Notes on Book of Josue (Author Bishop Richard Challoner (ed.))
24:27 It hath heard: This is a figure of speech, by which sensation is attributed to inanimate things; and they are called upon, as it were, to bear witness in favour of the great Creator, whom they on their part constantly obey.
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