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Verse Joshua 23:2. _JOSHUA CALLED FOR ALL ISRAEL_] There are four
degrees of civil distinction mentioned here:
1. זקנים zekenim, the _elders_ or _senate_, the PRINCES of the
_tribes_.
2. ראשים rashi...
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ALL ISRAEL, AND FOR THEIR ELDERS - Omit “and,” which is not in the
Hebrew. The meaning is that Joshua summoned to him all Israel as
represented by its elders, etc. Deuteronomy 1:15. This gathering
pro...
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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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CALLED. Probably at Shiloh.
AND. Note the Figure of speech _Palysyndeton._ App-6....
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_called for all Israel_ Where we are not told. But perhaps at
Timnath-serah (Joshua 19:50), or possibly at Shiloh. On the occasion
of his second farewell discourse the tribes were convened at Shechem...
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_VER._ 2. _JOSHUA CALLED FOR ALL ISRAEL,_ &C.— That is, he convoked
them by their chief men, whose different quality is here specified:
the _elders,_ they who composed the great council of the nation,...
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_A Review of Joshua's Work Joshua 23:1-5_
And it came to pass a long time after that the Lord had given rest
unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old
and stricken in age....
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_AND JOSHUA CALLED FOR ALL ISRAEL, AND FOR THEIR ELDERS, AND FOR THEIR
HEADS, AND FOR THEIR JUDGES, AND FOR THEIR OFFICERS, AND SAID UNTO
THEM, I AM OLD AND STRICKEN IN AGE:_
Called for all Israel. T...
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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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JOSHUA CALLED FOR ALL ISRAEL (_i.e.,_ first)... FOR THEIR ELDERS...
HEADS... JUDGES, AND... OFFICERS. — The first “and” in the
English Version of this verse should be omitted.
AND SAID UNTO THEM... —...
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וַ יִּקְרָ֤א יְהֹושֻׁ֨עַ֙ לְ כָל
־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל...
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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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This preface to his discourse, is just what it should be, to call up
their attention. I said (says Elihu) days should speak, and multitude
of years teach wisdom. Job 32:7. Who suitable to speak of God...
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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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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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AND JOSHUA CALLED FOR ALL ISRAEL,.... Summoned them together, whether
at Timnathserah, his own city, he being old and infirm, and not able
to go elsewhere; or whether at Shechem, where it is plain the...
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And Joshua called for all Israel, [and] for their elders, and for
their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said
unto them, I am old [and] stricken in age:
Ver. 2. _I am old and...
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_A long time after the Lord had given rest unto Israel_ That is, about
fourteen years after the conquest of the country, and seven after the
division of it among the tribes: see Joshua 11:23; Joshua 1...
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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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And Joshua called for all Israel, in its representatives, AND FOR
THEIR ELDERS, AND FOR THEIR HEADS, AND FOR THEIR JUDGES, AND FOR THEIR
OFFICERS, the first designation being the general one, and the...
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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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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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JOSHUA CALLED; either to his own city, or rather to Shiloh, the usual
place of such assemblies, where his words being uttered before the
Lord, were likely to have the more effect upon them. FOR ALL IS...
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CHAPTER 23 JOSHUA'S SPEECH TO THE NATION.
Joshua grew old and, possibly at the central sanctuary when Israel
gathered together, or at Shechem, called the people together to give
an address to the nat...
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Joshua 23:1.
Joshua and St. John stand out as if in direct hostility to each other.
We know that the Book of Joshua must have been read by the Apostle in
his childhood, his manhood, his old age. Let...
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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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_JOSHUA’S FIRST FAREWELL ADDRESS_
CRITICAL NOTES.—
Joshua 23:1. A long time after that the Lord had given rest] Probably
the beginning of this period is to be reckoned from the time indicated
in chap...
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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 Chronicles 28:1; Acts 20:17; Deuteronomy 31:28; Joshua 24:1...
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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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Joshua called — Either to his own city, or rather to Shiloh, the
usual place of such assemblies, where his words being uttered before
the Lord, were likely to have the more effect upon them. All Israe...