John Gill's Exposition on Joshua 17:18

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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But the mountains shall be thine, etc.] Or “for” f396 it shall be thine; thou shalt get the possession of it, though attended with difficulties that seem insuperable: for, or “if, though” f397 it [is] a wood; the habitation of the Perizzites, and giants, and so dangerous to go un to it, and full of trees, and so seems unprofitable and useless: and thou shalt cut it down; both the inhabitants of it, and the trees of it, and clear it of both, and make it both safe and commodious to dwell in, which would be a fine enlargement for them: and the outgoings of it shall be thine; all it produces when cultivated, and all the parts adjacent to it: for thou shall drive out the Canaanites; this Joshua assures them of, to encourage them to attempt it: though they have iron chariots, [and] though they [be] strong; be not afraid of their chariots, though terrible, nor of their giants and mighty men, God will be on your side, and you have nothing to fear from them, (see <061104> Joshua 11:4,6); whether the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh took this advice of Joshua is not said.

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