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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 24:1-33

Joshua 24:1 . Shechem. Some think this was the Sychar where our Saviour talked with the woman. John 4:5. This place became far famed on account of the renewal of the covenant before Joshua’s death. He had built an altar here more than twenty years before. This town lies about eight miles from Samaria, and is now called Naplosa. Joshua 24:2 . Terah served other gods. Sabianism maintained that the world was eternal, and inculcated the worship of the planets as gods. The planets were also... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Joshua 24:1-33

Joshua 24:1-33Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem. Joshua’s last farewellI. God’s threefold mercies.1. Israel’s enlargement (verses 2-4).2. Israel’s exodus (verses 5-7).3. Israel’s entrance into Canaan (verses 8-12).II. Joshua’s threefold appeal.1. He exhorts them to fear and serve this great and this good God.2. To manifest in yet clearer light that the service of God is a reasonable service, and to show the utter folly of idolatry, Joshua, in the gravest irony, upholds the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Joshua 24:14-29

Joshua 24:14-29Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve Him.The last days of JoshuaI. The reasonableness of serving God (verses 14, 15). To serve God, to obey Him, to love Him, to submit heart and life to His control, is only a seemly and adequate acknowledgment of claims felt to be just. God’s character, His mercy, His grace in the gospel, His promises of pardon, the gift of eternal life through His Son, create an obligation which, if it be disregarded, makes our attitude towards God not only... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Joshua 24:19-28

Joshua 24:19-28Ye cannot serve the Lord: for He is an holy God. The covenant renewedI. The difficulty of serving God. “Ye cannot serve the Lord.” It was a staggering admonition. It embodied what theologians have called the doctrine of “moral inability.” The seat of the disorder is in the will. There is the conflict. Till that is established in the choice of holiness it will still be true, as in the case before us, that one can not serve God. “Ye cannot” should still read for many, loath to... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Joshua 24:19

Jos 24:19 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he [is] an holy God; he [is] a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins. Ver. 19. Ye cannot serve the Lord. ] You that are yet unregenerate, and that would fain make a mixture of religions, cannot serve the Lord; for he must be served like himself, that is, truly, that there be no halting; and totally, that there be no halving; he will not take up with a seeming or slubbering service. "Offer it... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Joshua 24:19

Ye cannot: Joshua 24:23, Ruth 1:15, Matthew 6:24, Luke 14:25-Micah : holy: Leviticus 10:3, Leviticus 19:2, 1 Samuel 6:20, Psalms 99:5, Psalms 99:9, Isaiah 5:16, Isaiah 6:3-Deuteronomy :, Isaiah 30:11, Isaiah 30:15, Habakkuk 1:13 a jealous: Exodus 20:5, Exodus 34:14, 1 Corinthians 10:20-Song of Solomon : he will not: Exodus 23:21, Exodus 34:7, 1 Samuel 3:14, 2 Chronicles 36:16, Isaiah 27:11 Reciprocal: Numbers 25:11 - that I Psalms 99:3 - for it Isaiah 2:9 - therefore Ezekiel 8:3 -... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Joshua 24:19

And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.Ye cannot — He speaks not of an absolute impossibility, (for then both his resolution to serve God himself, and his exhortation to them had been vain) but of a moral impossibility, or a very great difficulty, which he alledgeth not to discourage them from God's service, but to make them more considerate in obliging themselves; and more... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:19

19. Ye cannot serve the Lord Joshua utters these discouraging words, based on the waywardness of the people’s hearts, to draw out from them the expression of strong purpose to serve Jehovah. Thereby he elicits their energetic We will, in Joshua 24:21, and their self-pledging witness in Joshua 24:22. He is a jealous God He demands, like a husband, the undivided affection and service of the people who have avowed their fidelity to him. The word jealous, as applied to God, involves... read more

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 24:1-33

The Biblical Illustrator - Joshua 24:1-33

The Biblical Illustrator - Joshua 24:14-29

The Biblical Illustrator - Joshua 24:19-28

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Joshua 24:19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Joshua 24:19

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Joshua 24:19

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:19

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