John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 4. Behold, I have divided to you by lot these nations that remain , etc.] Who are unsubdued, not yet conquered, as well as those that are to be an inheritance for your tribes ; to be possessed by them and their children for ever: from Jordan, with all the nations I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward ; the phrase, “with all the nations I have cut off”, is to be read in connection with “those nations that remain”; both those that were cut off by the sword of Joshua, and those that remained unconquered, being divided by lot to the tribes of Israel; and which reached from Jordan eastward, where Joshua and Israel entered into the land, to the Mediterranean sea, called the great sea in comparison of little ones in Canaan, as the Dead sea, and the sea of Tiberias; and which great sea lay west to the land of Israel, or where the sun sets, as the phrase in the Hebrew text is.
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 ראו7200 הפלתי5307 לכם את853 הגוים1471 הנשׁארים7604 האלה428 בנחלה5159 לשׁבטיכם7626 מן4480 הירדן3383 וכל3605 הגוים1471 אשׁר834 הכרתי3772 והים3220 הגדול1419 מבוא3996 השׁמשׁ׃8121
