27So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout all the country.
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There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-27)The people had religiously observed the orders given them concerning the besieging of Jericho, and now at length Joshua had told them (Josh. 6:16), “ The Lord hath given you the city , enter and take possession.” Accordingly in these verses we have, I. The rules they were to observe in taking possession. God gives it to them, and therefore may direct it to what uses and intents, and clog it with w…
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