Joshua 24:21

The Lord — Namely, him only, and not strange gods.

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²¹ And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD.

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Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Joshua 24:21