Joshua 1:3

_EVERY PLACE THAT THE SOLE OF YOUR FOOT SHALL TREAD UPON, THAT HAVE I GIVEN UNTO YOU, AS I SAID UNTO MOSES._ Every place, of course, means, not universal dominion, but only the territory comprised within the boundaries here described (see the note at Deuteronomy 19:8). AS I SAID UNTO MOSES, (see the note at Deuteronomy 11:24, cf. Exodus 23:30)....

1-4 Joshua had attended upon Moses. He who was called to honour, had been long used to business. Our Lord Jesus took upon him the form of a servant. Joshua was trained up under command. Those are fittest to rule, who have learned to obey. The removal of useful men should quicken survivors to be the more diligent in doing good. Arise, go over Jordan. At this place and at this time the banks were overflowed. Joshua had no bridge or boats, and yet he must believe that God, having ordered the people over, would open a way....

Verse Joshua 1:3. _THE SOLE OF YOUR FOOT SHALT TREAD UPON_] That is, the whole land occupied by the seven Canaanitish nations, and as far as the Euphrates on the _east_; for this was certainly the utmost of the grant now made to them; and all that was included in what is termed the _promised land_, the boundaries of which have already been defined. See Deuteronomy 34:1, and see Joshua 1:4 below. It has been supposed that the words, _Every place that the sole of your foot_ _shall tread upon_, were intended to express the _ease_ with which they were to conquer the whole land, an instance of which occurs in the taking of Jericho. It was only their unfaithfulness to God that rendered the conquest in an...

EXPOSITION JOSHUA'S COMMISSION.— JOSHUA 1:1 NOW AFTER THE DEATH OF MOSES. The form of the Hebrew is the usual historical one for the continuation of a narrative before commenced. The Book of Joshua is thus shown to be, and to be intended to be, a continuation of the Book of Deuteronomy, which ends with the death of Moses (see Speaker's Commentary _in loc). _This link of connection is lost in the English version. The question forces itself upon the critic, At what time was this consecutive narrative written, as is admitted, in various styles, in the language of obviously distinct periods—first composed and palmed off upon the Jews as the genuine work of a writer contemporary, or nearly contemporary, with the events he describes? THE SERVANT OF THE LORD. This term (Keil) is applied

EVERY PLACE THAT THE SOLE OF YOUR FEET SHALL TREAD UPON,.... That is, in the land of Canaan: THAT HAVE I GIVEN UNTO YOU, AS I SAID UNTO MOSES: Deuteronomy 11:24; though the Jews extend this to all without the land subdued by them, and even to all the countries they now tread on, and are exiles in; but the limits of what the Lord gave them are fixed in Joshua 1:4....

EVERY PLACE The law of appropriation. God gives, but we must take....

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. Joshua speaks to the people (Joshua 1:10) 3. The answer of the people (Joshua 1:16) The little word “now” with which this book begins is in the Hebrew “and.” It links the book with Deuteronomy and the other books of the Pentateuch. It also shows that the previous books were in existence, for the mention of Moses, his death, and Joshua, the minister of Moses, presupposes that the reader knows all about them. But there is a stronger evidence in the eighth verse of the chapter, that the Pentateuch

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. There may have been a Deuteronomic account of the conquest of the land which the compiler of our book used, but more probably the old narrative of JE was taken over by the Deuteronomist, who managed to superimpose his own views by means of an introduction and various additions. These additions are very considerable; hardly any Chapter s have escaped. JOSHUA 1:4. The boundaries of the land are strangely indicated, AND the passage should no doubt read, From the wilderness in the south to Lebanon; and from the river Euphrates to the western sea (_i.e._ the Mediterranean) shall be your border or rather, territory. In reality, the kingdom never extended as far as this from E. to W.

AS. according as. Compare Deuteronomy 11:24. SAID UNTO MOSES. Compare Deuteronomy 11:24.Deuteronomy 14:9....

_as I said unto Moses_ Comp. Deuteronomy 11:24; Joshua 14:9....