Joshua 22:5

_BUT TAKE DILIGENT HEED TO DO THE COMMANDMENT AND THE LAW, WHICH MOSES THE SERVANT OF THE LORD CHARGED YOU, TO LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND TO WALK IN ALL HIS WAYS, AND TO KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS, AND TO CLEAVE UNTO HIM, AND TO SERVE HIM WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL._ No JFB commentary on these verses....

5._But take diligent heed, _etc He thus releases and frees them from temporary service, that he may bind them for ever to the authority of the one true God. He therefore permits them to return home, but on the condition that wherever they may be they are to be the soldiers of God; and he at the same time prescribes the mode, namely, the observance of his Law. But since such is the vanity and inconstancy of the human mind, that religion easily fades away from the heart, while carelessness and contempt creep in, he requires of them zeal and diligence in executing the Law. He calls it the Law of Moses, that they may not be carried to and fro by airy speculations, but remain fixed in the doctrine which they had learned from the faithful servant of God. He touches also on the end and sum of the Law, love to God, and adherence to him, because outward worship would otherwise be of little value....

1-9 Joshua dismisses the tribes with good counsel. Those who have the commandment have it in vain, unless they do the commandment; and it will not be done aright unless we take diligent heed. In particular to love the Lord our God, as the best of beings, and the best of friends; and as far as that principle rules in the heart, there will be constant care and endeavour to walk in his ways, even those that are narrow and up-hill. In every instance to keep his commandments. At all times, and in all conditions, with purpose of heart to cleave unto the Lord, and to serve him and his kingdom among men, with all our heart, and with all our soul. This good counsel is given to all; may God give us grace to take it!...

Verse Joshua 22:5. _BUT TAKE DILIGENT HEED, C._] Let us examine the force of this excellent advice they must ever _consider_ that their prosperity and continued possession of the land depended on their fidelity and obedience to God; to this they must _take diligent_ _heed_. _DO THE COMMANDMENT_] They must pay the strictest regard to every _moral_ precept. _AND THE LAW_] They must observe all the _rites_ and _ceremonies_ of their holy religion. _LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD_] Without an affectionate filial attachment to their Maker, duty would be irksome, grievous, and impossible. _WALK IN ALL HIS WAYS_] They must not only _believe_ and _love_, but _obey_: walk not in _your own ways_, but walk in those which GOD has pointed out....

EXPOSITION JOSHUA 22:1 THE REUBENITES AND THE GADITES. According to the Hebrew idiom, these are in the original in the singular, as in Genesis 12:6. Thus a tribe, as has been before remarked, or even a family (Joshua 6:25), is spoken of frequently as a single individual (cf. Joshua 17:14, Joshua 17:15, Joshua 17:17, Joshua 17:18). It seems prob

BUT TAKE DILIGENT HEED TO DO THE COMMANDMENT AND THE LAW,.... The ten commandments, and all other laws, both ceremonial and civil: WHICH MOSES THE SERVANT OF THE LORD CHARGED YOU; in the name of the Lord, to keep and observe: TO LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD; of which keeping the commands of God is an evidence, and which is the true principle and motive of hearty, sincere, and cheerful obedience to them: AND TO WALK IN ALL HIS WAYS; which he has prescribed, all his ways of worship, paths of duty, faith, truth, holiness, and righteousness: AND TO KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS; whether moral, ceremonial, or judicial: whether of natural and moral obligation, or of positive institution: AND TO CLEAVE UNTO HIM; and not depart from his ways, worship, word, and ordinances: AND TO SERVE HIM WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL: in the most strict and affectionate manner. Th

III. THE FINAL WORDS OF JOSHUA AND THE EPILOGUE 1. The Two and One-half Tribes and the Altar Ed CHAPTER 22 _ 1. Joshua's address (Joshua 22:1)_ 2. The tribes dismissed and their return (Joshua 22:7) 3. The great altar erected (Joshua 22:10) 4. War proposed (Joshua 22:11) 5. The mission of Phinehas and the explanation (Joshua 22:13) 6. The explanation accepted (Joshua 22:30) 7. The altar Ed ...

JOSHUA 21:43 TO JOSHUA 22:8. YAHWEH'S PROMISE OF CONQUEST COMPLETELY FULFILLED, SO THAT THE E. JORDAN TRIBES ARE SET FREE TO RETURN HOME. We have here the introduction to the last section of our book. The land has now, according to the Deuteronomist, been conquered and divided amongst the 9½ tribes; consequently the 2½ tribes, having fulfilled their duty, are dismissed with thanks to their own possessions on the other side of the Jordan....

AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6) in this verse. SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh_. App-13....

_But take diligent heed_ "Se onli that зe kepen attentifly." Wyclif. In their natural isola tion in their eastern homes from their brethren of the west, it was above all things necessary that they should remember Him from whom their success and prosperity had proceeded. Comp. the counsels of Moses, Deuteronomy 6:6; Deuteronomy 6:17; Deuteronomy 11:22....