Joshua 24:1
TO SHECHEM] the scene of the blessings and cursings of chapter Joshua 8:30. It is here hallowed afresh by a solemn renewal of the Covenant (Joshua 24:25).... [ Continue Reading ]
TO SHECHEM] the scene of the blessings and cursings of chapter Joshua 8:30. It is here hallowed afresh by a solemn renewal of the Covenant (Joshua 24:25).... [ Continue Reading ]
JOSHUA'S SECOND AND FINAL FAREWELL This discourse (Joshua 24:1), with Israel's response (Joshua 24:16), and consequent renewal of the Covenant (Joshua 24:25), occupies the bulk of the chapter. The book is then brought to a conclusion in three short paragraphs, recording (_a_) the death and burial o... [ Continue Reading ]
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FLOOD] RV 'from beyond the River,' i.e. Euphrates. 6, 7. AND YE CAME UNTO THE SEA, etc.] The full and graphic description of this great miracle is remarkable in so concise a speech. Does it not evidence an eyewitness? Joshua was old enough to lead the host against Amalek that... [ Continue Reading ]
AND YE WENT OVER JORDAN] Here we pass into the history narrated in the book of Joshua.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HORNET] Either the Israelite invasion was actually preceded by a plague of hornets, insects whose sting is exceedingly painful and may soon be fatal; or the hornet is used as a type of the dread which the rumour of their victories spread in advance of them. 14, 15. These very definite references... [ Continue Reading ]
DRAVE OUT ALL THE PEOPLE] A general statement, in line with Joshua 10:40; Joshua 10:43; Joshua 11:23; Joshua 21:43 but to be taken together with statements of a qualifying character like Joshua 13:2 and Joshua 23:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
YE CANNOT SERVE THE LORD: FOR HE _is_ AN HOLY GOD] an extreme statement meant to startle them into a sense of the awful responsibility of intercourse with One who has revealed Himself to be All-Holy: cp. Leviticus 19:2. The whole elaborate scheme of the Levitical sacrifices and ceremonies seems to h... [ Continue Reading ]
A GREAT STONE] A pillar such as Jacob had set up (Genesis 28:18) as a memorial of his vision at Bethel, and again (Genesis 31:44) as a witness of his covenant with Laban. Moses had set up twelve such pillars (Exodus 24:4) as a memorial of the original Covenant at Sinai; and now a similar monument is... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL THE DAYS.. THE ELDERS] The generation old enough to realise and remember the events recorded in this book. These words must not be pressed too rigidly. They assure. us that Joshua's inspiring influence was felt up to, and even after, his death. But the next generation (Judges 2:10) fell away. A... [ Continue Reading ]
GROUND WHICH JACOB BOUGHT] see Genesis 33:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
ELEAZAR THE SON OF AARON DIED] The traditional Jewish theory being that Joshua wrote the book that bears his name, it was supposed that Joshua 24:29 were added by Eleazar, and this v. by 'Phinehas and the Elders.'... [ Continue Reading ]