Joshua 10:21

“And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace, etc.] Sound and well, as not one killed or missing, so not one wounded, as the Vulgate Latin version, “sound and in full number:” none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel; as to curse them, reproach them, and speak ill of them, for invading them, and using them in the manner they did, such was the terror that was upon them. It may be supplied, “not a dog moved” his tongue, as in (<021107>Exodus 11:7); as it was with them when they came out of Egypt, so it was when they entered the land of Canaan. It seems to be a proverbial expression, as Ben Gersom observes, signifying that no harm was done to them by…”

“Joshua himself remained at Makkedah with the guards set before the cave. The other warriors would not return from the pursuit until the evening of the overthrow of the Amorites; and the execution of the kings and the capture of Makkedah itself belong, no doubt, to the day following Joshua 10:27-28. None moved his tongue - See the marginal reference and note. return to 'Top of Page'”

“To the camp - To the body, of the army which were engaged there with Joshua to besiege that place. None moved his tongue - Not only their men of war could not find their hands, but they were so confounded, that they could not move their tongues in way of insult, as doubtless they did when the Israelites were smitten at Ai; but now they were silenced as well as conquered: they durst no more provoke the Israelites. Joshua 10:24”

“10:21 The armies returned safely, indicating that Israel suffered few or no casualties in this battle, a sign of God’s presence in the battle. • no one dared: The Canaanites in the south now had firsthand experience that Israel’s powerful God was fighting them.”

“to the camp: Jos 10:15-17 none: Exo 11:7; Isa 54:17, Isa 57:4 Joshua 10:22”