Joshua 17:15 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | KJV

And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

Joshua was himself of the tribe of Ephraim, but far from supporting the demands of his kinsmen, he reproves them and calls upon them to make good t…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

And Joshua answered them
By retorting their own argument upon them:

if you are a great people

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

Joshua, as a public person, had no more regard for his own tribe than for any other, but would govern without favoritism or partiality; in this, he…

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