEST US, WE WILL DO,_ &C. _ACCORDING AS WE HEARKENED UNTO MOSES_— This is a very express acknowledgment of the divinity of Joshua'...
_Joshua's Instructions to the People Joshua 1:10-18_ 10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, 11 Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for wi...
_AND THEY ANSWERED JOSHUA, SAYING, ALL THAT THOU COMMANDEST US WE WILL DO, AND WHITHERSOEVER THOU SENDEST US, WE WILL GO._ All that thou commandest us we will do. Their readiness to redeem their pled...
JOSHUA BY DIVINE COMMISSION SUCCEEDS MOSES Joshua 1:1 to Joshua 5:12 record the preparations for the Holy War....
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. ABOUT THIS BOOK 1 LESSONS FROM THE BOOK OF JOSHUA...
THEY ANSWERED JOSHUA, SAYING, ALL THAT THOU COMMANDEST US WE WILL DO. — This promise of obedience may be taken as the reply of the whole people to Joshua’s orders, not that of the two and a half tribe...
וַֽ יַּעֲנ֔וּ אֶת ־יְהֹושֻׁ֖עַ לֵ אמֹ֑ר כֹּ֤ל אֲשֶׁר ־צִוִּיתָ֨נוּ֙ נַֽעֲשֶׂ֔ה וְ אֶֽל ־כָּל ־אֲשֶׁ֥ר...
CHAPTER VI. JOSHUA'S CHARGE TO THE PEOPLE. Joshua 1:10. GOD has spoken to Joshua; it is now Joshua's part to speak to the people. The crossing of the Jordan must be set about at once, and in earnes...
PROVISIONED AND UNITED FOR CONQUEST Joshua 1:10 It was enough that God had spoken and promised. Nothing more was necessary. Joshua took immediate steps, dictated by sanctified common-sense, to prepa...
In the Hebrew division of the Scriptures after the Torah or Law came the Prophets, divided into the Earlier Prophets and the Later Prophets. In this section the first Book is the Book of Joshua. Its c...
FAITH FROM AN UNLIKELY PLACE Joshua 1:10-18; Joshua 2:1-21 Joshua's first actions as a leader were designed to fulfill God's command to get ready to cross over Jordan (Joshua 1:2). Keil and Delitzsch...
The condition which had been made with those tribes we had settled; Numbers 32:1. The Lord grant that we may not, like those tribes, set up our rest on this side the land of promise. To go over to fig...
The book of Joshua naturally follows the five books of Moses, and indeed is connected more manifestly with those that go before it than might appear to an ordinary reader. It opens not with a mere par...
16._And they answered, _etc They not only acquiesce, but freely admit and explicitly detail the obedience which they owe. Our obligations are duly discharged only when we perform them cheerfully, and...
Let us apply ourselves now to the study of this book. The first chapter shews us Joshua placed in service by Jehovah who commands him to go over Jordan into the land which He had given to the children...
AND THEY ANSWERED JOSHUA,.... The two tribes of Gad and Reuben, and the half tribe of Manasseh, the heads of them, such as were deputed for that purpose, and were their mouths to him: SAYING, ALL THA...
And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go. Ver. 16. _And they answered._] Not the two tribes and half only, but the whole...
_And they answered_ Not the two tribes and a half only, but the officers of all the people, in their name, concurring with the divine appointment, by which Joshua was set over them. Thus must we swear...
_ [MOSES AGE, DEATH, AND SUCCESSOUR.]_ 1 The LORD appointeth Ioshua to succeede Moses. 3 The borders of the promised land. 5.9 God promiseth to assist Ioshua. 8 He giueth him instructions. 10 He p...
THE FIRST GENERAL ORDER OF JOSHUA...
THE LORD'S CHARGE TO JOSHUA (vv. 1-9) Since Moses had passed off the scene, the Lord now speaks directly to Joshua.Joshua had been prepared for leadership by his close association with Moses for ma...
16-18 The people of Israel engage to obey Joshua; All that thou commandest us to do we will readily do, without murmuring or disputing, and whithersoever thou sendest us we will go. The best we can as...
THEY ANSWERED, i.e. the Reubenites, &c., mentioned JOSHUA 1:12, to whom Joshua's discourse is confined, JOSHUA 1:13. No doubt the other tribes expressed the same thing; but this is only recorded conce...
Joshua 1:16 answered H6030 (H8799) Joshua H3091 saying H559 (H8800) command H6680 (H8765) do H6213 (H8799) wherever H834 send H7971 (H8799) go H3212 (H8799) Numbers 32:25; Deuteronomy 5:27;...
‘ And they answered Joshua, saying, “All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us, we will go.” Their response was excellent. They solemnly swore to put themselves under Joshua...
CONTENTS: Joshua's commission and command. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Joshua. CONCLUSION: Those who make the Word of God their rule and conscientiously walk by that rule will both do well and make grea...
Joshua 1:1. _The Lord spake to Joshua._ Messiah, the Angel of the covenant, called him anew, and encouraged him to enter on the conquest of the promised land. All gentile mythology is built on this fo...
_Ye shall pass before your brethren armed._ JOSHUA’S DEMAND FOR THE SERVICES OF THE TRANS-JORDANIC TRIBES In making this demand he declares their duty plainly, supports it with reasons, and enforces...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 1:14. All the mighty men] All of those selected for the campaign. About 40,000 passed over, leaving upwards of 70,000 effective men to guard the women and children. (Cf. chap....
EXPOSITION THE PEOPLE'S ANSWER.— JOSHUA 1:16 AND THEY ANSWERED JOSHUA, SAYING. We may compare this joyful willingness with the murmurings of the people in the wilderness, and their rebellion after t...
At this time you may be seated and we'll turn to the book of Joshua. Now it came to pass after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, that the Lord spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minis...
1 Peter 2:13; Deuteronomy 5:27; Numbers 32:25; Romans 13:1; Titus 3:1...
And they answered — Not the two tribes and an half only, but the officers of all the people, in their name, concurring with the divine appointment, by which Joshua was set over them. Thus must we swea...