And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
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Gill's Exposition
And Joshua said,.... To the people as follows:
hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you; who has life in and of himself, and is the author of life to all his creatures; and is so called…
Barnes' Notes
The living God - Compare the marginal reference. The gods of the pagan are “dead idols.” On the names of the seven nations, see Gen 10:16, etc., note.
Adam Clarke
Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you - The Israelites were apt to be discouraged, and to faint at even the appearance of danger; it was necessary, therefore, that they should have the…
We may observe here how God honours Joshua, and by this wondrous work he is about to do designs to make Israel know that he is their governor, and then how Joshua honours God and endeavours by it to…
Cambridge Bible
the living God Comp. Deu 5:26, "For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the livingGod?" This title is applied to God to indicate that He is not dead, like the "lying vanities" of…
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