Joshua 23:3

3 You have seen for yourselves everything the LORD your God did to all those nations. The LORD your God 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 A long time afterward, the LORD gave the Israelites peace with all their enemies around them. Joshua was old, near the end of his life.

2 So he called all the leaders, chiefs, judges, and officers of Israel together. He said to them, "I am old, near the end of my life.

3 You have seen for yourselves everything the LORD your God did to all those nations. The LORD your God fought for you!

4 I have given you the territory of the nations that still remain as an inheritance for your tribes. This includes the territory of all the nations I have already destroyed from the Jordan River westward to the Mediterranean Sea.

5 The LORD your God will expel them right in front of your eyes and force them out of your way. You will take their land as the LORD your God told you.