Joshua 23:10

10 One of you can chase a thousand away. That's because the LORD your God fights for you, just as he promised he would.

Joshua 23:10 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 23:10

One man of you shall chase a thousand
Here Kimchi and Ben Melech observe, that the future tense is put for the past, and that the sense is, one of them had chased a thousand in their war with the Canaanites; but Abarbinel disapproves of this observation, and thinks it refers to time to come, what they should be able to do if they cleaved unto the Lord; this was fulfilled in Samson, ( Judges 15:15 ) ; such a promise was made, ( Leviticus 26:8 ) ;

for the Lord your God he [it is] that fighteth for you;
and no wonder then that a thousand should be put to flight by one man; the Targum interprets it of the Word of the Lord, as in ( Joshua 23:3 ) ;

as he hath promised you;
see ( Deuteronomy 1:30 ) ( 3:22 ) .

Joshua 23:10 In-Context

8 You must remain true to the LORD your God, just as you have done until now.

9 "The LORD has driven out great and powerful nations to make room for you. To this very day no one has been able to fight against you and win.

10 One of you can chase a thousand away. That's because the LORD your God fights for you, just as he promised he would.

11 So be very careful to love the LORD your God.

12 "But suppose you turn away from him. You mix with the people who are left alive in the nations that remain among you. Later, you and they get married to each other. And you do other kinds of things with them.