Paul Kretzmann Commentary - Joshua 1:10 - 1:18

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Paul Kretzmann Commentary - Joshua 1:10 - 1:18


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The First General Order Of Joshua

v. 10. Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,


v. 11. Pass through the host and command the people,
for as keepers of the genealogical records they were also superintendents of the mustering and were primarily concerned with any order pertaining to the mobilizing of the army, saying, Prepare you victuals, food for a journey or campaign; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, along whose eastern banks their encampment extended, to go in to possess the land which the Lord, your God, giveth you to possess it. This order went forth on the seventh of Nisan, Jos_4:19.

v. 12. And to the Reubenites and to the Gadites and to half the tribe of Manasseh spake Joshua, saying,


v. 13. Remember the word which Moses, the servant of the Lord,
this being the usual manner in which he is now referred to, commanded you, saying, The Lord, your God, hath given you rest, having permitted them to settle in peace, and hath given you this land, they had their possession on the east side of Jordan.

v. 14. Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before your brethren armed,
fully equipped and arrayed in battle order, all the mighty men of valor, and help them,

v. 15. until the Lord have given your brethren rest, as He hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the Lord, your God, giveth them. Then ye shall return unto the land of your possession and enjoy it,
make use of all the owners' privileges, which Moses, the Lord's servant, gave you on this side Jordan toward the sun-rising. Cf Num_32:17-27.

v. 16. And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us we will go,
a fine expression of allegiance and loyalty, of obedience and brotherly love.

v. 17. According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee; only the Lord, thy God, be with thee as He was with Moses.
With this assurance and guarantee they were ready to follow Joshua anywhere.

v. 18. Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death; only be strong and of a good courage,
a call with which the two and one half tribes intended to give Joshua the assurance which he needed at the beginning of his difficult work that he could depend upon the people whom the Lord had given into his charge. In the New Covenant it is also the will of God that His children help one another in the severe spiritual battles which they must fight, giving one another all possible encouragement at all times. They are assured, even now, of eventual entrance into their rest. "He who follows the Word of God acts wisely and happily, but he who follows his own reason acts unwisely and to no profit. " (Luther. )