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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 1:5

“There shall not any man be able to stand before you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you, I will not fail you, nor forsake you.” God’s promise to Joshua was that he would triumph wherever he went, not necessarily always immediately, but always in the end. Furthermore He would also be with him as He had been with Moses, guiding, advising and strengthening, protecting against all comers. He would not fail him. He would not desert him. He would always be able to... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 1:6

“ Be strong, and of good courage, for you will cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.” Joshua was to be ‘strong’, the word often indicates strength of hand. But his hand was to be strong because his spirit was strong. ‘Of good courage.’ This word also indicates being strong, and especially strong in spirit. Thus ‘be doubly strong’. Strong in action, strong in heart, strong in spirit. (Compare Deuteronomy 31:7). “For you will cause this people to... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 1:1-18

I. Joshua’ s Commission; Preparation for the Passage of the Jordan.— This chapter does not call for much comment. It is, for the most part, an introduction to the whole book from a Deuteronomic writer. There may have been a Deuteronomic account of the conquest of the land which the compiler of our book used, but more probably the old narrative of JE was taken over by the Deuteronomist, who managed to superimpose his own views by means of an introduction and various additions. These additions... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Joshua 1:4

This Lebanon; this emphatically, as being the most eminent mountain in Syria, and the northern border of the land: or this which is within my view; as if the Lord appeared to him in the form of a man, and pointed to it. Of the Hittites, i.e. of the Canaanites, who elsewhere are all called Amorites, as Genesis 15:16, and here Hittites, by a synecdoche; the Hittites being the most considerable and formidable of all, as may appear from Numbers 13:33; Numbers 14:1; 2 Kings 7:6; and many of them... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Joshua 1:5

As I was with Moses, to assist him against all his enemies, and in all the difficulties of governing this stiff-necked people, which Joshua might justly fear no less than the Canaanites. I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee; I will not leave thee destitute either of inward support, or of outward assistance. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Joshua 1:6

Joshua, though a person of great courage and resolution, whereof he had given sufficient proof, yet needs these exhortations, partly because his work was great, and difficult, and long, and in a great measure new; partly because he had a very mean opinion of himself, especially if compared with Moses; and remembering how perverse and ungovernable that people were, even under Moses, he might very well suspect the burden of ruling them would be too heavy for his shoulders. Thou shalt divide the... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Joshua 1:3-9

CRITICAL NOTES.—Joshua 1:3. Every place that the sole] Every place against which your faith and courage lead you to go up, shall be yours. Your inheritance in the land shall have no limits but those set by your own unbelief and fears. As far as you will tread, you shall possess. Joshua 1:6. Be strong and firm—(Schroeder)] “The words signify not firmness and strength in general, but the strength in the hands and the firmness in the knees, Isaiah 35:3, cf. Hebrews 12:12-13” (J. H. Michaelis).... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Joshua 1:6-9

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Joshua 1:6-9THE CHARACTER AND SPHERE OF COURAGEThese words are principally about courage. Joshua would both need it, and need to shew it, in leading the Israelites into the land of their inheritance. God graciously braces men where they are most liable to fail. It was in this matter of courage that the people had given way already. (Numbers 13:26-33; Numbers 14:1-10.) So Jehovah mercifully strengthens them in their weak place. It is thus that our Father deals... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Joshua 1:6

Joshua 1:6 There are two kinds of strength and courage. There is animal strength and there is moral strength; there is animal courage and there is moral courage. And although the strength of active limbs and firm muscles and the courage which men share with the lower animals are not to be despised, but praised and sought after in their degree, yet it is to the nobler qualities the text chiefly refers when it says, "Be strong and of a good courage." I. The need of strength and courage. God gave... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Joshua 1:6-7

Joshua 1:6-7 This exhortation to be strong and very courageous is given solely with moral application, is applied to the keeping of the law of God. The words of Divine injunction rise to the point of greatest emphasis and intensity when the thing commanded is a simple, continuous, unswerving obedience. Applying the subject to ourselves, we have I. A sufficient rule of guidance for life. Joshua had; we have. There was a law of God then by the keeping of which he and all his people might approve... read more

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 1:5

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 1:6

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 1:1-18

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Joshua 1:4

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Joshua 1:5

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Joshua 1:6

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Joshua 1:3-9

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Joshua 1:6-9

Sermon Bible Commentary - Joshua 1:6

Sermon Bible Commentary - Joshua 1:6-7

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