Joshua 24:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods; ”

Joshua 24:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

16. And the people answered and said, etc Here we see he had no reason to repent of the option given, when the people, not swearing in the words of another, nor obsequiously submitting to ex...
Joshua 24:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods; God forbid that we should forsake the Lord - That they were now sincere cannot be reasonably doubted...
Joshua 24:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 16-18. And the people answered — The whole assembly, which represented the nation, cried out, God forbid that we should forsake the Lord, &c.,—"Far be from us so abominable a thought!...
Joshua 24:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amo...
Joshua 24:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua's Second and Final Farewell This discourse ( Joshua 24:1-15 ), with Israel's response ( Joshua 24:16-24 ), and consequent renewal of the Covenant ( Joshua 24:25-28 ), occupies the bulk of t...
Joshua 24:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

God forbid that we should forsake the Lord, to serve other gods. — The feelings of the people are naturally shocked by the bare mention of apostasy. They will not forsake Jehovah on any account....
Joshua 24:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXXII. JOSHUA'S LAST APPEAL. Joshua 24:1-33 . IT was at Shechem that Joshua's last meeting with the people took place. The Septuagint makes it Shiloh in one verse ( Joshua 24:1 ), but S...
Joshua 24:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joshua's Last Service to His People Joshua 24:16-33 Joshua did well to discourage their proud vauntings, and to show that the people could not in their own might realize God's ideal, Psalms 10...
Joshua 24:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have the record of the final address of Joshua. In it he first concisely and comprehensively traced the Hebrews' history from the call of Abraham and did so in the form of the speech of Jehov...
Joshua 24:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The answer of Israel is just what we might have expected. They have well spoken, said the Lord himself concerning them upon a similar occasion, all that they have spoken. But he who knows what is in...
Joshua 24:16 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

A DECISION MADE ‘As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.’ Joshua 24:15 These were the brave and faithful words of a brave and faithful man—words that were brave as regards men, words...
Joshua 24:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the people answered and said ,.... To Joshua, upon his proposal to them, the option he gave them to serve the Lord or idols, and which was only done to try them: God forbid that we should fors...
Joshua 24:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods; Ver. 16. God forbid that we should forsake the Lord. ] And yet they did thus, not long after Josh...
Joshua 24:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JOSHUA'S SUMMARY OF ISRAEL'S HISTORY (vs.1-13) For the second time, as Joshua neared the end of his life, he called Israel together, primarily the elders, heads, judges and officers (v.1), but in...
Joshua 24:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the L ORD , choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods...
Joshua 24:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Joshua 24:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And the people answered and said, “God forbid that we should forsake YHWH to serve other gods. For YHWH our God, he it is who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the hous...
Joshua 24:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 24:14 . Now therefore fear the Lord] “The marvellous history so clearly and succinctly recounted was the natural preface for the exhortation which here begins.” [ Crosby ....
Joshua 24:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 24:1 . Shechem. Some think this was the Sychar where our Saviour talked with the woman. John 4:5 . This place became far famed on account of the renewal of the covenant before Joshua's dea...
Joshua 24:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem. Joshua’s last farewell I. God’s threefold mercies. 1. Israel’s enlargement (verses 2-4). 2. Israel’s exodus (verses 5-7). 3. Israel...
Joshua 24:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE LAST RENEWAL OF THE COVENANT .— Joshua 24:1 To Shechem. The LXX . and the Arabic version read Shiloh here, and as the words "they presented themselves (liter...
Joshua 24:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Exaction of the Promise to be Faithful
Joshua 24:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 12:23 ; Hebrews 10:38 ; Hebrews 10:39 ; Romans 3:6 ; Romans 6:2
Joshua 24:16 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Joshua's Farewell Words Joshua 24:1-18 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Before Joshua died he reviewed the history of Israel and in so doing he brought out the four great patriarchs who were so prominently...

Joshua 24:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 24:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Joshua 24:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Joshua 24:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Joshua 24:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 24:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Joshua 24:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Joshua 24:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joshua 24:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Joshua 24:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Joshua 24:16 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Joshua 24:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joshua 24:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joshua 24:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 24:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joshua 24:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Joshua 24:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 24:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Joshua 24:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 24:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

Joshua 24:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Joshua 24:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joshua 24:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 24:16 - Wells of Living Water Commentary