ヨシュア記 24:2-4 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:1-22

The Renewal of the Covenant Joshua gathers all the tribes together to Shechem, and calls for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and they presented themselves before God. "And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen you the Lord to serve Him. And they said, We are witnesses. So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day." There are few more beautiful incidents in the Old Testament than... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:1-22

The Renewal of the Covenant Joshua gathers all the tribes together to Shechem, and calls for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and they presented themselves before God. "And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen you the Lord to serve Him. And they said, We are witnesses. So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day." There are few more beautiful incidents in the Old Testament than... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:1-28

The possession of the inheritance and its responsibilities. The difference between this address to the children of Israel and the former is that, in the former, Joshua's object was to warn them of the danger of evil doing, whereas in this he designed to lead them, now they were in full possession of the land, to make a formal renewal of the covenant. For this purpose he briefly surveys the history of Israel from the call of Abraham down to the occasion on which he addressed them. Up to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:2

All the people (see note on Joshua 23:2 ). The Lord God of Israel. Rather, Jehovah, the God of Israel (see Exodus 3:13 ). Until the vision to Moses, the God of Israel had no distinctive name. After that time Jehovah was the recognised name of the God of Israel, as Chemosh of the Moabites, Milcom of the Ammonites, Baal of the Phoenicians. Our translation, "the Lord," somewhat obscures this. Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood. Rather, of the river. Euphrates is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:2-3

Abraham the heathen. "Your fathers … served other gods," is an incidental statement of the utmost value. It throws a light on Abraham's antecedents in which we do not always see them, and enhances the significance of his abandonment of home and country, and his clear faith in a living God, in a degree which nothing else does. Observe first of all— I. THE FACT THAT ABRAHAM WAS ORIGINALLY A HEATHEN . He was not merely born and bred an idolater, as we might have gathered... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 24:2

The other side of the flood - Better “On the other side of the river,” i. e. the Euphrates. See the marginal reference.They served other gods - Possibly the “images,” or teraphim, which we find their ancestor Laban calling “his gods” (see the marginal reference); and of which it would seem that there were, as Joshua spoke, some secret devotees among the people Joshua 24:14, Joshua 24:25. It is not stated that Abraham himself was an idolater, though his fathers were. Jewish tradition asserts... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 24:2

Joshua 24:2. Joshua said unto all the people To the elders, by whom it was to be imparted to all the rest, and to as many of the people as came thither. He spake to them in God’s name, and as from him, in the language of a prophet. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, the great God, and the God of Israel, whom you are peculiarly bound to hear. This is an argument that he uttered all that follows by the divine inspiration and impulse. Indeed he was no less the prophet than the political head of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 24:3

Joshua 24:3. I took I snatched him out of that idolatrous place, and took him into acquaintance and covenant with myself, which was the highest honour and happiness he was capable of. And led That is, I brought him after his father’s death into Canaan, (Genesis 12:1,) and I conducted and preserved him in all his travels through the several parts of Canaan. And multiplied That is, gave him a numerous posterity, not only by Hagar and Keturah, but even by Sarah and Isaac. Gave him Isaac ... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 24:4

Joshua 24:4. I gave unto Esau mount Seir That he might leave Canaan entire to his brother Jacob and his posterity, Genesis 36:7-8. But Jacob went down into Egypt Compelled by a grievous famine, and because the time was not come when God intended to plant him and his posterity in Canaan. In Egypt they suffered a long and grievous bondage, from which God having delivered us, I shall now pass it over. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:1-33

23:1-24:33 JOSHUA’S FAREWELLNothing is recorded of events that occurred between Joshua’s division of the land and his farewell addresses to the nation many years later. His life was now drawing to a close (see v. 14), and he called Israel’s leaders together to pass on some encouragement and warning (23:1-2). He assured them that God would continue to fight for his people till all the remaining Canaanites were destroyed, provided his people remained true to the covenant. They were to love God,... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:1-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:2-3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 24:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 24:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 24:3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 24:4

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:1-33

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