Now after the death of Moses the servant of Yahweh, Yahweh spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ servant, saying,
Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying, The Argument - In this book the Holy Spirit sets most lively before us the accomplishment of God's promise, who as he promised by the mouth of Moses, that a prophet would be raised up to the...
God speaks to Joshua directly, probably in vision or dream, because though He has bound us to instituted means, He has not bound Himself to them. He can speak to hearts by other ways than our ears, and He does so here to give Joshua the greatest encouragement.
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Commenting on Joshua 1:1-9
The thorah, or five books of Moses, which contains an account of the founding of the Old Testament kingdom of God, and the laws which were given through Moses, is followed in the Hebrew canon by the writings of the “earlier prophets,” „YNŠJR „YJYBN, prophetae priores.