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Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Joshua 24:1-33

2. Joshua’s Parting with the People. His Death and that of EleazarJoshua 23, 24a. The First Parting AddressJoshua 23:0α. Promise that Jehovah will still fight for his people, and help them to the complete possession of the landJoshua 23:1-111And it came to pass, a long time [many days]1 after that the Lord [Jehovah] had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed2old and stricken in age. And2 Joshua called for3 [omit: for] all Israel, and [omit: and] for their... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Joshua 24:19-28

Joshua THE NATIONAL OATH AT SHECHEM Jos_24:19 - Jos_24:28 . We reach in this passage the close of an epoch. It narrates the last public act of Joshua and the last of the assembled people before they scatter ‘every man unto his inheritance.’ It was fitting that the transition from the nomad stage to that of settled abode in the land should be marked by the solemn renewal of the covenant, which is thus declared to be the willingly accepted law for the future national life. We have here the... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Joshua 24:16-33

Joshua’s Last Service to His People Joshua 24:16-33 Joshua did well to discourage their proud vauntings, and to show that the people could not in their own might realize God’s ideal, Psalms 105:4 . The book of Judges is a bitter commentary on these lofty words. What the stone of witness was to Israel, the ordinances of the Lord’s Supper and Baptism are to the Church and to the world. The walls of our private chambers have listened to our prayers and tears. God help us to be true to them!... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Joshua 24:1-33

Here we have the record of the final address of Joshua. In it he first concisely and comprehensively traced the Hebrews' history from the call of Abraham and did so in the form of the speech of Jehovah to them. In the brief compass of eleven verses the pronoun "I" as referring to Jehovah occurs no less than seventeen times. The whole movement emphasized the truth that everything of greatness in the history of the people was the result of divine action. Then he appealed to them with a touch of... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Joshua 24:13-28

The Consecration of the People Joshua 24:13-28 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The time comes sooner, or later, when we must all lay down the yoke which we have been wearing for God. We cannot always serve, no matter how faithful we may have been, nor how successfully we may have wrought our task. Joshua had been a valiant leader, and he had been faithful in all things. Now, at the end of his days he saw fit to gather all Israel together that they might present themselves before God. When they were all... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:19-20

‘ And Joshua said to the people, “You cannot serve YHWH, for he is a holy God, he is a jealous God, he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins. If you forsake YHWH and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after having done you good.” ’ But Joshua wanted no superficial reply. So he challenged them by pointing out the danger of making a covenant with YHWH. This was no God Who would stand by and do nothing. He was holy, set apart by the very nature of... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Joshua 24:19

Ye cannot serve the Lord: he speaks not of an absolute impossibility, (for then both his resolution to serve God himself, and his exhortation to them to do so, had been vain and ridiculous,) but of a moral impossibility, or a very great difficulty, which he allegeth not to discourage them from God’s service, which is his great design to engage them in; but only to make them more considerate and cautious in obliging themselves, and more circumspect and resolved in answering their obligations.... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Joshua 24:19-28

CRITICAL NOTES.—Joshua 24:19. Ye cannot serve Jehovah] Joshua here bids the people count the cost of the decision expressed in Joshua 24:16. They could not serve Jehovah in the indifferent spirit of idolatry; for He was altogether unlike the gods which were no gods, and which therefore could not punish faithlessness. Jehovah was both holy and jealous, and Joshua would have the people weigh carefully their words of fealty. The idol gods which were no gods might be served godlessly, but Jehovah... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:19

Joshua 24:19 We find here that Joshua offers a repulse to men who wish to avow themselves on the side of God. There is every ground for believing that he was under Divine direction, and as there was no evidence that the people were insincere in their promise, there must be some reason for the manner in which they are met. I. This procedure on the part of God is not unusual. A number of instances might easily be found in the Bible of obstacles thrown in the way of men who offer themselves to the... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:1-33

Chapter 24Chapter twenty-four, Joshua is continuing this final charge to the children of Israel. Picture now this old man he was. He was faithful to the Lord. He has done a good job, but now he is bent over with age. He has been weakened. His voice is probably shaky and trembling.And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, [Right in the heart of the land there between mount Ebal, and Gerezim.] and he called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, the... read more