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
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