Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 4:6
This may be a sign - Stand as a continual memorial of this miraculous passage, and consequently a proof of their lasting obligation to God. read more
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Adam Clarke
John Calvin
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 4:7
Verse 7 7.Then you shall answer them, etc Although the stones themselves cannot speak, yet the monument furnished the parents with materials for speaking, and for making the kindness of God known to their children. And here zealous endeavors to propagate piety are required of the aged, (50) and they are enjoined to exert themselves in instructing their children. For it was the will of God that this doctrine should be handed down through every age; that those who were not then born being... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 4:1-24
The memorial. Prom this chapter we learn several lessons. I. THE DUTY OF COMMEMORATING , BY A PIOUS MEMORIAL , THE GOOD THINGS GOD HAS DONE FOR US . The memory of events under the law was ever kept up in this way. The memorials of God's mercy we read of in the Old Testament are innumerable. There was circumcision, the memorial of God's covenant with Abraham; the stone set up at Bethel, the memorial of Jacob's vision. There was the passover, the memorial of... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 4:2
EXPOSITION THE MEMORIAL .— Twelve stones. The commemoration of events by the setting up of huge stones was by no means peculiar to the Jews, though it was often used by them, as, for instance, Genesis 28:18 ; Genesis 35:14 , 1 Samuel 7:12 . Almost every nation has adopted it. The Egyptian obelisks, the stones at Hamath, supposed to be of Hittite origin, the dolmens and other megalithic monuments of the Celts, the Logan or rocking stones, are cases in point. The... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 4:3
Stood firm. Much discussion has taken place about the proper rendering of the word הָכִין which the LXX . translates ἐτοίμους , and the Vulgate durissimos. It seems best to take it, as our version does, as the infinitive absolute, and to translate as in Joshua 3:17 . But the punctuation of the Masorites separates it from מִמּחַּב . They would apparently render "to set up." read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 4:6
That this may be a sign unto you. There was for many years a visible memorial of the miracle. When your children ask their fathers in time to come (cf. Exodus 12:26 ; Exodus 13:14 ; Deuteronomy 6:20 ). The passover, the law itself, as well as certain outward and visible memorials, were to be the guarantees to future ages of the truth of the history related in the Books of Hoses and Joshua. The monument has disappeared, but the observance of the passover and the whole law by the... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 4:6
The Children's Question "That this may be … stones." The children's question. That life is intended to be a school of instruction to us we see plainly from the many directions given to the people of Israel. For they were under the immediate government of God; He blessed them with special favours, was ready also to reprove their faults, and omitted no method of inculcating the lessons which the events of their lives were calculated to teach. Christians are "led by the Spirit of God;"... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 4:6-22
Memorials. The crossing the Jordan dry shod was tile first miracle which marked the entrance of the people of Israel into the land of Canaan. It was God's purpose that this should be held in perpetual remembrance. Hence the erection of the twelve stones in the bed of the river, to remind the twelve tribes of that which the Almighty hand had wrought for them, in fulfilment of the promise made to their fathers. The material monument would, however, be insufficient of itself to preserve this... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 4:4
Twelve men , whom he had prepared - This must refer to their appointment, Joshua 3:12 . read more