Joshua 23:9
The Lord has evicted great, powerful nations in front of you. To this day, no one has been able to hold their own against you.
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8Be loyal to the Lord your God as you have been up until now.
10One of you routs a thousand men, for it is the Lord your God who fights for you, as he promised you.
Cross References
Joshua 1:8This book of the law you should never cease to have on your lips. You must pore over it day and night, that you may be mindful to carry out all that is written in it, for so will you make your way prosperous, so will you succeed.
Joshua 21:43In this way the Lord gave to Israel all the land he had sworn to give to their ancestors. They occupied it and settled in it,
Joshua 24:18The Lord drove out all the nations before us, all the Amorites who lived in the land. So we will serve the Lord, for he is our God.”
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 →