[Amos 5:25-26 Acts 7:42-43] So in Josiah’s days, Baal had privily his "Chemarims," or chimney chaplains, yea, those that "worshipped the host of heaven upon the housetops," &c. [Zephaniah 1:4-5].
Verse 1. When he knew that death was drawing near, he summoned the leaders of Israel to hear his last words. "Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible ". They served other gods - Possibly the "images," or teraphim, which we find their ancestor Laban calling "his gods" (see the marginal reference); and of which it would seem that there were, as Joshua spoke, some secret devotees among the people Joshua 24:14, Joshua 24:25. (2.) The other words as in Joshua 23:13. We must remember that a good proportion of ‘the children of Israel’ were from a mixture of nations and would have worshipped a number of gods (Exodus 12:38), and it is clear that traces of that worship were still among them (compare Genesis 35:2). 18 And the Lord drove out(K) before us all the nations,(L) including the Amorites, who lived in the land. xxii.) They whose hearts are faithful to God will be pleased with the returning solemnities, when they come to appear before the Lord.
Comp. These two verses place the decision squarely up to Israel. BibliographyEllicott, Charles John. Ver. Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth. It has already been mentioned that their fathers had worshipped other gods beyond the River, and now is added the fact of gods they had worshipped in Egypt. Three systems of idolatry referred to in verses: Joshua 24:14, Joshua 24:15, Chaldean, Egyptian, and Canaanite. 1. BibliographyBeza, Theodore. He therefore supposes that Josue exhorts them to repent, if any of them should have retained a predilection for the worship of their ancestors in Mesopotamia, and in Egypt, (Calmet) which, by the prophetic light he say, was secretly the case. But it is scarcely supposable, that if Joshua meant to warn them merely against tendencies to idolatry he would have used the words here employed, and those still stronger ones, in Joshua 24:23, Put away the strange gods which are among you — the very words used by Jacob when his household gave up their strange gods, and he buried them at Shechem. The requirements were simple and yet demanding. Biblical Commentary Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25 THE CONTEXT: The last chapters (31-34) of Deuteronomy report the beginnings of the transfer of leadership from Moses to Joshua. - From this exhortation of Joshua we learn of what sort the gods were, to the worship of whom these Israelites were still attached. Under these particulars no doubt he comprehends all other false gods, which were served by the nations amongst whom they were, as appears from Joshua 24:15, but only mentions these, as the idols which they were in more danger of worshipping than those in Canaan; partly because those of Canaan had been now lately and palpably disgraced by their inability to preserve their worshippers from total ruin; and partly because the other idols came recommended unto them by the venerable name of antiquity, and the custom of their forefathers. Put away the gods — By this it appears, that although Joshua had doubtless prevented and purged out all public idolatry, yet there were some of them who practised it in their private houses and retirements. (Haydock) --- Fathers. See the marginal reference. The two kings of the Amorites.âApparently, but not necessarily, Sihon and Og are intended. Compare Ezekiel 23:8. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/acc/joshua-24.html.
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