Joshua 1:4

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joshua 1:4

From. For these boundaries, compare Genesis 15:18 , Exodus 23:31 .Numbers 34:3-12 , Deuteronomy 11:24 . coast = border or boundary. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Joshua 1:3-4

"Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, to you have I given it, as I spake unto Moses. From the wilderness and this Lebanon, even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border."A number of scholars make something big out of the fact that the Septuagint (LXX) omits here in Joshua 1:4 the words "all the land of the Hittites," affirming on that basis that, the words "are... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 1:4

Ver. 4. From the wilderness and this Lebanon—shall be your coast— That is, from all that desart which lies south of the place where you now are, to mount Lebanon, fronting you on the north; and from the Euphrates on the east, to the Mediterranean sea on the west. See Genesis 25:18. Deuteronomy 1:7. The Hittites, part of whom were of the race of the giants, inhabited, with the Amorites, the mountainous country to the south of the land of Canaan, and were famous for their valour. To promise... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Joshua 1:4

4. all the land of the Hittites—These occupied the southern extremities and were the dominant tribe of Canaan. Their superior power and the extent of their dominions are attested by the mention of them under the name of Khita, on the Assyrian inscriptions, and still more frequently on the Egyptian inscriptions of the eighteenth and nineteenth Dynasties. What life and encouragement must have been imparted to Joshua by the assurance that his people, who had been overwhelmed with fear of that... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joshua 1:1-9

1. God’s charge to Joshua 1:1-9In one sense Joshua 1:1-9 are a preamble to the whole book. They contain the basic principles that were to guide Joshua and Israel so they could obtain all that God had promised their forefathers. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joshua 1:4

The area described here includes all that God promised to Abraham and the other patriarchs (Genesis 15:18; et al.). The writer apparently referred to the Hittites in a representative sense to describe all the Canaanite tribes (as in 1 Kings 10:29; 2 Kings 7:6; Ezekiel 16:3). This is a figure of speech called synecdoche in which a part represents the whole or the whole stands for a part (e.g., "bread" means food, or "all the world" equals all the Roman world [Luke 2:1]). read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 1:1-18

Joshua by Divine Commission Succeeds MosesJoshua 1:1 to Joshua 5:12 record the preparations for the Holy War.1. Now (better, ’and’) after the death of Moses.. it came to pass] These words clearly mark the book which follows as a sequel to Deuteronomy. The book of Judges begins with a precisely similar phrase.The Lord spake unto Joshua] This formula ’the Lord spake,’ which so constantly recurs in the first books of the Bible, corresponds to the more direct formula of the prophets, ’Thus saith... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Joshua 1:4

(4) All the land of the Hittites.—The name Hittites may be used here to represent all the Canaanites; but it seems better to understand the land of the Hittites of the northern districts in which Hamath and Carchemish were situated—between Palestine proper and the Euphrates; but compare Note on Judges 1:26. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Joshua 1:1-18

Joshua Encouraged Joshua 1:1-11 'Be strong and of a good courage' (Joshua 1:6 ). When Luther was summoned before the Diet of Worms, his friends did all that they could to dissuade him from going. They were afraid that his safe-conduct would not be respected. But nothing would keep the brave Reformer back, and what was thought of his courage is shown in the words which a great captain is said to have addressed to him: 'Little monk! little monk! you are venturing today on a more hazardous march... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Joshua 1:2-5

CHAPTER IV.JOSHUA’S CALL.Joshua 1:2-5.JOSHUA has heard the Divine voice summoning him to the attitude of activity - "Arise!" Directions follow immediately as to the course which his activity is to take. His first step is to be a very pronounced one - "Go over this Jordan ": enter the land, not by yourself, or with a handful of comrades, as you did forty years ago, but "thou and all this people." Take the bold step, cross the river; and when you are across the river, take possession of the... read more

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