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The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:24

And the people said unto Joshua. The triple repetition of the promise adds to the solemnity of the occasion and the binding force of the engagement. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:25

So Joshua made a covenant. Literally, cut a covenant, a phrase common to the Hebrew, Greek, and Latin tongues, and derived from the custom of sacrifice, in which the victims were cut in pieces and offered to the deity invoked in ratification of the engagement. The word used for covenant , berith, is derived from another word having the same meaning. This appears more probable than the suggestion of some, that the berith is derived from the practice of ratifying an agreement by a social... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 24:15

Choose - Service of God in sincerity and truth can only result from a free and willing allegiance of the heart. This accordingly is what Joshua invites, as Moses had done before him (Deuteronomy 30:15 ff). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 24:25

Made a covenant with the people - i. e. he solemnly ratified and renewed the covenant of Sinai, as Moses had done before him Deuteronomy 29:1. As no new or different covenant was made, no sacrifices were necessary. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 24:14

Joshua 24:14. Put away the gods By this it appears, that although Joshua had doubtless prevented and purged out all public idolatry, yet there were some of them who practised it in their private houses and retirements. Your fathers Terah, and Nahor, and Abraham, as Joshua 24:2, and others of your ancestors. In Egypt See Ezekiel 23:3; Ezekiel 23:8; Ezekiel 23:19; Ezekiel 23:21; Ezekiel 23:27. Under these particulars, no doubt, he comprehends all other false gods which were served by the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 24:15

Joshua 24:15. Seem evil Unjust, unreasonable, or inconvenient. Choose ye Not that he leaves them to their liberty, whether they would serve God or idols; for Joshua had no such power himself, nor could give it to any other; and both he and they were obliged by the law of Moses to give their worship to God only, and to forbear all idolatry in themselves, and severely to punish it in others; but his words are a powerful insinuation, which implies that the worship of God is so highly... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 24:19

Joshua 24:19. Ye cannot He speaks not of an absolute impossibility, (for then both his resolution to serve God himself, and his exhortation to them, had been vain,) but of a moral impossibility, or a very great difficulty, which he alleges not to discourage them from God’s service, but to make them more considerate in obliging themselves, and more resolved in answering their obligations. The meaning is, God’s service is not, as you seem to fancy, a slight and easy thing, but it is a work of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 24:20

Joshua 24:20. He will turn and do you hurt That is, he will alter his course, and the manner of his dealing with you, and will be as severe as ever he was kind and gracious. He will repent of his former kindnesses, and his goodness abused will be turned into fury. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 24:21-22

Joshua 24:21-22. Nay, but we will serve the Lord Namely, him only, and not strange gods. Ye are witnesses against yourselves This solemn profession will be a swift witness against you, if hereafter ye apostatize from God. They said, We are witnesses Here they renew their choice of Jehovah for their God and king, which their forefathers made when they came out of Egypt, Exodus 19:7; Exodus 24:7; and acknowledge they should be self-condemned if they did not make it good. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 24:23

Joshua 24:23. Put away the strange gods which are among you Meaning those idols which they had either brought out of Egypt, or had taken in Canaan, and which some of them kept, contrary to God’s command, whether for the preciousness of the matter, or rather from some secret inclination to superstition and idolatry. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:24

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:25

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 24:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 24:25

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 24:14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 24:15

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 24:19

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 24:20

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 24:21-22

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 24:23

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