Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 24:24
And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.
24. And the people said ] For the third time (comp. Jos 24:16; Jos 24:21) the representatives of the nation avow that they will serve Jehovah and hearken only to His voice.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
And the people said unto Joshua,…. A third time, that as by the mouth of two or three witnesses everything is confirmed, so by three testimonies of the same persons:
the Lord our God will we serve; as they had before declared, and to which they add:
and his voice will we obey; or his word, as the Targum, not only his word of command, but his essential Word, the Son of God.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
On the repeated and decided declaration of the people, “ the Lord our God will we serve, and to His voice will we hearken,” Joshua completed the covenant with them that day. This conclusion of a covenant was really a solemn renewal of the covenant made at Sinai, like that which took place under Moses in the steppes of Moab (Deu 29:1). “ And set them a statute and right at Shechem,” sc., through the renewal of the covenant. These words recall Exo 15:25, where the guidance of Israel to bitter water, and the sweetening of that water by the means which the Lord pointed out to Moses, are described as setting a statute and right for Israel, and then explained by the promise, that if they would hearken to the voice of Jehovah, He would keep them from all the diseases of Egypt. And in accordance with this, by the renewal of the covenant at Shechem, there were set for Israel, a , i.e., a statute, which bound the people to a renewed and conscientious maintenance of the covenant, and a , or right, by virtue of which they might expect on this condition the fulfilment of all the covenant mercies of the Lord.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
‘And the people said to Joshua, “YHWH our God we will serve and his voice we will obey.” ’
This was their third response, making the response complete. All would recognise that three specifically signifies completeness. (This threeness was not accidental, it was deliberate). They thereby acknowledged YHWH as God alone, and their responsibility to obey Him fully.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Jos 24:24 And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.
Ver. 24. The Lord our God will we serve. ] They bind themselves again to keep touch with God by an unalterable resolution. Vows rightly made and renewed are of singular use to keep the heart within the bounds of obedience, and to make men constant, firm, and peremptory in well doing.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Deu 5:28, Deu 5:29
Reciprocal: Exo 19:5 – if ye Exo 19:8 – General Exo 23:25 – And ye Jdg 2:17 – which their 1Ki 18:21 – if the Lord 2Ki 23:3 – And all Psa 119:57 – I have 2Pe 1:15 – I will