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Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Joshua 3:1-17

3. The Passage of the Israelites through the JordanJoshua 3-4a. Joshua’s Regulations concerning the Passage through the JordanJoshua 3:1-131And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed [broke up1] from Shittim and came to [the] Jordan, he and all the children [sons] of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over. 2And it came to pass after three days, that the officers 3[overseers] went through the host [camp]; and they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Joshua 3:1-17

the Jordan Safely Crossed Joshua 3:1-17 For three days the host faced that swollen river. It was enough to appall them, except that, like Abraham, they dared to behold it in the light of the divine promise. Every method was adopted to impress on them that the river was cleft by and for the Ark. The distance between the people and the advancing priests was purposely widened that there might be no doubt about the miracle. Whenever we step out on the unknown path, the Ark of the Covenant, which... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Joshua 3:1-17

The first movement in the actual advance of the people into the land was of such a nature as to impress them with e truth of their positive relation to God. There was nothing in this first advance calculated to give them any cause for personal glorying. They came on to the actual soil of Canaan not by deflecting the course of the intervening river nor by bridging it, but by direct divine intervention. Divine power arrested the rushing river and made a highway for them to the other side. The... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Joshua 3:1-17

Crossing the Jordan Joshua 3:1-17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We wish to discuss the preparatory steps to the crossing of the Jordan. These steps are set forth in the opening verses of our chapter. 1. Lodging near the river Jordan. Before they could go across they had to come down by the riverside. However, as we see the Children of Israel camped by Jordan we can but remember that "near," or "by," is not enough. The fathers or elders of Israel had, of old, camped at Kadesh-barnea, just at the borders... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 3:2-3

‘ And so it was that after three days, the officers went through the midst of the camp and commanded the people, saying, “When you see the Ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then you shall remove from your place, and go after it.” ’ They stayed encamped by the Jordan ‘for three days’, that is for a few days, (the constant mention of ‘three days’ was not in order to tie in the accounts but simply because ‘three days’ was a standard way of saying a... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 3:1-17

Joshua 3:1 to Joshua 5:1 . The Crossing of Jordan.— Here we begin to meet with more serious difficulties. The old tradition was that after the Israelites had crossed the Jordan, they commemorated the event by the erection of twelve stones. But this simple narrative existed in two recensions, which differed as to the destination of these memorial stones. According to one account, they were to be placed in the midst of the river; according to the other, they were to be set up on the W. side of... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Joshua 3:2

After three days; either, 1. At the end of the three days mentioned Joshua 1:11, or upon the last of them, as this phrase is used. See Poole "Deuteronomy 16:1". Or, 2. After those days were expired. See Poole "Joshua 1:11". The officers went through the host the second time to give them more particular directions, as they had given them a general notice, Joshua 1:10,Joshua 1:11. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Joshua 3:1-6

THE PASSAGE OF THE JORDANMAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Joshua 3:1-6THE PRESENCE OF GODJoshua had received the evening before, through their officers, the reply of the people to the charge which he had given (chap. Joshua 1:16-18). Their unanimous and ardent fealty must have filled this fine-spirited man with thankfulness to God, and given him good hope in the people: “And Joshua rose early in the morning.” 1. God gives us encouragements, not merely for our joy, but for action. The Lord... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Joshua 3:1-17

Chapter 3As we get into chapter three,Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and they came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and they lodged there before they passed over. And they commanded the people, and he said, Now when you see the ark of the covenant moving out, you stay behind it two thousand cubits: [Which is about a half mile that they were to stay behind the ark, maybe two-thirds of a mile back from the ark of the covenant.] and the Levites... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 3:1-17

Joshua 3:5 . Sanctify yourselves, by washings and purifications. The Persians, when commissioned to march against Babylon, are called God’s sanctified ones; for the ministers of his vengeance are holy. Isaiah 13:3. Joshua 3:13 . The waters of Jordan. The river near the place where the Israelites passed was a rapid stream; its depth is from five to six feet, and its breadth about twenty yards. But by overflowing its banks it has worked an outward bank at the distance of two hundred and... read more