And Joshua said ... You cannot serve the Lord: for he is ... jealous ... — Jehovah will not consent to be served as one God among many: th…

And Joshua said to the people, Here Joshua seems to act quite absurdly by crushing the people's prompt and alert zeal, suggesting a reason…

And Joshua said to the people
To their heads and representatives now assembled together, and who had returned to him …

It is essential that the service of God's people be performed with a willing mind. For LOVE is the only genuine principle from which all a…