Joshua 1:1-3 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 1:1-2

Consolation for bereaved workers. In these words, addressed to Joshua, we have the most effectual consolation that can be offered to believers, when one has been taken away from their midst whose life seemed indispensable to the work and service of God. They are words applicable to the family no less than to the Church. Moses had just been taken from the people, from his friends, from Joshua his faithful servant. The great leader of Israel through the wilderness journey, the captain who... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 1:1-4

Joshua's Commission. This passage may be viewed under two main aspects: As these points of view suggest two perfectly distinct and independent lines of thought, it is obvious that they are better fitted for two separate discourses than for being combined in one. I. JOSHUA AS THE TYPE OF GOD 'S MINISTERS . 1. After the death of Moses, the task devolves upon his minister. So after the death of Christ, the task of conquering the world devolved upon His apostles, His... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 1:1-9

Joshua the successor of Moses. The very name Joshua, Jesus, "God's salvation," is enough of itself to awaken special interest in the man who, on the page of Scripture, first bears it. It is suggestive at once of the nature of his life work, and it leads us to anticipate some points of analogy between him and the Savior of the world. Joshua is one of the few Old Testament characters against whose name there is no reproach. Not that this Book presents any formal delineation of his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 1:2

Moses my servant is dead. "When you see Jerusalem overthrown, the altar forsaken, no sacrifices, no holocausts, no drink offerings, no priests, no Levitical ministry, when you see all these things cease, say it is because Moses the servant of God is dead, and Jesus the Sou of God obtains the leadership" (Origen, Hom. 2 on Joshua). This Jordan. Called "this" because it was now close to them, just as we have "this people, … this Lebanon" (see note on Joshua 1:4 ), etc. The name Jordan... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 1:2-3

God's gift to the Church. The loss of a privilege teaches us how inadequately we have appreciated its womb. The removal of art honored servant of God often awakens a deeper sense of the blessing that has been in our midst. And sometimes a tendency is thus created to dwell unduly on the past, to become morbid, and to neglect the present, undervaluing what still remains to us. Mourning has its proper limits. In the text God impresses on the people the duty of recognising facts. "Moses is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 1:3

Every place that the sole of your foot doth tread upon. These words are a quotation, almost word for word, from Deuteronomy 11:24 , bat the original promise is to be found in Genesis 12:1-7 , with which we may compare Genesis 13:14-17 ; Genesis 15:18 ; Genesis 17:8 . Comp. also Joshua 14:9 ; Exodus 23:30 , Exodus 23:31 , etc. It was God's purpose that the whole land should belong to the children of Israel; a purpose which, as usual in Hebrew prophecy, is signified by the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 1:1

Now ... - Hebrew: “and, ...” The statement following is thus connected with some previous one, which is assumed to be known to the reader. So Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, etc., are by the same means linked on to the books preceding them. The connection here is the closer, since the Book of Deuteronomy concludes, and the book of Joshua opens, by referring to the death of Moses.Moses, the servant of the Lord - On the epithet, see the marginal reference “b.”Moses’ minister - It is impossible altogether... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 1:1

Joshua 1:1. After the death of Moses Either immediately after it, or when the days of mourning for Moses were expired. Joshua was appointed and declared Moses’s successor in the government before this time; and here he receives confirmation from God therein. The servant of the Lord This title is given to Moses here, and Joshua 1:2, as also Deuteronomy 34:5, and is repeated, not without cause, to reflect honour upon him, to give authority to his laws and writings, in publishing whereof he... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 1:2

Joshua 1:2. Now therefore arise Let not the withering of the most useful hands be the weakening of ours. When God has work to do, he will either find or make instruments fit to carry it on. Moses the servant is dead, but God the master is not, he lives for ever. This Jordan Which is now near thee, which is the only obstacle in thy way to Canaan. The land which I give That is, I am now about to give thee actual possession of it, as I formerly gave a right to it by promise. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 1:3-4

Joshua 1:3-4. Every place That is, within the following bounds. This Lebanon Emphatically, as being the most eminent mountain in Syria, and the northern border of the land: or this which is within thy view. Hittites Of the Canaanites, who, elsewhere, are called Amorites, (Genesis 15:16,) and here Hittites, the Hittites being the most considerable and formidable of them all. The greater sea The midland sea, great in itself, and especially compared with those lesser collections of... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 1:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 1:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 1:1-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 1:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 1:2-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 1:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 1:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 1:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 1:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 1:3-4

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