Joshua 23 - Introduction
_JOSHUA'S EXHORTATION TO THE ISRAELITES BEFORE HIS DEATH._ _Before Christ 1435._... [ Continue Reading ]
_JOSHUA'S EXHORTATION TO THE ISRAELITES BEFORE HIS DEATH._ _Before Christ 1435._... [ Continue Reading ]
_VER._ 1. _AND IT CAME TO PASS A LONG TIME AFTER,_ &C.— That is to say, fourteen years after the conquest of the land of Canaan, and seven after the division of the country among the tribes. See ch. Judges 11:23 Joshua 14:10. Dr. Wells is of opinion, that the assembly here mentioned met at Shiloh be... [ Continue Reading ]
_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, afterwards called the _Sanhedrin;_ the _heads_ of tribes and families; the _judges,_ or city magist... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 _gods_ in your conversation, nor _cause_ any one _to swear_ by those idols, nor _serve them_ yoursel... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 nations,_ and communicate with them in their errors; if ye _enter_ into any alliances, or mix yourselv... [ Continue Reading ]