Joshua 24:17

For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְהוָ֣ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ 'e.lo.Hei.nu	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix
up	הַמַּעֲלֶ֨ה ha.ma.'a.Leh	H5927	to ascend · definite article + verb, hiphil active participle, masculine singular absolute
fathers	אֲבוֹתֵ֛ינוּ 'a.vo.Tei.nu	H1	father · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix
land	מֵאֶ֥רֶץ me.'E.retz	H776	the earth (at large · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
Egypt	מִצְרַ֖יִם mitz.Ra.yim	H4714	Mitsrajim · proper noun, a place name
house	מִבֵּ֣ית mi.Beit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
bondage	עֲבָדִ֑ים 'a.va.Dim	H5650	a servant · noun, common masculine plural absolute
did	עָשָׂ֣ה 'a.Sah	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
great	הַגְּדֹלוֹת֙ ha.ge.do.lOt	H1419	great (in any sense) · definite article + adjective, feminine plural absolute
signs	הָאֹת֤וֹת ha.'o.Tot	H226	a signal (literally or figuratively) · definite article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
sight	לְעֵינֵ֗ינוּ le.'ei.Nei.nu	H5869	an eye (literally or figuratively) · preposition + noun, common feminine dual construct + pronominal suffix
preserved	וַֽיִּשְׁמְרֵ֗נוּ vai.yish.me.Re.nu	H8104	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix
way	הַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ ha.De.rekh	H1870	a road (as trodden) · definite article + noun, common both genders singular absolute
went	הָלַ֣כְנוּ ha.Lakh.nu	H1980	to walk (in a great variety of applications · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common plural
people	הָֽעַמִּ֔ים ha.'a.Mim	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
through	בְּקִרְבָּֽם be.kir.Bam	H7130	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
passed	עָבַ֖רְנוּ 'a.Var.nu	H5674	to cross over · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common plural

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Cross-references

Exodus 19:4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself.
Isaiah 63:7-14 I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the gr…
Deuteronomy 32:11-12 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:
Joshua 24:5-14 I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.
Isaiah 46:4 And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver…
Amos 2:9-10 Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 24:15-28

Never was any treaty carried on with better management, nor brought to a better issue, than this of Joshua with the people, to engage them to serve God. The manner of his dealing with them shows him to have been in earnest, and that his heart was much upon it, to leave them under all possible obligations to cleave to him, particularly the obligation of a choice and of a covenant. I. Would it be any obligation upon them if they made the service of God their choice? - he here puts them to their choice, not as if it were antecedently indifferent whether they served God or nor, or as if they were at liberty to refuse his service, but because it would have a great influence upon their perseveranc…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 24:14

Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth--After having enumerated so many grounds for national gratitude, Joshua calls on them to declare, in a public and solemn manner, whether they will be faithful and obedient to the God of Israel. He avowed this to be his own unalterable resolution, and urged them, if they were sincere in making a similar avowal, "to put away the strange gods that were among them"--a requirement which seems to imply that some were suspected of a strong hankering for, or concealed practice of, the idolatry, whether in the form of Zabaism, the fire-worship of their Chaldean ancestors, or the grosser superstitions of the Canaanites.

Adam Clarke on Joshua 24:16

God forbid that we should forsake the Lord - That they were now sincere cannot be reasonably doubted, for they served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and the elders that outlived him, Jos 24:31; but afterwards they turned aside, and did serve other gods. "It is ordinary," says Mr. Trapp, "for the many-headed multitude to turn with the stream - to be of the same religion with their superiors: thus at Rome, in Diocletian's time, they were pagans; in Constantine's Christians; in Constantius's, Arians; in Julian's apostates, and in Jovinian's, Christians again! And all this within less than the age of a man. It is, therefore, a good thing that the heart be established with grace."

Dictionary and topics

Burial — The first burial we have an account of is that of Sarah (Gen. 23). The first commercial transaction recorded is that of the purchase of a burial-place, for which Abraham weighed to Ephron “four…
Joshua — Jehovah is his help, or Jehovah the Saviour. The son of Nun, of the tribe of Ephraim, the successor of Moses as the leader of Israel. He is called Jehoshua in Num. 13:16 (A.V.), and Jesus in Acts…
Protection · Exemplified: Israel — Exemplified: Israel
Shechem · chiefs, and — chiefs, and

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Joshua 24:17

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 24:15-28

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 24:14

Adam Clarke on Joshua 24:16

Dictionary and topics

Joshua 24:17

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 24:15-28

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 24:14

Adam Clarke on Joshua 24:16

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Joshua 24:17

John Calvin on Joshua 24:15-24

Keil & Delitzsch on Joshua 24:1-18

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Joshua 24:16-18

Rashi on Joshua 24:11