Joshua 23:3

3 and ye have seen all that the LORD your God has done with all these Gentiles in your presence; for the LORD your God has fought for you.

Joshua 23:3 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 23:3

And ye have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto all
those nations because of you
How he had destroyed them, and driven them out of their habitations to make room for them, meaning the seven nations of the Canaanites:

for the Lord your God [is] he that hath fought for you;
Joshua does not attribute any of the things that were done to his own valour, nor theirs, nor so much as mentions himself or them as instruments, but wholly ascribes all to the Lord, who fought their battles for them, and conquered their enemies, and subdued them under them; the Targum is,

``the Word of the Lord fought for you;''

the Captain of the host of the Lord, ( Joshua 5:14 Joshua 5:15 ) .

Joshua 23:3 In-Context

1 And it came to pass many days after the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age.

2 And Joshua called for all Israel and for their elders and for their princes and for their judges and for their officers and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age;

3 and ye have seen all that the LORD your God has done with all these Gentiles in your presence; for the LORD your God has fought for you.

4 Behold, I have divided unto you as inheritance unto your tribes all these Gentiles, those that remain as well as those that are destroyed, from the Jordan unto the great sea towards the going down of the sun.

5 And the LORD your God, shall expel them from before you and drive them from out of your presence; and ye shall possess their lands, as the LORD your God has promised unto you.