John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 5. There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life , etc.] What is promised to the people in common, ( Deuteronomy 11:25); is here particularly promised to Joshua their general; and which was fulfilled in him, and still more in Christ his antitype, who made an end of sin, destroyed the devil, spoiled principalities and powers, abolished death, and overcame the world: as I was with Moses, [so] will I be with thee ; to counsel and advise, guide and direct, protect and defend, prosper and succeed; the Targum of Jonathan is, as my Word “was for the help of Moses, so will I be with thee:” I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee ; but grant him his presence, communicate strength unto him, make good his promises, and leave him not till he had made an entire conquest of the land of Canaan, and even not till the end of his days; and was true of Christ in his state of humiliation, in his sufferings and death, and even in the grave, where he was not left so long as to see corruption; as this is applied to particular believers, (see Gill on “ Hebrews 13:5”).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 5-9 - Joshua is to make the law of God his rule. He is charged to meditat therein day and night, that he might understand it. Whatever affairs of this world we have to mind, we must not neglect the one thing needful All his orders to the people, and his judgments, must be according to the law of God. Joshua must himself be under command; no man's dignit or dominion sets him above the law of God. He is to encourage himsel with the promise and presence of God. Let not the sense of thine ow infirmities dishearten thee; God is all-sufficient. I have commanded called, and commissioned thee to do it, and will be sure to bear the out in it. When we are in the way of duty, we have reason to be stron and very bold. Our Lord Jesus, as Joshua here, was borne up under his sufferings by a regard to the will of God, and the commandment from his Father.
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