Joshua 23:10

10 ¹One man of you puts to flight a thousand, since it is the LORD your God ²who fights for you, just 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 but you shall cling to the LORD your God just as you have done to this day.

9 For the LORD has driven out before you great and strong nations. And as for you, no man has been able to stand before you to this day.

10 One man of you puts to flight a thousand, since it is the LORD your God who fights for you, just as he promised you.

11 Be very careful, therefore, to love the LORD your God.

12 For if you turn back and cling to the remnant of these nations remaining among you and make marriages with them, so that you associate with them and they with you,

Cross References

• 1. [Leviticus 26:8; Deuteronomy 32:30]
• 2. ver. 3; Exodus 14:14; Deuteronomy 3:22