The Meaning of Joshua 24:10 Explained

Joshua 24:10

KJV: But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.

YLT: and I have not been willing to hearken to Balaam, and he doth greatly bless you, and I deliver you out of his hand.

Darby: but I would not hearken unto Balaam, and he blessed you expressly, and I delivered you out of his hand.

ASV: but I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Joshua 24:10?

MEANING: What does Joshua 24:10 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Joshua 24:10 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Joshua 24:10?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But I would  not hearken  unto Balaam;  therefore he blessed  you still:  so I delivered  you out of his hand. 

What does Joshua 24:10 Mean?

Context Summary

Joshua 24:1-15 - The Lesson Of Israel's History
The previous chapter contains Joshua's own last words of warning to Israel; here he is God's mouthpiece: "Thus saith the Lord God of Israel."
There is, first, the recapitulation of past mercy. From time to time we should definitely recall, for our children's sake, the divine interpositions in our national and domestic life.
It is interesting in the opening words to learn that Abraham was called out of an idolatrous family. This was the pit whence he had been digged, Isaiah 51:1. He was a Gentile before he became a Jew; and was familiar with all the seductions of a lower religious type before he definitely stood for the only true God. It took long to eradicate this evil strain from Israel. During their sojourn in Egypt they had yielded to the fascinations of idolatry, Joshua 24:14. Joshua at least had made his choice! What a blessed thing for a family, when the parents make the avowal of Joshua 24:15. Why not from henceforth? [source]

Chapter Summary: Joshua 24

1  Joshua assembles the tribes at Shechem
2  A brief history of God's benefits from Terah
14  He renews the covenant between them and God
26  A stone the witness of the covenant
29  Joshua's age, death, and burial
32  Joseph's bones are buried
33  Eleazar dies

What do the individual words in Joshua 24:10 mean?

But not I would listen to Balaam therefore he to bless continued you so I delivered you out of his hand
וְלֹ֥א אָבִ֖יתִי לִשְׁמֹ֣עַ לְבִלְעָ֑ם וַיְבָ֤רֶךְ בָּרוֹךְ֙ אֶתְכֶ֔ם וָאַצִּ֥ל אֶתְכֶ֖ם מִיָּדֽוֹ

וְלֹ֥א  But  not 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
אָבִ֖יתִי  I  would 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: אָבָה  
Sense: to be willing, consent.
לִשְׁמֹ֣עַ  listen 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
לְבִלְעָ֑ם  to  Balaam 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: בִּלְעָם 
Sense: the son of Beor, a man endowed with the gift of prophecy.
וַיְבָ֤רֶךְ  therefore  he  to  bless 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: בָּרַךְ 
Sense: to bless, kneel.
בָּרוֹךְ֙  continued 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Infinitive absolute
Root: בָּרַךְ 
Sense: to bless, kneel.
וָאַצִּ֥ל  so  I  delivered 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, first person common singular
Root: נָצַל  
Sense: to snatch away, deliver, rescue, save, strip, plunder.
מִיָּדֽוֹ  out  of  his  hand 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.

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