1,2 Joshua's exhortation before his death 3,4 by former benefits 5,10 by promises 11-16 and by threatenings

the Lord Jos 11:23 21:44 22:4 Ps 46:9

waxed old Jos 13:1 Ge 25:8 De 31:2

stricken in age [heb] come into days

2 And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age:

all Israel Jos 24:1 De 31:28 1Ch 28:1 Ac 20:17-35

and for their elders Or, `even for their elders,' etc.; for it is probably that Joshua gave the following charge only to the elders, judges, etc., to communicate to the people.

3 And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that hath fought for you.

And ye De 4:9 Ps 44:1,2 Mal 1:5

for the Jos 10:14,42 Ex 14:14 De 20:4 Ps 44:3

4 Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.

Behold Jos 13:2,6,7 18:10

westward [heb] at the sunset

5 And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God hath promised unto you.

he shall Jos 23:12,13 13:6 Ex 23:30,31 33:2 34:11 De 11:23

as the Lord Nu 33:52,53

6 Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;

very Jos 1:7-9 Jer 9:3 1Co 16:13 Eph 6:10-19 Heb 12:4 Re 21:8

that ye De 5:32 12:32 17:20 28:14 Pr 4:26,27

7 That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:

That ye come Have no civil or social contact with them, as these will infallibly lead to spiritual affinities, in consequence of which, ye will make honourable `mention of the name of their gods,' `swear by them' in their abominable rites; and `bow yourselves unto them,' as your creators and preservers. All this will follow by simply coming among them. He who walks in the counsel of the ungodly, will soon stand in the way of sinners, and sit in the seat of scorners. Jos 23:12 Ex 23:33 De 7:2,3 Pr 4:14 1Co 15:33 2Co 6:14-17 Eph 5:11

neither Ex 23:13 Nu 32:38 Ps 16:4 Ho 2:17

to swear Jer 5:7 Zep 1:5

8 But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day.

or, For if ye will cleave, etc. Jos 22:5 De 4:4 10:20 11:22 13:4 Ac 11:23

9 For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.

For the Lord. irm?? Then the Lord will drive Jos 23:5 21:43,44 De 11:23

no man Jos 1:5,8,9 15:14

10 One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.

One man Le 26:8 De 32:30 Jud 3:31 7:19-22 15:15 1Sa 14:6,12-16 2Sa 23:8

Lord Jos 10:42 Ex 14:14 23:27 De 3:22 20:4 Ps 35:1 44:4,5 46:7 Ro 8:31

11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God.

Take good Jos 22:5 De 4:9 6:5-12 Pr 4:23 Lu 21:34 Eph 5:15 Heb 12:15

yourselves [heb] your souls
love Ex 20:6 Ro 8:28 1Co 8:3 16:22 Jude 1:20,21

12 Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:

go back Ps 36:3 125:5 Isa 1:4 Eze 18:24 Zep 1:6 Mt 12:45 Joh 6:66 Heb 10:38,39 2Pe 2:18-22 1Jo 2:9

cleave Ge 2:24 34:3 1Sa 18:1-3 1Ki 11:2 Ro 12:9

shall make Ex 34:12-16 De 7:3 1Ki 11:4 Ezr 9:1,2,11,12 Ne 13:23-26 2Co 6:14 6:15-17

13 Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

will no Ex 23:33 Nu 33:55 De 7:16 Jud 2:2,3 Ps 106:35-39

snares De 7:16 Jud 2:3 1Ki 11:4 Ps 69:22 2Ti 2:26

until ye perish Le 26:31-35 De 4:26 28:63-68 29:28 30:18 2Ki 17:22,23 25:21,26 Lu 21:24

14 And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.

I am going 1Ki 2:2 Job 30:23 Ec 9:10 12:5 Heb 9:27

not one thing Jos 21:43-45 Ex 3:8 23:27-30 Le 26:3-13 Nu 23:19 De 28:1-14 1Sa 3:19 1Ki 8:56 Lu 21:33

15 Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

so shall Le 26:14 De 28:15-68 Jud 3:8,12 4:1,2 6:1 10:6,7 13:1 2Ch 36:16,17 Lu 21:22-24 1Th 2:16

16 When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.

then shall 2Ki 24:20

perish Jos 23:13