Joshua 23:3

3 And ye have seen all that the Lord our God has done to all these nations before us; is the Lord your God who 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 after many days after the Lord had given Israel rest from all his enemies round about, that Joshua was old and advanced in years.

2 And Joshua called together all the children of Israel, and their elders, and their chiefs, and their judges, and their officers; and said to them, I am old and advanced in years.

3 And ye have seen all that the Lord our God has done to all these nations before us; is the Lord your God who has fought for you.

4 See, that I have given to you these nations that are left to you by lots to your tribes, all the nations beginning at Jordan; and I have destroyed; and the boundaries shall be at the great sea westward.

5 And the Lord our God, he shall destroy them before us, until they utterly perish; and he shall send against them the wild beasts, until he shall have utterly destroyed them and their kings from before you; and ye shall inherit their land, as the Lord our God said to you.