Joshua 23:3

You have seen everything the Lord your God has done to all these nations because of you; for it is the Lord your God who has been fighting for you.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2Joshua sent for all Israel, for their responsible men and their chiefs and their judges and their overseers, and said to them, I am old, and full of years:

4Now I have given to you, as the heritage of your tribes, all these nations which are still in the land, together with those cut off by me, from Jordan as far as the Great Sea on the west.

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Cross References

Exodus 19:4You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I took you, as on eagles' wings, guiding you to myself.

Deuteronomy 7:17If you say in your hearts, These nations are greater in number than we are: how are we to take their land from them?

Deuteronomy 20:4For the Lord your God goes with you, fighting for you to give you salvation from those who are against you.

Joshua 10:42And all these kings and their land Joshua took at the same time, because the Lord, the God of Israel, was fighting for Israel.

Malachi 1:5And your eyes will see it; and you will say, The Lord is great even outside the limits of Israel.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 23:2-11

Joshua's Charge to Israel. ( b. c. 1427.) 1 And it came to pass a long time after that the Lord had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age. 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: 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… Read the whole commentary →

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