Joshua 23:10

10 A single one of you puts a thousand to flight. This is because the LORD your God fights for you, exactly as he promised you.

Joshua 23:10 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 23:10

One man of you shall chase a thousand
Here Kimchi and Ben Melech observe, that the future tense is put for the past, and that the sense is, one of them had chased a thousand in their war with the Canaanites; but Abarbinel disapproves of this observation, and thinks it refers to time to come, what they should be able to do if they cleaved unto the Lord; this was fulfilled in Samson, ( Judges 15:15 ) ; such a promise was made, ( Leviticus 26:8 ) ;

for the Lord your God he [it is] that fighteth for you;
and no wonder then that a thousand should be put to flight by one man; the Targum interprets it of the Word of the Lord, as in ( Joshua 23:3 ) ;

as he hath promised you;
see ( Deuteronomy 1:30 ) ( 3:22 ) .

Joshua 23:10 In-Context

8 Hold on to the LORD your God instead, exactly as you've done right up to today.

9 “The LORD has removed great and powerful nations before you. To this day, no one has stood up to you.

10 A single one of you puts a thousand to flight. This is because the LORD your God fights for you, exactly as he promised you.

11 For your own sake, be very careful to love the LORD your God.

12 But if you should turn away and join the rest of these nations that remain with you, intermarry with them, and associate with each other,