Bible Commentary

Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom [to] the right hand or [to] the left; 6. Be ye therefore very courageous ] Joshua exhorts them to bravery and constancy in the same terms as … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 23:6”

And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God hath promised unto you. Verse 5. And drive them – out – and ye shall possess] The same Hebrew word yarash is used here … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 23:5”

Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward. 4. these nations that remain ] Joshua reminds them that not only the nations who had been actually conquered, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 23:4”

And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God [is] he that hath fought for you. 3. the Lord your God is he ] See Exo 14:14. Of his own merits and exploits the modest hero makes no mention. Fuente: … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 23:3”

And Joshua called for all Israel, [and] for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old [and] stricken in age: 2. called for all Israel ] Where we are not told. But perhaps at Timnath-serah (Jos 19:50), or possibly at Shiloh. On … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 23:2”

And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old [and] stricken in age. Ch. Jos 23:1-16. Joshua’s first Farewell Address 1. had given rest ] Comp. Jos 21:43-44; Jos 22:3-4. waxed old ] Comp. Jos 13:1, “Now … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 23:1”

And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar [Ed]: for it [shall be] a witness between us that the LORD [is] God. 34. called the altar Ed ] The word Ed is not found after altar in the Hebrew, nor is it represented in the LXX. or Vulgate, nor are … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 22:34”

And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt. 32 34. Return of the Embassy 33. blessed God ] Compare 1Ch 29:20, “And David said to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 22:33”

And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again. And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes,…. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 22:32”

And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD [is] among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the LORD: now ye have delivered the children of Israel out … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 22:31”