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Verse Joshua 23:12. _ELSE IF YE DO - GO BACK_] The soldier who draws
back when going to meet the enemy, forfeits his life. These were the
Lord's soldiers, and if they drew back they drew back unto
_pe...
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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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ELSE. The Hebrew accent (Legarmeh) puts the pause or emphasis on this
word, as marking the solemn alternative....
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_if ye do_ "If ye do in any wise turn back, and cleave to the remnant
of these nations, these that remain with you, and make marriages with
them, and ye come among them, and they among you, know for a...
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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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_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
MARRIAGES WITH THEM, AND GO IN UNTO THEM, AND THEY TO YOU:_
Else, if...
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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_
Maps to help you to study this book are on the Internet at
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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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כִּ֣י ׀ אִם ־שֹׁ֣וב תָּשׁ֗וּבוּ וּ
דְבַקְתֶּם֙...
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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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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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12._Else if you do in any wise go back, _etc According to the usual
method observed in the Law, he adds threatening, in order that if they
are not sufficiently allured by the divine goodness, they may...
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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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ELSE IF YE DO IN ANY WISE GO BACK,.... From the Lord and his worship,
from his word and ordinances:
AND CLEAVE UNTO THE REMNANT OF THESE NATIONS, [EVEN] THOSE THAT REMAIN
AMONG YOU; in cities not tak...
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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
marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:
Ver. 12....
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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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THE URGENT EXHORTATION TO BE FAITHFUL TO THE LORD...
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Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of
these nations, be joined to them in friendship and affection, EVEN
THESE THAT REMAIN AMONG YOU, AND SHALL MAKE MARRIAGES WITH THEM, th...
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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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IF YE GO BACK, from God, and from his worship and service. GO IN UNTO
THEM; the phrase notes the matrimonial act....
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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 John 2:9; 1 Kings 11:2; 1 Kings 11:4; 1 Samuel 18:1; 2 Corint
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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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Go back — From God, and from his worship and service....