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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 24:15-28

Never was any treaty carried on with better management, nor brought to a better issue, than this of Joshua with the people, to engage them to serve God. The manner of his dealing with them shows him to have been in earnest, and that his heart was much upon it, to leave them under all possible obligations to cleave to him, particularly the obligation of a choice and of a covenant. I. Would it be any obligation upon them if they made the service of God their choice?--he here puts them to their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:18

And the Lord drave out from before us all the people ,.... The seven nations of the land of Canaan: even the Amorites which dwelt in the land ; the strongest and most populous of the nations, Amos 2:9 , or especially the Amorites, so Vatablus; or "with the Amorites", as others; those that lived on the other side Jordan, over whom Sihon and Og reigned: therefore will we also serve the Lord : as well as Joshua and his house, for the reasons before given, because he had done such... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:19

And Joshua said unto the people ,.... To their heads and representatives now assembled together, and who had returned to him the preceding answer: ye cannot serve the Lord ; which he said not to discourage or deter them from serving the Lord, since it was his principal view, through the whole of this conversation with them, to engage them in it, but to observe to them their own inability and insufficiency of themselves to perform service acceptable to God; and therefore it became them to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:20

If you forsake the Lord, and serve strange gods ,.... Joshua knew the proneness of this people to idolatry, and therefore expresses his jealousy of them, that they would not be able to continue in the service of God, and would be apt to be carried away after idols; and therefore, to make them the more cautious and watchful, he represents to them the danger they were in, and what would befall them should they forsake the Lord they now promised to serve, and follow after other gods, which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:21

And the people said unto Joshua, nay ,.... We will not serve strange gods: but we will serve the Lord ; according to his revealed will, and him only. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:22

And Joshua said unto the people ,.... In reply to their answer and resolution: ye are witnesses against yourselves, that ye have chosen you the Lord God to serve him ; that is, should they, after this choice of him, which they had so publicly declared, desert his service, and go into idolatry, their testimony would rise up against them, and they would, be self-condemned: and they said, we are witnesses ; should we ever apostatize from the Lord and his worship, we are content to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:19

Ye cannot serve the Lord : for he is a holy God - If we are to take this literally, we cannot blame the Israelites for their defection from the worship of the true God; for if it was impossible for them to serve God, they could not but come short of his kingdom: but surely this was not the case. Instead of תוכלו לא lo thuchelu , ye Cannot serve, etc., some eminent critics read תכלו לא lo thechallu , ye shall not Cease to serve, etc. This is a very ingenious... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:21

And the people said - Nay ; but we will serve , etc. - So they understood the words of Joshua to imply no moral impossibility on their side: and had they earnestly sought the gracious assistance of God, they would have continued steady in his covenant. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:22

Ye are witnesses against yourselves - Ye have been sufficiently apprised of the difficulties in your way - of God's holiness - your own weakness and inconstancy - the need you have of Divine help, and the awful consequences of apostasy; and now ye deliberately make your choice. Remember then, that ye are witnesses against yourselves, and your own conscience will be witness, judge, and executioner; or, as one terms it, index, judex, vindex . read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:19

Verse 19 19.And Joshua said unto the people, etc Here Joshua seems to act altogether absurdly in crushing the prompt and alert zeal of the people, by suggesting ground of alarm. For to what end does he insist that they cannot serve the Lord, unless it be to make them, from a sense of their utter powerlessness, to give themselves up to despair, and thus necessarily become estranged from the fear of God. It was necessary, however, to employ this harsh mode of obtestation, in order to rouse a... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 24:15-28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:22

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:19

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