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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joshua 24:1-28

C. Israel’s second renewal of the covenant 24:1-28"Joshua did not merely settle for a series of public admonitions in order to guide Israel after his death. The twenty-fourth chapter describes a formal covenant renewal enacted at the site of Shechem for the purpose of getting a binding commitment on the part of the people of Israel to the written Word of God." [Note: Davis and Whitcomb, pp. 87-88.] The structure of this covenant renewal speech is similar to the typical Hittite suzerainty... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joshua 24:14-24

3. Covenant stipulations 24:14-24On the basis of God’s great acts for them (Joshua 24:14), Joshua appealed to the Israelites to commit themselves to Him anew (cf. Romans 12:1-2). Though Israel was not as guilty of idolatry at this stage in her history as she was later, this sin existed in the nation to some degree (cf. Leviticus 17:7).Joshua’s offer to choose the God or gods they would serve (Joshua 24:15) was not, of course, an encouragement to consider the idols as an equally acceptable... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joshua 24:25-28

4. Provisions for the preservation of the covenant 24:25-28The covenant that Joshua made with the people on this day was not a new one but a renewal of the Mosaic Covenant made for the first time at Mt. Sinai (Joshua 24:25). The Israelites renewed this covenant from time to time after God first gave it (cf. Joshua 8:30-35). The "statute" Joshua made was the written commitment of the people to obey the Law (Joshua 24:26). The "ordinance" (right) was the record of the blessings Israel would enjoy... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:1-33

Joshua’s Second and Final FarewellThis discourse (Joshua 24:1-15), with Israel’s response (Joshua 24:16-24), and consequent renewal of the Covenant (Joshua 24:25-28), occupies the bulk of the chapter. The book is then brought to a conclusion in three short paragraphs, recording (a) the death and burial of Joshua (Joshua 24:29-31), (b) the burial of Joseph’s bones (Joshua 24:32), and (c) the death of Eleazar (Joshua 24:33).1-15. This last address of Joshua, which is admitted by critics to be of... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Joshua 24:14

(14) Fear the Lord.—It should be remembered throughout the whole of this passage that Lord stands for JEHOVAH, the covenant God of Israel. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Joshua 24:15

(15) The Amorites.—Here used generically for the inhabitants of Canaan.As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.—For Joshua himself the service of Jehovah on earth was nearly over. He pledges his “house” to the same service. What is known of his family? It is a singular fact that no descendant of the great conqueror, no member of his household, is named in the Bible. In the genealogies of Ephraim in 1 Chronicles 7:0, Joshua’s name is the last in his own line (Joshua 24:27 : “Non his son,... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Joshua 24:16

(16) God forbid that we should forsake the Lord, to serve other gods.—The feelings of the people are naturally shocked by the bare mention of apostasy. They will not forsake Jehovah on any account. But their answer only betrayed their want of intelligence. They missed the point of Joshua’s argument, as may be seen by his reply. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Joshua 24:19

(19) And Joshua said . . . Ye cannot serve the Lord: for he is . . . jealous . . .—Jehovah will not consent to be served as one God among many: the very thing which Israel was doing at the moment, which they meant to do, and did do, with rare intervals, down to the Babylonish captivity, when the evil spirit of (literal) idolatry was expelled for evermore. Israel always maintained the worship of Jehovah (except in very evil times) as the national Deity, but did not abstain from the recognition... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Joshua 24:21

(21) Nay; but we will serve the Lord.—Being brought to the point, no other answer was possible. If they must give up Jehovah or the idols, the idols must go first.(22,23) Ye are witnesses . . . that ye have chosen you the Lord . . . Now therefore put away . . . the strange gods.—This was the practical conclusion to which Joshua desired that they should come. But we do not read that they did anything in obedience to these words. We read of no images being buried or burned, as in the days of... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Joshua 24:25

(25) So Joshua made a covenant—i.e., a covenant that idolatry should not be tolerated in Israel, or suffered to exist. We read of similar covenants in the reign of Asa (2 Chronicles 15:12-13), in the reign of Joash, by Jehoiada (2 Chronicles 23:16), and of Josiah (2 Chronicles 34:31-32). read more

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joshua 24:1-28

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joshua 24:14-24

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joshua 24:25-28

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:1-33

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Joshua 24:14

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Joshua 24:15

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Joshua 24:16

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Joshua 24:19

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Joshua 24:21

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Joshua 24:25

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