And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;
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Gill's Exposition
And the people answered and said,.... To Joshua, upon his proposal to them, the option he gave them to serve the Lord or idols, and which was only done to try them:
God forbid that we should forsake…
Adam Clarke
God forbid that we should forsake the Lord - That they were now sincere cannot be reasonably doubted, for they served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and the elders that outlived him, Jos 24:31; but…
Never was any treaty carried on with better management, nor brought to a better issue, than this of Joshua with the people, to engage them to serve God. The manner of his dealing with them shows him…
Reply of the People to Joshua's Address
16. And the people answered and said Struck by the solemn earnestness of the address of their leader, the entire people, with one voice, responded to his call…
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