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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:9

Fought, not perhaps with the sword, but by endeavouring to get Israel cursed, that so he might be unable to make any resistance. He had the will to fight, and in this sense princes are said to be at war, though they never come to an engagement, 3 Kings xiv. 38. (Calmet) --- Balac shut his gates against Israel. (St. Augustine, q. 26.) read more

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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:11

Men. Hebrew, "the masters of Jericho," which may denote either the king or the inhabitants. It is thought that people of the different nations were come to defend the city, or the text may signify that not only Jericho, but these different people, (Calmet) fought successively against the people of God, but all in vain. (Haydock) --- The fighting of the inhabitants of Jericho was only intentional; a miracle rendered all their efforts abortive. Yet this is called fighting in scripture (ver. 9,)... read more

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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:12

Hornets. St. Augustine explains this of the rumours, or devils, which terrified the people of the country. But it is generally understood literally, Wisdom xii. 8. (Menochius) (Exodus xxiii. 28.) (Calmet) --- The two, &c., not only the nations on the west, but also those on the east side of the Jordan, who fell, not so much by the valour of the Israelites, as by the terror and judgments of God. (Haydock) --- The resistance which they made was hardly worth mentioning. read more

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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:14

The gods. Some still retained in their hearts an affection for these idols, though privately; (Calmet) so that Josue could not convict them, or bring them to condign punishment; as no doubt he, and Moses before him, would have done, if they had been apprized of any overt act of idolatry. Amos (v. 26,) says, You carried a tabernacle of your Moloch and the image of your idols, &c., which is confirmed by Ezechiel xxiii. 3, 8., and Acts vii. 42. For these acts many of the people were punished,... read more

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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:15

Choice. Josue was persuaded that no restraint could bind the will; (Haydock) and that, if the Israelites did not freely adhere to the Lord, they would not serve him long, nor would their adoration have any merit. (Calmet) --- Hence he endeavours by all means to draw from them a free and candid acknowledgment of his divinity; and he leads the way, by declaring that all his house will adhere to the true and only God. They answer his fullest expectations, and profess in the most cordial manner,... read more

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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:16

CHAPTER XXIV. read more

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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:19

You will not be able to serve the Lord, &c. This was not said by way of discouraging them; but rather to make them more earnest and resolute, by setting before them the greatness of the undertaking, and the courage and constancy necessary to go through with it. (Challoner) --- Josue knew the fickle temper of his subjects. He insinuates, therefore, that if they do not lay that aside, they will not stand to their engagements, (Calmet) and will irritate God the more, if they enter into a... read more

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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:20

Turn, and alter his conduct in your regard, instead of being your protector, he will destroy you. read more

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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:21

Lord. We shall not experience the chastisements with which thou hast threatened us, because we will adhere inviolably to the Lord. (Calmet) read more

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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:25

Covenant. He renewed the one that had been formerly made, stipulating, on the part of God, that the people should serve Him alone, ver. 23. After which he probably read some of the most striking passages of Deuteronomy, (Calmet) particularly the Decalogue, or ten commandments, with the blessings and curses which enforced the observance of them, Deuteronomy v., and xxvii., and xxviii., and xxix., and xxx. (Haydock) --- Then the people swore that they would observe the law, the customary... read more

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:9

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:11

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:12

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:14

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:15

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:16

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:19

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:20

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:21

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:25

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