John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 23:4
Behold, I have divided to you by lot these nations that remain ,.... Who are unsubdued, not yet conquered, as well as those that are to be an inheritance for your tribes ; to be possessed by them and their children for ever: from Jordan, with all the nations I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward ; the phrase, "with all the nations I have cut off", is to be read in connection with "those nations that remain"; both those that were cut off by the sword of Joshua, and those... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 23:1-10
As to the date of this edict of Joshua, I. No mention at all is made of the place where this general assembly was held; some think it was at Timnath-serah, Joshua's own city, where he lived, and whence, being old, he could not well remove. But it does not appear that he took so much state upon him; therefore it is more probable this meeting was at Shiloh, where the tabernacle of meeting was, and to which place, perhaps, all the males that could had now come up to worship before the Lord, at... read more