Joshua Chapter 1 Commentary. He is charged to meditate therein day and night, that he might understand it. All good men are god's.
Joshua 1 commentary
(1.) though moses is dead, the work must go on; His thorough examination of the original texts and focus on historical and cultural. Therefore arise, and go about. God speaks through history to give an example of our deliverance from the degrading bondage of sin (as. Moses (who exemplified the law of god) could not lead israel into the land of promise and rest. Moses my servant is dead, v. Whatever affairs of this world we have to mind, we must not neglect the one thing needful. Israel was delivered from egypt’s degrading bondage. He was to take the land of canaan. The consideration upon which he was called to the government:
The power and truth of god in fulfilling his promises to israel, and in executing his justly threatened vengeance on the canaanites, are wonderfully displayed. All his orders to the people, and his judgments, must be according to the law of god. Web benson commentary joshua 1:1. God speaks through history to give an example of our deliverance from the degrading bondage of sin (as. These were historical events, but they were not only historical. All good men are god's. His thorough examination of the original texts and focus on historical and cultural. After the death of moses the servant of the lord, it came to pass that the lord spoke to joshua the son of nun, moses’ assistant, saying: ( joshua 1:1) moses is dead, and god speaks to joshua. Joshua was appointed and declared moses’s successor in the government before this time; But what moses did was done by virtue of the presence of god with him, and, though joshua had not always the same presence of mind that moses had, yet, if he had always the same presence of god, he would do well enough.
