16And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.
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Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it.
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; …
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. …
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 16-18)This answer was given not by the two tribes and a half only (though they are spoken of immediately before), but by the officers of all the people (Josh. 1:10), as their representatives, concurring with the divine appointment, by which Joshua was set over them, and they did it heartily, and with a great deal of cheerfulness and resolution. I. They promise him obedience (Josh. 1:16), not only as sub…
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