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Matthew Henry

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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 24:29-33

This book, which began with triumphs, here ends with funerals, by which all the glory of man is stained. We have here 1. The burial of Joseph, Josh. 24:32. He died about 200 years before in Egypt, but gave commandment concerning his bones, that they should not rest in their grave until Israel had rest in the land of promise; now therefore the children of Israel, who had brought this coffin full of bones with them out of Egypt, carried it along with them in all their marches through the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:26

And Joshua wrote these words ,.... Which had passed between him and the people: in the book of the law of God ; written by Moses, and which he ordered to be put in the side of the ark, and that being now present, the book could be easily taken out, and these words inserted in it, Deuteronomy 31:26 , and took a great stone : on which also might be inscribed the same words: and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the Lord ; or "in it" F1 במקדש "in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:27

And Joshua said unto all the people ,.... The chief of them now gathered together, and who represented the whole body: behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us ; of the covenant now made, and the agreement entered into, as the heap of stones were between Jacob and Laban, Genesis 31:45 , for it hath heard all the words of the Lord which he spake unto us ; this is said by a figure called "prosopopaeia", frequent in Scripture, by which inanimate creatures are represented as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:28

So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance. Dismissed them, and took his final leave and farewell of them, dying soon after; upon which they returned to the possessions and inheritances assigned by lot to the several tribes, of which they were the heads and princes. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:29

And it came to pass, after these things ,.... Some little time after, very probably the same year: that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being an hundred and ten years old ; he wanted ten years of Moses his predecessor, Deuteronomy 34:7 , and just the age of Joseph, Genesis 50:22 , from whom he sprung, being of the tribe of Ephraim, Numbers 13:8 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:27

This stone - hath heard all the words - That is, the stone itself, from its permanency, shall be in all succeeding ages as competent and as substantial a witness as one who had been present at the transaction, and heard all the words which on both sides were spoken on the occasion. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:28

So Joshua - After this verse the Septuagint insert Joshua 24:31 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:29

Joshua the son of Nun - died - This event probably took place shortly after this public assembly; for he was old and stricken in years when he held the assembly mentioned Joshua 23:2 ; and as his work was now all done, and his soul ripened for a state of blessedness, God took him to himself, being one hundred and ten years of age; exactly the same age as that of the patriarch Joseph. See Genesis 50:26 . read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:26

Verse 26 26.And Joshua wrote these words, etc Understand that authentic volume which was kept near the ark of the covenant, as if it contained public records deposited for perpetual remembrance. And there is no doubt that when the Law was read, the promulgation of this covenant was also added. But as it often happens, that that which is written remains concealed in unopened books, (208) another aid is given to the memory, one which should always be exposed to the eye, namely, the stone under... read more

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