CONTENTS
This is a very interesting Chapter, and contains several very
memorable events. Israel is now entering the frontiers of Canaan. The
Canaanites are alarmed. Israel is animated. The Lord, as if to remind
them of his covenant engagements, commands the rite of circumcision to
be renewed, which... [ Continue Reading ]
As circumcision was a sign or seal of the everlasting covenant God
made with Abraham, and evidently referred to Him in whom the law was
to be completed: it is not very easy to account for the long neglect
of this rite, while the church was in the wilderness state. Might it
not be omitted, from the f... [ Continue Reading ]
What a beautiful instruction doth Joshua and his army hold forth to
all the soldiery, and all armies who profess to have the Lord for
their God. You observe, that the campaign against Canaan is opened
with prayer. And, Reader! never lose sight of this universal maxim,
which must hold good in all age... [ Continue Reading ]
One mercy is followed by another. The people probably found corn upon
their entrance on Canaan, in the houses of the inhabitants who dwelt
on the coast, and fled at their approach: or as this was the season
when the corn of the fields was ripening, their supply might be from
thence. Hence they were... [ Continue Reading ]
I bring the whole of these verses into one view because they are
connected. And I desire the Reader to attend to the very precious
things contained in them. A more interesting portion, perhaps, in
reference to the Lord Jesus, cannot be found in the Old Testament.
Joshua, we are told, was by Jericho.... [ Continue Reading ]
REFLECTIONS
My soul! in the perusal of this chapter, stand still and see the
salvation of God! Behold how thy God puts terror in the hearts of his
and thy enemies! when thy God, thy Jesus, shall have conducted thee
over Jordan, their hearts shall melt away, neither shall they have the
spirit anymore... [ Continue Reading ]