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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Joshua
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 121,573 words · 331 reading sections
Joshua 22:11
Joshua 22:11 Ver. 11. And the children of Israel heard say,.... Those that dwelt in the land of Canaan, for otherwise, as before observed, the two tribes and a half on the other side Jordan were Israelites also; and this is a further proof that the altar was built on their side, or those in the land of Canaan would ha…
271 wordsSECTION 302Joshua 22:12
Joshua 22:12 Ver. 12. And when the children of Israel heard [of it],.... Of the building the altar in the above place, namely, the nine tribes and a half settled in the land of Canaan: the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh; where the tabernacle and altar of the Lord w…
216 wordsSECTION 303Joshua 22:13
Joshua 22:13 Ver. 13. And the children of Israel,.... In the land of Canaan: sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead; they were possessed of, and had now returned unto and dwelt in; hither they sent an embassy to them, to inquire into th…
187 wordsSECTION 304Joshua 22:14
Joshua 22:14 Ver. 14. And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince,throughout all the tribes of Israel,.... The nine tribes and a half, so that the half tribe of Manasseh sent a prince, as well as the whole tribes:and each one [was] an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel; that is…
4,202 wordsSECTION 305Joshua 23:1
Joshua 23:1 INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 23 Joshua being old, convenes the states of Israel a little before his death, Jos 23:1; and in his address to them observes what God had done for them, and would do, Jos 23:3; and exhorts them to keep the commandments of God, and cleave to him, and not to mix with the Gentiles, and …
292 wordsSECTION 306Joshua 23:2
Joshua 23:2 Ver. 2. And Joshua called for all Israel,.... Summoned them together, whether at Timnathserah, his own city, he being old and infirm, and not able to go elsewhere; or whether at Shechem, where it is plain they were afterwards convened, Jos 24:1, or whether rather at Shiloh, where the tabernacle was, is not…
294 wordsSECTION 307Joshua 23:3
Joshua 23:3 Ver. 3. And ye have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto all those nations because of you,.... How he had destroyed them, and driven them out of their habitations to make room for them, meaning the seven nations of the Canaanites: for the Lord your God [is] he that hath fought for you; Joshua do…
131 wordsSECTION 308Joshua 23:4
Joshua 23:4 Ver. 4. Behold, I have divided to you by lot these nations that remain,.... Who are unsubdued, not yet conquered, as well as those that are to be an inheritance for your tribes; to be possessed by them and their children for ever: from Jordan, with all the nations I have cut off, even unto the great sea …
170 wordsSECTION 309Joshua 23:5
Joshua 23:5 Ver. 5. And the Lord your God he shall expel them from before you,.... That is, such of them as yet remained among them: and drive them from out of your sight; the same thing expressed by different words, for the confirmation of it: and ye shall possess their land, as the Lord your God hath promised unto…
105 wordsSECTION 310Joshua 23:6
Joshua 23:6 Ver. 6. Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses,.... To observe which required spiritual strength, fortitude of mind, a holy courage, a firm and fixed resolution, and particularly to destroy the Canaanites required in that book, and to abstain f…
83 wordsSECTION 311Joshua 23:7
Joshua 23:7 Ver. 7. That ye come not among these nations, those that remain among you,.... That remained unsubdued, or that were suffered to dwell among them, being tributaries to them; with these they were not to converse freely and familiarly, nor to carry on trade and commerce with them, nor enter into any alliance…
324 wordsSECTION 312Joshua 23:8
Joshua 23:8 Ver. 8. But cleave unto the Lord your God,.... To his word, worship, and ordinances; externally, by close adherence to them, and strict observation of them; and internally, by strong affection to him, hope, trust, and confidence in him, expectation of all good things from him, and constant application to h…
182 wordsSECTION 313Joshua 23:9
Joshua 23:9 Ver. 9. For the Lord hath driven out before you great nations and strong,.... Especially as they were reckoned in those times, before any great monarchies had existed, as did afterwards; and indeed these were, considering the land they inhabited, very numerous and populous, and were very stout and able bod…
186 wordsSECTION 314Joshua 23:10
Joshua 23:10 Ver. 10. One man of you shall chase a thousand,.... Here Kimchi and Ben Melech observe, that the future tense is put for the past, and that the sense is, one of them had chased a thousand in their war with the Canaanites; but Abarbinel disapproves of this observation, and thinks it refers to time to come,…
140 wordsSECTION 315Joshua 23:11
Joshua 23:11 Ver. 11. Take good heed therefore unto yourselves,.... To be upon their guard, and to be watchful, were very necessary to them, that they might not be ensnared by the Canaanites, and drawn aside by them into idolatry, and so apostatize from the Lord and his worship, since their temptations would be many: …
92 wordsSECTION 316Joshua 23:12
Joshua 23:12 Ver. 12. Else if ye do in any wise go back,.... From the Lord and his worship, from his word and ordinances: and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, [even] those that remain among you; in cities not taken, or in several which the Philistines were in possession of, or lived among them as tributaries…
