Commentary for Joshua 24:24

וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ הָעָ֖ם אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ אֶת־יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ נַעֲבֹ֔ד וּבְקוֹל֖וֹ נִשְׁמָֽע׃

And the people said unto Joshua: ‘The LORD our God will we serve, and unto His voice will we hearken.’

Metzudat David on Joshua

2. Before the Arin, that they brought to Shchem to cut (or establish) a treaty before him (Hashem) like it says at the end of the matter:

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Rashi on Joshua

I multiplied his descendants. The word אַרְבֶּ in the text lacks the letter ה,¹The word should have been written אַרְבֶּה. [from which we infer:]² The root of ארב would be רִיב which means to quarrel. “How many troubles and tests³Avrohom was tested a total of 10 times, the tenth being the binding of Yitchok on the altar. did I bring upon him before I gave him a descendant.”

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Metzudat David on Joshua

1. With my kindness I turned his heart away from that of his father's and brother's, and I took him from within this, so he want be drawn to their false ideology.

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