For I will bring them into the land I swore to give their ancestors—a land flowing with milk and honey. There they will become prosperous, eat all the food they want, and become fat. But they will begin to worship other gods; they will despise me and break my covenant.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

The transaction recorded in these verses may be regarded as the solemn inauguration of Joshua to the office to which he had some time before been c…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

But when I have brought them. In other words, God again emphasizes the atrociousness of their iniquity: in that when He had treated the Is…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

For when I shall have brought them into the land which I
sware unto their fathers
To …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Moses and Joshua attended the Divine Majesty at the door of the tabernacle. Moses is told again that he must soon die; even those who are most read…