Joshua 23:3

3 You've seen all that the LORD your God has done to all these nations because of you. It is the LORD your God who fights 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 A long time passed. The LORD had given rest to Israel from all their surrounding enemies, and Joshua had grown very old.

2 Joshua summoned all Israel, their elders, their heads, their judges, and their officers. He said to them, “I've grown very old.

3 You've seen all that the LORD your God has done to all these nations because of you. It is the LORD your God who fights for you.

4 Look. I've allotted to you these remaining nations as a legacy for your tribes, along with all the nations I have destroyed. They stretch from the Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea

5 The LORD your God will force them out before you and remove them from you. Then you will take over their land, exactly as the LORD your God has promised you.