Jos 23:1-8 - Commentary

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Text -- Joshua 23:1-8 (NET)

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Joshua Challenges Israel to be Faithful

23:1 A long time passed after the Lord made Israel secure from all their enemies, and Joshua was very old. 23:2 So Joshua summoned all Israel, including the elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and told them: “I am very old. 23:3 You saw everything the Lord your God did to all these nations on your behalf, for the Lord your God fights for you. 23:4 See, I have parceled out to your tribes these remaining nations, from the Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea in the west, including all the nations I defeated. 23:5 The Lord your God will drive them out from before you and remove them, so you can occupy their land as the Lord your God promised you. 23:6 Be very strong! Carefully obey all that is written in the law scroll of Moses so you won’t swerve from it to the right or the left, 23:7 or associate with these nations that remain near you. You must not invoke or make solemn declarations by the names of their gods! You must not worship or bow down to them! 23:8 But you must be loyal to the Lord your God, as you have been to this very day.

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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:

· Great Sea the Mediterranean Sea

· Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel

· Jordan the river that flows from Lake Galilee to the Dead Sea,a river that begins at Mt. Hermon, flows south through Lake Galilee and on to its end at the Dead Sea 175 km away (by air)

· Joshua a son of Eliezer; the father of Er; an ancestor of Jesus,the son of Nun and successor of Moses,son of Nun of Ephraim; successor to Moses,a man: owner of the field where the ark stopped,governor of Jerusalem under King Josiah,son of Jehozadak; high priest in the time of Zerubbabel

· Moses a son of Amram; the Levite who led Israel out of Egypt and gave them The Law of Moses,a Levite who led Israel out of Egypt and gave them the law

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NET Notes: Jos 23:1 Heb “was old, coming into the days.” This expression, referring to advancing in years, also occurs in the following verse.

NET Notes: Jos 23:3 Heb “for the Lord your God, he [is] the one who fights for you.”

NET Notes: Jos 23:4 Heb “from the Jordan and all the nations which I cut off and the Great Sea [at] the place where the sun sets.” The relationship of the sec...

NET Notes: Jos 23:5 Heb “said to.”

NET Notes: Jos 23:6 Heb “Be strong so you can be careful to do.”

NET Notes: Jos 23:7 Or “serve.”

NET Notes: Jos 23:8 Heb “done.”

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