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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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MAN. Hebrew. _ish_. App-14....
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_For the Lord_ He again reminds them of the true Source of their
strength, and to Whom they were indebted for their late victories....
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_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...
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_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 ri...
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_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...
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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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NO MAN HATH BEEN ABLE TO STAND BEFORE YOU. — Comp. Joshua 1:5....
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וַ יֹּ֤ורֶשׁ יְהוָה֙ מִ פְּנֵיכֶ֔ם
גֹּויִ֖ם ג
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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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For the Lord hath driven out from before you great nations and strong,
Deuteronomy 4:38; BUT (or "and") AS FOR YOU, NO MAN HATH BEEN ABLE TO
STAND BEFORE YOU UNTO THIS DAY, the assistance of Jehovah m...
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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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FOR THE LORD HATH DRIVEN OUT:
Or, Then the LORD will drive...
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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...
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To wit, whom you have invaded; otherwise some of those people did yet
remain unconquered....
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Joshua 23:9 LORD H3068 out H3423 (H8686) before H6440 great H1419
strong H6099 nations H1471 one H376 stand...
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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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_Cleave unto the Lord your God, as ye have done unto this day._
THE NECESSITY OF EVERY ONE’S CLEAVING TO GOD WHO WISHES WELL TO THE
SUPPORT OF HIS COUNTRY
I. Sin has naturally in itself a tendency t...
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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 23:7. 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...
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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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Deuteronomy 11:23; Joshua 1:5; Joshua 1:8; Joshua 1:9; Joshua 15:14;...
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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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No man — To wit, whom you have invaded; otherwise some of those
people did yet remain unconquered....