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Verse Joshua 23:13. _THEY SHALL BE SNARES_] לפח _lephach_, a _net_
or _gin,_ set by the artful fowler to catch heedless birds.
_AND TRAPS_] מוקש _mokesh_, any snare, toil, or trap, placed on
the grou...
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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
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ANY OF THESE. Some codices, with four early printed editions, read
"all these".
THEY SHALL BE. Compare Exodus 23:33; Numbers 33:55.Deuteronomy 7:16....
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_snares_ The word thus rendered denotes (i) a net, trap-net,
especially of a fowler; (ii) a snare such as seizes and holds beasts
or men by the feet. Comp. Job 18:9, "the gin shall take him by the
hee...
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_VER._ 12, 13. _ELSE IF YE DO IN ANY WISE GO BACK,_ &C.— "But if, on
the contrary, ye are capable of starting aside from God, and of giving
way _in any manner_ to idolatry; if ye _cleave unto these na...
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_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...
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23:13 land (a-44) Lit. 'ground.'...
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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...
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COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES!
JOSHUA
_BRIAN ROWLANDS_
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CHAPTER 23
JOSHUA SAYS ‘GOODBYE’ TO HIS LEADERS – J...
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(12,13) IF YE... MAKE MARRIAGES WITH THEM... THE LORD YOUR GOD WILL NO
MORE DRIVE OUT. — The common-sense of this warning is manifest. The
God of Israel cannot treat as His enemies those whom Israel h...
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יָדֹ֨ועַ֙ תֵּֽדְע֔וּ כִּי֩ לֹ֨א
יֹוסִ֜יף יְהוָ֣ה...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out
[any of] these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and
traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your ...
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How closely connected sin is with its sure punishment. My backslidings
shall correct thee! The very thing which we lean upon for confidence
or comfort; that above every other evil, shall be sure to pi...
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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...
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_‘TAKE GOOD HEED!’_
‘Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the Lord
your God,’ etc.
Joshua 23:11
I. IN THIS SPEECH JOSHUA ONCE MORE PRESSED UPON THE PEOPLE THEIR TRUE
CHARACTER AS...
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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...
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KNOW FOR A CERTAINTY THAT THE LORD YOUR GOD WILL NO MORE DRIVE OUT
[ANY] OF THESE NATIONS FROM BEFORE YOU,.... Or, "knowing ye shall
know" r; or "know ye"; this may be taken for granted, or the fulles...
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Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out
[any of] these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and
traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your e...
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_If ye in any wise go back_ From God, and from his worship and
service. _They shall be snares and traps to you_ By your converse with
them, you will be drawn by degrees into their errors, and impietie...
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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...
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know for a certainty that the Lord, your God, will no more drive out
any of these nations from before you, an achievement which was
possible only with His assistance, BUT THEY SHALL BE SNARES AND TRAP...
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THE URGENT EXHORTATION TO BE FAITHFUL TO THE LORD...
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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...
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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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They shall be snares and traps unto you: by your indulgence to them,
and converse with them, you will be enticed and drawn by degrees into
their errors, and impieties, and brutish lusts. SCOURGES IN Y...
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Joshua 23:13 know H3045 (H8799) certain H3045 (H8800) LORD H3068 God
H430 longer H3254 (H8686) out...
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“ Or else if you in any way go back, and cleave to the remnant of
these nations, those who remain among you, and make marriages with
them, and go in to them, and they to you, know for a certainty that...
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Joshua 23:11
I. In this speech Joshua once more presses upon the people their true
character as the chosen people of the Lord God. He is able now to
appeal to facts in evidence of the truth which had...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Kings 11:4; 2 Kings 17:22; 2 Kings 17:23; 2 Kings 25:21; 2 Kin
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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...
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Traps to you — By your converse with them, you will be drawn by
degrees into their errors, and impieties, and brutish lusts. Thorns in
your eyes — When they have seduced, and thereby weakened you, the...