ヨシュア記 24:14-33 JCB

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:31

And the children of Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua ,.... Without going into idolatrous practices: and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua ; that lived a few years longer than he; some of them that came young out of Egypt, and were now elderly men; and some of them doubtless were of the court of the seventy elders; these could not overlive Joshua a great many years, for, in the times of Chushanrishathaim, Israel fell into idolatry, Judges 2:6 , and which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:32

And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt ,.... At the request, and by the order of Joseph, Genesis 50:25 ; which were punctually observed by the children of Israel under the direction and command of Moses, and therefore is ascribed to him, as here to them, Exodus 13:19 , buried they in Shechem ; not in the city, but in a field near it, as the next clause shows. The Jews in their Cippi Hebraici say F7 Ut supra. (Cippi Heb. p. 32.) , that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:33

And Eleazar the son of Aaron died ,.... Very probably in a short time after Joshua; and, according to the Samaritan Chronicle F9 Apud Hottinger. p. 524. , he died as Joshua did, gathered the chief men of the children of Israel a little before his death, and enjoined them strict obedience to the commands of God, and took his leave of them, and then stripped himself of his holy garments, and clothed Phinehas his son with them; what his age was is not said: and they buried him in a... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:14

Fear the Lord - Reverence him as the sole object of your religious worship. Serve him - Perform his will by obeying his commands. In sincerity - Having your whole heart engaged in his worship. And in truth - According to the directions he has given you in his infallible word. Put away the gods , etc. - From this exhortation of Joshua we learn of what sort the gods were, to the worship of whom these Israelites were still attached. Those which their... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:15

Choose you this day whom ye will serve - Joshua well knew that all service that was not free and voluntary could be only deceit and hypocrisy, and that God loveth a cheerful giver. He therefore calls upon the people to make their choice, for God himself would not force them - they must serve him with all their heart if they served him at all. As for himself and family, he shows them that their choice was already fixed, for they had taken Jehovah for their portion. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:16

God forbid that we should forsake the Lord - That they were now sincere cannot be reasonably doubted, for they served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and the elders that outlived him, Joshua 24:31 ; but afterwards they turned aside, and did serve other gods. "It is ordinary," says Mr. Trapp, "for the many-headed multitude to turn with the stream - to be of the same religion with their superiors: thus at Rome, in Diocletian's time, they were pagans; in Constantine's... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:19

Ye cannot serve the Lord : for he is a holy God - If we are to take this literally, we cannot blame the Israelites for their defection from the worship of the true God; for if it was impossible for them to serve God, they could not but come short of his kingdom: but surely this was not the case. Instead of תוכלו לא lo thuchelu , ye Cannot serve, etc., some eminent critics read תכלו לא lo thechallu , ye shall not Cease to serve, etc. This is a very ingenious... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:21

And the people said - Nay ; but we will serve , etc. - So they understood the words of Joshua to imply no moral impossibility on their side: and had they earnestly sought the gracious assistance of God, they would have continued steady in his covenant. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:22

Ye are witnesses against yourselves - Ye have been sufficiently apprised of the difficulties in your way - of God's holiness - your own weakness and inconstancy - the need you have of Divine help, and the awful consequences of apostasy; and now ye deliberately make your choice. Remember then, that ye are witnesses against yourselves, and your own conscience will be witness, judge, and executioner; or, as one terms it, index, judex, vindex . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:23

Now therefore put away - As you have promised to reform, begin instantly the work of reformation. A man's promise to serve God soon loses its moral hold of his conscience if he do not instantaneously begin to put it in practice. The grace that enables him to promise is that by the strength of which he is to begin the performance. read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:32

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:33

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:23

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