And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying,
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh’s angel protested to Joshua, saying,
- BSB Then the angel of the LORD gave this charge to Joshua:
- NKJV Then the Angel of the Lord admonished Joshua, saying,
- NASB And the angel of the Lord admonished Joshua, saying,
- NLT Then the angel of the Lord spoke very solemnly to Jeshua and said,
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Quick answer
The angel of Yahweh solemnly charges Joshua with a commission. Cleansing leads to renewed responsibility before God.
Overview
Having been cleansed and clothed, Joshua now receives a solemn exhortation, showing that grace is followed by a call to faithful obedience. The 'protest' or charge introduces the conditions and promises that follow. This order, grace first and then obedience, reflects the gospel pattern where new life produces a walk of faithfulness.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Jer 11:7For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.
- Exod 23:20–21Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
- Gen 48:15–16And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
- Acts 7:35–38This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.
- Isa 63:9In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
- Gen 22:15–16And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,
- Zech 3:1And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.
- Hos 12:4Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us;
- Gen 28:13–17And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
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