10 But I would not listen to Balaam, so he blessed you again and again, and I delivered you out of his hand.
10 But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
10 but I would not listen to Balaam. Indeed, he blessed you. So I delivered you out of his hand.
10 But I wouldn't listen to Balaam - he ended up blessing you over and over! I saved you from him.
10 'But I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he continued to bless you. So I delivered you out of his hand.
10 but I would not listen to him. Instead, I made Balaam bless you, and so I rescued you from Balak.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Joshua 24:10
Commentary on Joshua 24:1-14
(Read Joshua 24:1-14)
We must never think our work for God done, till our life is done. If he lengthen out our days beyond what we expected, like those of Joshua, it is because he has some further service for us to do. He who aims at the same mind which was in Christ Jesus, will glory in bearing the last testimony to his Saviour's goodness, and in telling to all around, the obligations with which the unmerited goodness of God has bound him. The assembly came together in a solemn religious manner. Joshua spake to them in God's name, and as from him. His sermon consists of doctrine and application. The doctrinal part is a history of the great things God had done for his people, and for their fathers before them. The application of this history of God's mercies to them, is an exhortation to fear and serve God, in gratitude for his favour, and that it might be continued.