The Biblical Illustrator - Joshua 24:1-33
Joshua 24:1-33Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem. Joshua’s last farewellI. God’s threefold mercies.1. Israel’s enlargement (verses 2-4).2. Israel’s exodus (verses 5-7).3. Israel’s entrance into Canaan (verses 8-12).II. Joshua’s threefold appeal.1. He exhorts them to fear and serve this great and this good God.2. To manifest in yet clearer light that the service of God is a reasonable service, and to show the utter folly of idolatry, Joshua, in the gravest irony, upholds the... read more
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 24:1-33
Joshua 24:1 . Shechem. Some think this was the Sychar where our Saviour talked with the woman. John 4:5. This place became far famed on account of the renewal of the covenant before Joshua’s death. He had built an altar here more than twenty years before. This town lies about eight miles from Samaria, and is now called Naplosa. Joshua 24:2 . Terah served other gods. Sabianism maintained that the world was eternal, and inculcated the worship of the planets as gods. The planets were also... read more