John Gill's Exposition on Joshua 10:40

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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So Joshua smote all the country of the hills and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings, etc.] That part of the land of Canaan which lay southward, and consisted of hills and vales; which abounded with springs, and was a well watered country, and agrees with the description Moses gives of it, though he never saw it, (<050807>Deuteronomy 8:7); he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed; that is, all human creatures; for as for the cattle, they were spared as a prey: as the Lord God of Israel commanded; this law is extant, (<052016>Deuteronomy 20:16); and which is here observed to clear the Israelites from the charge of cruelty and inhumanity; since what they did was not of themselves, nor from a private spirit of revenge, nor a greedy desire after the substance of the inhabitants; but in obedience to the command of God, and who ordered this as a righteous punishment of those people for their gross abominations of idolatry, incest, etc. (see <031801>Leviticus 18:1-30).

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