John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 3. And ye have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto all those nations because of you , etc.] How he had destroyed them, and driven them out of their habitations to make room for them, meaning the seven nations of the Canaanites: for the Lord your God [is] he that hath fought for you ; Joshua does not attribute any of the things that were done to his own valour, nor theirs, nor so much as mentions himself or them as instruments, but wholly ascribes all to the Lord, who fought their battles for them, and conquered their enemies, and subdued them under them; the Targum is, “the Word of the Lord fought for you;” the Captain of the host of the Lord, ( Joshua 5:14,15).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-10 - Joshua was old and dying, let them observe what he said now. He pu them in mind of the great things God had done for them in his days. He exhorted them to be very courageous. Keep with care, do with diligence and regard with sincerity what is written. Also, very cautiously to endeavour that the heathen idolatry may be forgotten, so that it ma never be revived. It is sad that among Christians the names of the heathen gods are so commonly used, and made so familiar as they are Joshua exhorts them to be very constant. There might be many thing amiss among them, but they had not forsaken the Lord their God; the way to make people better, is to make the best of them.
Original Hebrew ואתם859 ראיתם7200 את853 כל3605 אשׁר834 עשׂה6213 יהוה3068 אלהיכם430 לכל3605 הגוים1471 האלה428 מפניכם6440 כי3588 יהוה3068 אלהיכם430 הוא1931 הנלחם׃3898
