Joshua 24:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins. ”

Joshua 24:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ye cannot serve. The Ellipsis must be supplied by adding from Joshua 24:14 . "Unless ye put away your idols". See App-6. holy. See note on Exodus 6:5 . GOD. Hebrew. El. App-4. sins. Ap...
Joshua 24:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

19. And Joshua said unto the people, etc Here Joshua seems to act altogether absurdly in crushing the prompt and alert zeal of the people, by suggesting ground of alarm. For to what end does...
Joshua 24:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins. Ye cannot serve the Lord: for he is a...
Joshua 24:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 19. And Joshua said unto the people, ye cannot serve the Lord, &c.— These words may he understood two ways. 1. They may signify, "you will not serve the Lord; I foresee that ye will no...
Joshua 24:19 - 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 24:19 - 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 24:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And Joshua said... Ye cannot serve the Lord: for he is... jealous... — Jehovah will not consent to be served as one God among many: the very thing which Israel was doing at the moment, which they m...
Joshua 24:19 - 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 24:19 - 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 24:19 - 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 24:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

If (as some read those words) we read this passage according to the original in the plural number: He is the holy Gods, meaning He, Jehovah existing in a threefold character of persons, the Holy Gods...
Joshua 24:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Joshua said unto the people ,.... To their heads and representatives now assembled together, and who had returned to him the preceding answer: ye cannot serve the Lord ; which he said not to d...
Joshua 24:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he [is] an holy God; he [is] a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins. Ver. 19. Ye cannot serve the Lord....
Joshua 24:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ye cannot He speaks not of an absolute impossibility, (for then both his resolution to serve God himself, and his exhortation to them, had been vain,) but of a moral impossibility, or a very great...
Joshua 24:19 - 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 24:19 - 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 24:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ye cannot serve the Lord: he speaks not of an absolute impossibility, (for then both his resolution to serve God himself, and his exhortation to them to do so, had been vain and ridiculous,) but of...
Joshua 24:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And Joshua said to the people, “You cannot serve YHWH, for he is a holy God, he is a jealous God, he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins. If you forsake YHWH and serve foreign gods...
Joshua 24:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 24:19 . Ye cannot serve Jehovah] Joshua here bids the people count the cost of the decision expressed in Joshua 24:16 . They could not serve Jehovah in the indifferent sp...
Joshua 24:19 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Joshua 24:19 We find here that Joshua offers a repulse to men who wish to avow themselves on the side of God. There is every ground for believing that he was under Divine direction, and as there w...
Joshua 24:19 - 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 24:19 - 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 24:19 - 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 24:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Exaction of the Promise to be Faithful
Joshua 24:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 10:20-22 ; 1 Samuel 3:14 ; 1 Samuel 6:20 ; 2 Chronicles 36:16 ; Exodus 20:5 ; Exodus 23:21 ; Exodus 34:14 ; Exodus 34:7 ; Habakkuk 1:13 ; Isaiah 27:11 ; Isaiah 30:11 ; Isaia...
Joshua 24:19 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Consecration of the People Joshua 24:13-28 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The time comes sooner, or later, when we must all lay down the yoke which we have been wearing for God. We cannot always serve...
Joshua 24:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ye cannot — He speaks not of an absolute impossibility, (for then both his resolution to serve God himself, and his exhortation to them had been vain) but of a moral impossibility, or a very great...

Joshua 24:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Joshua 24:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 24:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Joshua 24:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Joshua 24:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Joshua 24:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 24:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Joshua 24:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Joshua 24:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joshua 24:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Joshua 24:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Joshua 24:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joshua 24:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joshua 24:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 24:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 24:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joshua 24:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Joshua 24:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 24:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Joshua 24:19 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Joshua 24:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 24:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

Joshua 24:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Joshua 24:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joshua 24:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 24:19 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Joshua 24:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes