12And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying,
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-13)Joshua, being settled in the government, immediately applies himself to business; not to take state or to take his pleasure, but to further the work of God among, the people over whom God had set him. As he that desires the office of a minister (1 Tim. 3:1), so he that desires the office of a magistrate, desires a work, a good work; neither is preferred to be idle. I. He issues out orders to the p…
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