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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:25

Verse 25 25.So Joshua made a covenant, etc This passage demonstrates the end for which the meeting had been called, namely, to bind the people more completely and more solemnly to God, by the renewal of the covenant. Therefore, in this agreement, Joshua acted as if he had been appointed on the part of God to receive in his name the homage and obedience promised by the people. It is accordingly added, exegetically, in the second clause, that he set before them precept and judgment. For the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:1

EXPOSITION THE LAST RENEWAL OF THE COVENANT .— To Shechem. The LXX . and the Arabic version read Shiloh here, and as the words "they presented themselves (literally, took up their station ) before God" follow, this would seem the natural reading. But there is not the slightest MSS . authority for the reading, and it is contrary to all sound principles of criticism to resort to arbitrary emendations of the text. Besides, the LXX . itself reads συχέμ , in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:1

Public worship. "And they presented themselves before God." Eminent servants of God were remarkable for their solicitude respecting the course of events likely to follow their decease. "When I am gone let heaven and earth come together" is a sentiment with which a good man can have no sympathy. Note the instructions given by Moses ( Deuteronomy 31:1-30 ), David ( 1 Kings 2:1-46 ), Paul ( 2 Timothy 4:1-8 ), and Peter ( 2 Peter 1:12-15 ). As Jesus Christ looked to the future (John... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:1-13

Review of Providence. I. IT IS WELL TO REVIEW THE PAST . (a) grateful for the goofiness of God, (b) humble in the consciousness of our own failings, (c) wise from the lessons of experience, and (d) diligent to redeem the time which yet remains. II. NO REVIEW OF THE PAST IS COMPLETE WHICH DOES NOT RECOGNISE THE DIVINE PROVIDENCE . The chief value of biblical history is in the fact that it clearly indicates the action of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:1-13

Review of Providence. I. IT IS WELL TO REVIEW THE PAST . (a) grateful for the goofiness of God, (b) humble in the consciousness of our own failings, (c) wise from the lessons of experience, and (d) diligent to redeem the time which yet remains. II. NO REVIEW OF THE PAST IS COMPLETE WHICH DOES NOT RECOGNISE THE DIVINE PROVIDENCE . The chief value of biblical history is in the fact that it clearly indicates the action of... 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 24:1-22

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:25

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:1-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:1-13

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

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