137 wordsSECTION 317Joshua 23:13
Joshua 23:13 Ver. 13. Know for a certainty that the Lord your God will no more drive out [any] of these nations from before you,.... Or, "knowing ye shall know" {r}; or "know ye"; this may be taken for granted, or the fullest proof, and clearest demonstration, and strongest assurance will be given of it, that in case …
298 wordsSECTION 318Joshua 23:14
Joshua 23:14 Ver. 14. And, behold, this day I [am] going the way of all the earth,.... That is, about to die; not that precise day, but in a short time, of which the daily increasing infirmities of old age gave him notice. Death is a journey from this world to another, a man's going to his long home, a path trodden by…
251 wordsSECTION 319Joshua 23:15
Joshua 23:15 Ver. 15. Therefore it shall come to pass, [that] as all the good things are come upon you which the Lord hath promised you,.... Of which there was full proof, and it could not be denied: so shall the Lord bring upon you all evil things; calamities and distresses, by his sore judgments of famine, sword, p…
137 wordsSECTION 320Joshua 23:16
Joshua 23:16 Ver. 16. When ye have transgressed the covenant of the Lord your God,which he commanded you,.... The law, so called, and the several precepts of it, particularly those which relate to the faith and worship of the one only true God; see Ex 24:7;and have gone and served other gods, and have bowed down yours…
160 wordsSECTION 321Joshua 24:1
Joshua 24:1 INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 24 This chapter gives us an account of another summons of the tribes of Israel by Joshua, who obeyed it, and presented themselves before the Lord at Shechem, Jos 24:1; when Joshua in the name of the Lord rehearsed to them the many great and good things the Lord had done for them, fr…
591 wordsSECTION 322Joshua 24:2
Joshua 24:2 Ver. 2. And Joshua said unto all the people,.... Then present, or to all Israel by their representatives: thus saith the Lord God of Israel; he spoke to them in the name of the Lord, as the prophet did, being himself a prophet, and at this time under a divine impulse, and spirit of prophecy. According to …
260 wordsSECTION 323Joshua 24:3
Joshua 24:3 Ver. 3. And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood,.... The river Euphrates, as before: or "your father, to wit, Abraham", as Noldius {x}; he took him not only in a providential way, and brought him from the other side of the Euphrates, out of an idolatrous country and family, but he a…
335 wordsSECTION 324Joshua 24:4
Joshua 24:4 Ver. 4. And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau,.... When Rebekah was barren, so that the children appeared the more to be the gift of God; though Esau perhaps is mentioned, for the sake of what follows: and I gave unto Esau Mount Seir to possess it; that Jacob and his posterity alone might inherit Canaan, a…
130 wordsSECTION 325Joshua 24:5
Joshua 24:5 Ver. 5. I sent Moses also and Aaron,.... To demand Israel's dismission of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and to be the deliverers of them: and I plagued Egypt according to that which I did amongst them; inflicting ten plagues upon them for refusing to let Israel go: and afterwards I brought you out; that is, ou…
68 wordsSECTION 326Joshua 24:6
Joshua 24:6 Ver. 6. And I brought your fathers out of Egypt,.... Which more fully expresses the sense of the last clause of Jos 24:5: and you came unto the sea; which respects some senior persons then present; for, besides Caleb and Joshua, there were many at this time alive who came to and passed through the Red sea…
179 wordsSECTION 327Joshua 24:7
Joshua 24:7 Ver. 7. And when they cried unto the Lord,.... That is, the Israelites, being in the utmost distress, the sea before them, Pharaoh's large host behind them, and the rocks on each side of them; see Ex 14:10; he put darkness between you and the Egyptians; the pillar of cloud, the dark side of which was turn…
241 wordsSECTION 328Joshua 24:8
Joshua 24:8 Ver. 8. And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan,.... The kingdoms of Sihon and Og, and they fought with you; the two kings of them, and their armies: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and which was now possessed by the two tribe…
99 wordsSECTION 329Joshua 24:9
Joshua 24:9 Ver. 9. Then Balak the son of Zippor, the king of Moab, arose,.... Being alarmed with what Israel had done to the two kings of the Amorites, and by their near approach to the borders of his kingdom: and warred against Israel; he fully designed it, and purpose is put for action, as Kimchi observes; he prep…
164 wordsSECTION 330Joshua 24:10
Joshua 24:10 Ver. 10. But I would not hearken unto Balaam,.... Who was very solicitous to get leave of the Lord to curse Israel, which he knew he could not do without; he had a goodwill to it but could not accomplish it: therefore he blessed you still; went on blessing Israel to the last, when Balak hoped every time …
135 wordsSECTION 331Joshua 24:11
Joshua 24:11 Ver. 11. And ye went over Jordan,.... In a miraculous manner, the waters parting to make way for the host of Israel: and came unto Jericho; the first city of any size and strength in the land, which was about seven or eight miles from Jordan; See Gill on "Nu 22:1"; and the men of Jericho fought against …
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Public domain; John Gill (1697–1771). Source item is marked Public Domain on Internet Archive.
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