“ Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, ”
Officers - The “scribes.” (See the Exodus 5:6 note, and Deuteronomy 16:18 .)
I. Joshua's Commission; Preparation for the Passage of the Jordan. This chapter does not call for much comment. It is, for the most part, an introduction to the whole book from a Deuteronomic write...
10. Then Joshua commanded (25) etc It may be doubted whether or not this proclamation was made after the spies were sent, and of course on their return. And certainly I think it not only pr...
Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, Commanded the officers - שטרים shoterim. These were different from the שפטים shophetim, who were judges among the people, and whose business...
Ver. 10. Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people — Obedient to the divine injunction, Joshua hastens to take all those measures which human prudence could suggest to a pious mind in the...
Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people. Thus divinely commissioned and encouraged, the new leader inaugurated his work by i...
Joshua by Divine Commission Succeeds Moses Joshua 1:1 to Joshua 5:12 record the preparations for the Holy War.
JOSHUA’S FIRST ORDERS ( Joshua 1:10-15 ). (10) Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people. — Joshua’s first orders to the people were to prepare for the passage of Jordan within three days...
CHAPTER VI. JOSHUA'S CHARGE TO THE PEOPLE. Joshua 1:10-18 . GOD has spoken to Joshua; it is now Joshua's part to speak to the people. The crossing of the Jordan must be set about at once, and i...
Provisioned and United for Conquest Joshua 1:10-18 It was enough that God had spoken and promised. Nothing more was necessary. Joshua took immediate steps, dictated by sanctified common-sense,...
In the Hebrew division of the Scriptures after the Torah or Law came the Prophets, divided into the Earlier Prophets and the Later Prophets. In this section the first Book is the Book of Joshua. Its...
In the preparation of these victuals, I am at a loss to know what the particular nature of the command was. We are told, Exodus 16:35 that manna was the food of Israel until they came to a land inh...
Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people ,.... The same word is used in Deuteronomy 16:18 ; where it seems to design such officers that attended on the judges, and executed their orders; bu...
Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, Ver. 10. Then Joshua. ] After the spies were returned. Jos 2:23
The officers of the people Those who commanded under Joshua, in their respective tribes and families, attended him for orders, which they were to transmit to the people. Prepare you victuals For...
THE LORD'S CHARGE TO JOSHUA (vv. 1-9) Since Moses had passed off the scene, the Lord now speaks directly to Joshua.Joshua had been prepared for leadership by his close association with Moses for...
Joshua's Address to the Reubenites. B. C. 1451. 10 Then Joshua commanded the officers...
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‘ Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying “Pass through the midst of the camp and command the people, saying, ‘Prepare victuals, for in three days you are to pass over this Jordan,...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 1:11 . Prepare you victuals] Herein speaks both the prophet and the soldier. As God’s prophet, Joshua anticipates the cessation of the manna, and prepares the people for t...
Joshua 1:1 . The Lord spake to Joshua. Messiah, the Angel of the covenant, called him anew, and encouraged him to enter on the conquest of the promised land. All gentile mythology is built on this...
Within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan. Three days’ pause I. What this pause meant. “Three days” is a recognised period in Scripture for death and resurrection. But there was another...
EXPOSITION JOSHUA 'S COMMAND TO THE PEOPLE ,— Joshua 1:10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people. The Shoterim, a term derived from the same root as an Arabic word si...
Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
Joshua 1:10
The officers of the people — These who commanded under Joshua, in their respective tribes and families, attended him for orders, which they were to transmit to the people.