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THE SECOND ADDRESS
CHAPTER 24:1-28
_ 1. The gathering at Shechem (Joshua 24:1)_
2. Historic retrospect and exhortations (Joshua 24:2)
3. The answer given by Israel (Joshua 24:16)
4. Joshua's answ...
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TWO KINGS. Promise began to be fulfilled here. See Exodus 23:28;
Deuteronomy 7:20....
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_And I sent the hornet before you_ "Misique ante vos _crabrones_"
Vulg.: "And I sent before зou hors fleeзis," Wyclif, or "flies with
venemouse tongis." In Exodus 23:28, we find it predicted "And I wi...
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_A Reminder of God's Blessings Joshua 24:1-25_
And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called
for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges,
and for their of...
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_AND I SENT THE HORNET BEFORE YOU, WHICH DRAVE THEM OUT FROM BEFORE
YOU, EVEN THE TWO KINGS OF THE AMORITES; BUT NOT WITH THY SWORD, NOR
WITH THY BOW._
Sent the hornet - a particular species of wasp...
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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 boo...
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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 w...
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COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES!
JOSHUA
_BRIAN ROWLANDS_
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CHAPTER 24
JOSHUA SAYS ‘GOODBYE’ TO THE PEOPLE – JO...
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THE HORNET. — There appears no reason for taking this word in any
other than a literal sense. The possibility of what is recorded here
has been abundantly illustrated by events reported in our own tim...
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וָ אֶשְׁלַ֤ח לִ פְנֵיכֶם֙ אֶת ־הַ
צִּרְעָ֔ה
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CHAPTER XXXII.
JOSHUA'S LAST APPEAL.
Joshua 24:1.
IT was at Shechem that Joshua's last meeting with the people took
place. The Septuagint makes it Shiloh in one verse (Joshua 24:1), but
Shechem in a...
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THE LESSON OF ISRAEL'S HISTORY
Joshua 24:1
The previous chapter contains Joshua's own last words of warning to
Israel; here he is God's mouthpiece: “Thus saith the Lord God of
Israel.”
There is, fi...
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Here we have the record of the final address of Joshua. In it he first
concisely and comprehensively traced the Hebrews' history from the
call of Abraham and did so in the form of the speech of Jehova...
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Joshua briefly related the history of God's people all the way back to
the time when they lived on the other side of the Euphrates. Terah,
Abraham's father, and his son Nahor worshipped false gods. Go...
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_Hornets. St. Augustine explains this of the rumours, or devils, which
terrified the people of the country. But it is generally understood
literally, Wisdom xii. 8. (Menochius) (Exodus xxiii. 28.) (Ca...
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I include in one view all these verses, for the sake of shortness, and
because, as they refer to the history of the Patriarchs, already gone
through in the Commentary, it would be unnecessary to swell...
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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 I SENT THE HORNET BEFORE YOU,.... Of which
Exodus 23:28;
WHICH DRAVE THEM OUT FROM BEFORE YOU, [EVEN] THE TWO KINGS OF THE
AMORITES; who were Sihon and Og, and not only them, and the Amorites
un...
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And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before
you, [even] the two kings of the Amorites; [but] not with thy sword,
nor with thy bow.
Ver. 12. _And I sent the hornet before you._]...
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_I delivered them into your hand_ Namely, successively; for in these
few words he seems to comprise all their wars, which, being fresh in
their memories, he thought it needless particularly to mention...
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1 Ioshua assembleth the tribes at Shechem.
2 A briefe historie of Gods benefits from Terah.
14 He reneweth a couenant betweene them and God.
26 A stone the witnesse of the couenant.
29 Ioshuas age...
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A Review of God's Mercies...
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And I sent the hornet before you, in terrifying the nations of the
land, Exodus 23:28; Deuteronomy 7:20, WHICH DRAVE THEM OUT FROM BEFORE
YOU, EVEN THE TWO KINGS OF THE AMORITES, Sihon and Og, as
repr...
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JOSHUA'S SUMMARY OF ISRAEL'S HISTORY
(vs.1-13)
For the second time, as Joshua neared the end of his life, he called
Israel together, primarily the elders, heads, judges and officers
(v.1), but includ...
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1-14 We must never think our work for God done, till our life is
done. If he lengthen out our days beyond what we expected, like those
of Joshua, it is because he has some further service for us to d...
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THE HORNET; either,
1. Figuratively, i.e. terrors and plagues, or other destroying
judgments. Or,
2. Properly so called. SEE POOLE ON "EXODUS 23:28". And this being
done before Joshua's entrance into...
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Joshua 24:12 sent H7971 (H8799) hornet H6880 before H6440 out H1644
(H8762) before H6440 two H8147 kings...
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‘ And I sent the hornet before you, who drove them out from before
you, even the two kings of the Amorites, not with your sword, nor with
your bow.'
The ‘two kings of the Amorites' may be specific, or...
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CONTENTS: Last charge of Joshua and his death. Eleazar's death.
CHARACTERS: God, Joshua, Eleazar.
CONCLUSION: Joshua 24:15. It is the will of God that all should make
religion their serious and deli...
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Joshua 24:1. _Shechem._ Some think this was the Sychar where our
Saviour talked with the woman. John 4:5. This place became far famed
on account of the renewal of the covenant before Joshua's death. H...
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_Not with thy sword, nor with thy bow._
NOT WITH SWORD OR BOW
A very necessary reminder, applicable to both the hour of conflict and
victory. Both seasons have their own dangers. There is no final
co...
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_Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem._
JOSHUA’S LAST FAREWELL
I. God’s threefold mercies.
1. Israel’s enlargement (verses 2-4).
2. Israel’s exodus (verses 5-7).
3. Israel’s entran...
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JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 24:1 Joshua again called for an assembly at
Shechem for a ceremony of covenant renewal (compare Joshua 8:30;...
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JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 24:12 It seems best to take THE HORNET as a
symbol for the sting of fear that the Lord inflicts on his enemies.
See Exodus 23:27, where “hornet” paralle
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_JOSHUA’S FINAL ADDRESS: HIS DEATH AND BURIAL_
CRITICAL NOTES.—
Joshua 24:1. To Shechem] This gathering was apparently held a few
weeks or months after that named in the previous chapter. There was
g...
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EXPOSITION
THE LAST RENEWAL OF THE COVENANT.—
JOSHUA 24:1
TO SHECHEM. The LXX. and the Arabic version read _Shiloh _here, and as
the words "they presented themselves (literally, _took up their
stati...
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Chapter twenty-four, Joshua is continuing this final charge to the
children of Israel. Picture now this old man he was. He was faithful
to the Lord. He has done a good job, but now he is bent over wit...
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Deuteronomy 7:20; Exodus 23:28; Psalms 44:3...
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JOSHUA'S FAREWELL WORDS
Joshua 24:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Before Joshua died he reviewed the history of Israel and in so doing
he brought out the four great patriarchs who were so prominently
aligned...
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Sent the hornet — When they were actually engaged in battle with the
Canaanites. These dreadful swarms which first appeared in their war
with Sihon and Og, tormented them with their stings and terrifi...