Bible Commentary

There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, [so] I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 5. as I was with Moses ] “The narrative labours to impress upon us the sense that the continuity … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 1:5”

From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast. 4. From the wilderness ] For the boundaries of the Land of Promise compare ( a) Gen 15:18-21; ( … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 1:4”

Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses. 3. as I said unto Moses ] Comp. Deu 11:24; Jos 14:9. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Verse 3. The sole of your foot shalt tread upon] That is, the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 1:3”

Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, [even] to the children of Israel. 2. Moses my servant ] Comp. Deu 34:5. The highest possible title under the theocracy. Joshua as yet is but the “attendant” of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 1:2”

Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spoke unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying, Ch. Jos 1:1-9. The Command of God to Joshua 1. Now ] Rather, And. The usual connective particle. It implies that something has gone before, of which … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 1:1”

And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses showed in the sight of all Israel. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES WE have now passed through the Pentateuch, and have endeavoured carefully to mark its important contents. Its antiquity sets it at the head of all the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 34:12”

In all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land, 11, 12. These vv. are irrelevant to the more spiritual estimate of Moses’ prophetic rank in Deu 34:10, and therefore may be due to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 34:11”

And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face, 10. The phraseology now becomes deuteronomic. See on Deu 18:15; Deu 18:18. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges There arose not a prophet since in Israel – Words like these can only have been … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 34:10”

And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses. 9. was full of the spirit of wisdom ] Cp. P in Exo 28:3, where the wisdom is of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 34:9”

And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping [and] mourning for Moses were ended. 8. the children of Israel wept thirty days ] So P, Num 20:29, of Aaron; plains of Moab again ‘arbth Mo’ab, see Deu 34:1. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 34:8”