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Joshua 23:1-3
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Joshua’s Farewell to the Leaders
1 After a long time had passed and the LORD had given Israel rest from all their enemies around them, Joshua, by then a very old man,
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summoned all Israel—their elders, leaders, judges and officials—and said to them: “I am very old.
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You yourselves have seen everything the LORD your God has done to all these nations for your sake; it was the LORD your God who fought for you.
Joshua 23:1-3 Meaning and Commentary
INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 23
Joshua being old, convenes the states of Israel a little before his death, Jos 23:1,2; and in his address to them observes what God had done for them, and would do, Jos 23:3-5; and exhorts them to keep the commandments of God, and cleave to him, and not to mix with the Gentiles, and join with them in idolatrous practices, and then it would be well with them, Jos 23:6-11; but otherwise should they join with them, and depart from the Lord, who had so faithfully and punctually performed every good thing he had promised them, they might expect all evils and calamities, utter ruin and destruction, to befall them, Jos 23:12-16.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Joshua 23:1-3 In-Context
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After a long time had passed and the LORD had given Israel rest from all their enemies around them, Joshua, by then a very old man,
2
summoned all Israel—their elders, leaders, judges and officials—and said to them: “I am very old.
3
You yourselves have seen everything the LORD your God has done to all these nations for your sake; it was the LORD your God who fought for you.
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Remember how I have allotted as an inheritance for your tribes all the land of the nations that remain—the nations I conquered—between the Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea in the west.
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The LORD your God himself will push them out for your sake. He will drive them out before you, and you will take possession of their land, as the LORD your God promised you.
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“Be very strong; be careful to obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, without turning aside to the right or to the left.
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Do not associate with these nations that remain among you; do not invoke the names of their gods or swear by them. You must not serve them or bow down to them.
