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9And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God.

Joshua 3:9

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.

  • Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 7-13)

We may observe here how God honours Joshua, and by this wondrous work he is about to do designs to make Israel know that he is their governor, and then how Joshua honours God and endeavours by it to make Israel know that he is their God. Thus those that honour God he will honour, and those whom he has advanced should do what they can in their places to exalt him. I. God speaks to Joshua to put hon…

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