Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 1:16-17
Joshua 1:16-17. And they answered Not the two tribes and a half only, but the officers of all the people, in their name, concurring with the divine appointment, by which Joshua was set over them. Thus must we swear allegiance to our Lord Jesus, as the captain of our salvation. Will we hearken unto thee The same obedience which we owed to Moses, we promise unto thee. With Moses This is not a limitation of their obedience, as if they would not obey him any longer than he was prosperous,... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 1:17
As we hearkened unto Moses. Calvin remarks that the Israelites did not hearken unto Moses, but replies that, compared with the conduct of their fathers whose bodies lay in the wilderness, the conduct of this generation was obedience itself. It certainly appears as though for the last two years of the wandering in the wilderness there was far less rebellion against Moses than before; and after the solemn repetition of the precepts of the law to the new generation which had arisen, given in... read more