Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary

Joshua 24:24

The people said to Joshua, "We will serve the Lord our God and we will obey His voice."

New American Standard Version

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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

Nave's Topical Bible - Backsliders; Covenant; Decision; Government; Obedience; Shechem; Thompson Chain Reference - Covenant; Covenants and Vows; Torrey's Topical Textbook - Obedience to God;

Dictionaries:

Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Shechem; Fausset Bible Dictionary - Pillars; Shechem (1); Holman Bible Dictionary - Covenant; Ebal; Joshua; Joshua, the Book of; Temple of Jerusalem; Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Shechem; Smith Bible Dictionary - She'chem;

Encyclopedias:

Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan; International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Joshua (2); Joshua, Book of; The Jewish Encyclopedia - Shechem; Teraphim;

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

And the people said unto Joshua,.... A third time, that as by the mouth of two or three witnesses everything is confirmed, so by three testimonies of the same persons:

the Lord our God will we serve; as they had before declared, and to which they add:

and his voice will we obey; or his word, as the Targum, not only his word of command, but his essential Word, the Son of God.

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Bibliographical Information
Gill, John. "Commentary on Joshua 24:24". "The New John Gill Exposition of the Entire Bible". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/geb/joshua-24.html. 1999.

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joshua 24:24 And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.

Ver. 24. The Lord our God will we serve.] They bind themselves again to keep touch with God by an unalterable resolution. Vows rightly made and renewed are of singular use to keep the heart within the bounds of obedience, and to make men constant, firm, and peremptory in well doing.

Bibliographical Information
Trapp, John. "Commentary on Joshua 24:24". John Trapp Complete Commentary. https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/jtc/joshua-24.html. 1865-1868.

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And the people said to Joshua, “YHWH our God we will serve and his voice we will obey.” ’

This was their third response, making the response complete. All would recognise that three specifically signifies completeness. (This threeness was not accidental, it was deliberate). They thereby acknowledged YHWH as God alone, and their responsibility to obey Him fully.

Bibliographical Information
Pett, Peter. "Commentary on Joshua 24:24". "Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible ". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/pet/joshua-24.html. 2013.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.

Deuteronomy 5:28,29

Reciprocal: Exodus 19:5 - if ye; Exodus 19:8 - General; Exodus 23:25 - And ye; Judges 2:17 - which their; 1 Kings 18:21 - if the Lord; 2 Kings 23:3 - And all; Psalm 119:57 - I have; 2 Peter 1:15 - I will

Bibliographical Information
Torrey, R. A. "Commentary on Joshua 24:24". "The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/tsk/joshua-24.html.

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Joshua 24:23

Joshua 24

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