Joshua 4:20-24 NIV

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 4:6-22

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 4:19-24

Memorials. The passage of the Jordan has been called a "priestly miracle," a natural event "turned into a miracle" by the historian for the sake of exalting the priestly office. We fail, however, to see that any such special prominence has been given to the priestly clement. It is the ark that is the medium of the miracle working power, the priests are but its servants and attendants. The ark, as the symbol and throne of the Divine presence, is the centre around which all the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 4:21

When . Hebrews אֲשֶר . The relative pronoun here is sometimes equivalent to "when," as in Deuteronomy 11:6 ; I Kings Deuteronomy 8:9 . Gesenius would translate "if that," and Keil would render by quod. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 4:23

For . The original here again is אֲשֶׁר , with the meaning because. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 4:24

The hand of the Lord, that it is mighty. "Thus the river, though dumb, was the best of heralds, proclaiming with a loud voice that heaven and earth are subject to the Lord God of Israel" (Calvin). That ye might fear. The construction here is unusual. Instead of the imperfect or infinitive with לְמַעַן we have the perfect. Therefore Ewald, Maurer, and Knobel (who says that the second member of the sentence ought to correspond with the first) have altered the pointing in order to bring... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 4:20

Joshua 4:20. In Gilgal Probably in order, like so many little pillars, to keep up the remembrance of this miraculous benefit. Gilgal was situate between Jordan and Jericho, and, according to Josephus, was ten furlongs from the city, and fifty from the river. Joshua had his camp there during all the time that the war lasted, and till the division of the country among the tribes. There the Israelites were circumcised; there they celebrated the passover for the first time in the land of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 4:22

Joshua 4:22. Ye shall let your children know We may learn from the injunction given here, and on many other occasions, that it is our indispensable duty to make our children well acquainted with the historical as well as doctrinal truths of religion, from the earliest accounts we have of them in the Holy Scriptures; that by this means a foundation may be laid for their faith, and they may be trained up in the knowledge of God, and of what he has declared to men, and done for them; that from... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 4:23

Joshua 4:23. Which he dried up from before us That is, not only before Joshua himself and Caleb, then alive and present, but before the whole nation of the Israelites. For this benefit done to their fathers is justly said to be done to themselves, both because they were then in their parents’ loins, and because it was intended to redound to their advantage, and that of their posterity, to the latest generations. It greatly magnifies later mercies to compare them with former mercies; so,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 4:24

Joshua 4:24. That all the people of the earth might know, &c. Although this may primarily mean the neighbouring nations, yet there is great reason to think that both this and Exodus 9:16, That my name may be declared throughout all the earth, had a prophetic aspect, and looked to distant ages, even to the end of time, and to all the nations on the face of the earth; to whom these wonderful facts should bear witness of the true God, as well as to the surrounding nations. And when we... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 4:1-24

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 4:6-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 4:19-24

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 4:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 4:23

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 4:24

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 4:20

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 4:22

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 4:23

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 4:24

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