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Joshua 1:2

JOSHUA—NOTE ON Joshua 1:2 the land that I am giving to them. The promise first given to Abraham (Genesis 12:1) included three key elements: family (Abraham’s descendants would become a great nation); blessing (Abraham’s descendants would enjoy the blessings of covenant relationship with the Lord and would in turn be a blessing to the nations); and land (Genesis 12:1, Genesis 12:5; Genesis 15:18). The dominant theme of the book of Joshua 1:1 is the Lord’s faithfulness in fulfilling all his “good promises” (Joshua 21:45), especially the promise of land (Joshua 1:6; Joshua 21:43).

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Joshua 1:2. _MOSES MY SERVANT_] The word, servant, as applied both to Moses and Joshua, is to be understood in a very peculiar sense. It signifies God's _prime minister_, the person by whom he i...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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....

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    MOSES MY SERVANT. See note on Numbers 12:7; Numbers 12:8. IS DEAD. Compare John 1:17; Romans 7:1. I DO GIVE. I, even I, am giving....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Moses my servant_ Comp. Deuteronomy 34:5. The highest possible title under the theocracy. Joshua as yet is but the "attendant" of Moses. The higher title is given him in Joshua 24:29. _this Jordan_ o...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 2. _MOSES MY SERVANT IS DEAD; NOW THEREFORE ARISE, GO OVER THIS JORDAN,_ &C.— The camp of the Israelites rested at Shittim near Jordan, in sight of the land of Canaan, during all the time they...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    מֹשֶׁ֥ה עַבְדִּ֖י מֵ֑ת וְ עַתָּה֩ ק֨וּם עֲבֹ֜

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER III. A SUCCESSOR TO MOSES. Joshua 1:2. THERE are some men to whom it is almost impossible to find successors. Men of imperial mould; nature's primates, head and shoulders above other men, bo...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Jonathan Edwards' Notes On The Scriptures

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • KJV Original Language Details

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Now therefore arise — Let not the withering of the most useful hands be the weakening of ours. When God has work to do, he will either find or make instruments fit to carry it on. Moses the servant is...

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