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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 24:21-22

Ver. 21, 22. And the people said—nay, but we will serve the Lord, &c.— To these fresh protestations of fidelity on the part of the whole assembly, Joshua replies, that he receives them as a holy and solemn declaration, which, thus publicly and deliberately made, will for ever witness against the Israelites, and condemn them if they become unfaithful to the Lord. In answer to this, they again express their consent, that if they ever forsake Jehovah their words may bear testimony against... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 24:23

Ver. 23. Now, therefore, put away—the strange gods— See ver. 14. All this evidently shews, that Joshua was a prophet, that he could penetrate the secret intentions of the Israelites, and was certain of their propensity to idolatry. Publicly they worshipped only the true God, but in secret they had their penates (as the Romans termed them), their household gods; idols which they worshipped clandestinely, teraphim, little statues, magical rings, and other such instruments of superstition. See... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 24:25

Ver. 25. So Joshua made a covenant with the people, &c.— The Israelites having a third time repeated that they were resolved only to serve the Lord, and being thereby bound more strictly than ever to obey him, Joshua, in order to bind, in the most indissoluble manner, those ties whereon their happiness depended, proposes to them a solemn renewal of the covenant which they had made first by the ministry of Moses, and afterwards by his own; in consequence of which, the Israelites rigorously... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 24:26

Ver. 26. And Joshua wrote these words in the book, &c.— To perpetuate the memory of this renewal of the covenant; to convince the Israelites of the reverence due to that obligation which they had assembled to enforce; and to leave such an immortal testimony as might witness against them for the Lord, in case they forsook his holy religion; Joshua caused a particular account of all that had passed to be written down, and added to the book of the law which Moses had ordered to be kept in the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 24:27

Ver. 27. For it hath heard all the words, &c.— "If ever you so far forget yourselves, as to act as if you had not this day chosen the Lord for your God, this stone shall convince you of falsehood, and shall witness as strongly against you, as if it had heard all that I have been saying to you, and all that you have replied in answer; and had assumed a voice to contradict you to your face." How strongly figurative soever this discourse may appear, it is not too much so for the taste of the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Joshua 24:26

26. Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God—registered the engagements of that solemn covenant in the book of sacred history. took a great stone—according to the usage of ancient times to erect stone pillars as monuments of public transactions. set it up there under an oak—or terebinth, in all likelihood, the same as that at the root of which Jacob buried the idols and charms found in his family. that was by the sanctuary of the Lord—either the spot where the ark had stood, or... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Joshua 24:27

14-28. Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth—After having enumerated so many grounds for national gratitude, Joshua calls on them to declare, in a public and solemn manner, whether they will be faithful and obedient to the God of Israel. He avowed this to be his own unalterable resolution, and urged them, if they were sincere in making a similar avowal, "to put away the strange gods that were among them"—a requirement which seems to imply that some were suspected... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joshua 24:1-28

C. Israel’s second renewal of the covenant 24:1-28"Joshua did not merely settle for a series of public admonitions in order to guide Israel after his death. The twenty-fourth chapter describes a formal covenant renewal enacted at the site of Shechem for the purpose of getting a binding commitment on the part of the people of Israel to the written Word of God." [Note: Davis and Whitcomb, pp. 87-88.] The structure of this covenant renewal speech is similar to the typical Hittite suzerainty... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joshua 24:14-24

3. Covenant stipulations 24:14-24On the basis of God’s great acts for them (Joshua 24:14), Joshua appealed to the Israelites to commit themselves to Him anew (cf. Romans 12:1-2). Though Israel was not as guilty of idolatry at this stage in her history as she was later, this sin existed in the nation to some degree (cf. Leviticus 17:7).Joshua’s offer to choose the God or gods they would serve (Joshua 24:15) was not, of course, an encouragement to consider the idols as an equally acceptable... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joshua 24:25-28

4. Provisions for the preservation of the covenant 24:25-28The covenant that Joshua made with the people on this day was not a new one but a renewal of the Mosaic Covenant made for the first time at Mt. Sinai (Joshua 24:25). The Israelites renewed this covenant from time to time after God first gave it (cf. Joshua 8:30-35). The "statute" Joshua made was the written commitment of the people to obey the Law (Joshua 24:26). The "ordinance" (right) was the record of the blessings Israel would enjoy... read more

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 24:21-22

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 24:23

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 24:25

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 24:26

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 24:27

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Joshua 24:26

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Joshua 24:27

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joshua 24:1-28

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joshua 24:14-24

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joshua 24:25-28

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