What does Joshua 23:9 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"For the LORDd hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day."
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. Warnin...
MAN. Hebrew. _ish_. App-14....
_For the Lord_ He again reminds them of the true Source of their strength, and to Whom they were indebted for their late victories....
_VER._ 7-11. _THAT YE COME NOT AMONG THESE NATIONS,_ &C.— "Hold no familiarity; make no marriages with these idolatrous nations: never _make_ the least honourable _mention of the name of their_ false...
_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 r...
_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...
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...
NO MAN HATH BEEN ABLE TO STAND BEFORE YOU. — Comp. Joshua 1:5....
וַ יֹּ֤ורֶשׁ יְהוָה֙ מִ פְּנֵיכֶ֔ם גֹּויִ֖ם גְּדֹלִ֣ים וַ עֲצוּמִ֑ים וְ אַתֶּ֗ם לֹא ־עָ֤מַד אִישׁ֙...
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 John 13:1; John 14:1; Jo...
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...
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...
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...
9._For the Lord has driven out from before you, _etc He intimates that so long as they do not themselves change, there will certainly be no change on the part of God. Therefore he asserts that, provid...
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...
FOR THE LORD HATH DRIVEN OUT BEFORE YOU GREAT NATIONS AND STRONG,.... Especially as they were reckoned in those times, before any great monarchies had existed, as did afterwards; and indeed these were...
_For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but [as for] you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day._ Ver. 9. _For the Lord hath driven out._] He hath an...
_No man hath been able_, &c. To wit, whom you have attacked; otherwise some of those people did yet remain unconquered. _He fighteth_ Impute not this therefore to your own valour, as you will be apt t...
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...
THE URGENT EXHORTATION TO BE FAITHFUL TO THE LORD...
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 (v...
FOR THE LORD HATH DRIVEN OUT: Or, Then the LORD will drive...
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...
To wit, whom you have invaded; otherwise some of those people did yet remain unconquered....
Joshua 23:9 LORD H3068 out H3423 (H8686) before H6440 great H1419 strong H6099 nations H1471 one H376 stand H5975 (H8804) against H6440 day H3117 For the Lord - or, Then the Lord will drive, Joshua 2...
“ For YHWH has driven out before you great nations and strong, and as for you, no man has stood before you to this day.” Let the past teach them the lesson. They have defeated great and strong nation...
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. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, le...
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...
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...
Deuteronomy 11:23; Joshua 1:5; Joshua 1:8; Joshua 1:9; Joshua 15:14; Joshua 21:43; Joshua 21:44; Joshua 23:5...
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...
No man — To wit, whom you have invaded; otherwise some of those people did yet remain unconquered....