Joshua 3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 3:6

They took up - i. e. on the day following. The course of events is anticipated. read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 3:7

This day will I begin to magnify thee - One cause why the miracle now to be narrated was performed is here suggested. As Moses was declared to he sent immediately from God with an extraordinary commission by the miracles which he worked, more especially that of dividing the Red Sea in two parts, so was Joshua both sent and accredited in a like manner. (Compare Joshua 1:5, and Joshua 4:14.) Other reasons are given in Joshua 3:10; Joshua 5:1. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 3:10

The living God - Compare the marginal reference. The gods of the pagan are “dead idols.” On the names of the seven nations, see Genesis 10:16, etc., note. read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 3:15

Jordan overfloweth all his banks - Rather “is full up to all his banks,” i. e. “brim-full.” This remark strikingly illustrates the suddenness and completeness, not less than the greatness, of the marvel. The Jordan River flows at the bottom of a deep valley, which descends to the water’s edge on either side in two, occasionally in three, terraces. Within the lowest of these the stream, ordinarily less than 100 feet wide in this lower part of its course, is confined. The margin is overgrown with... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 3:16

The passage should run “rose up, an heap far away, by Adam, the city which is beside Zarthan.”The city of Adam is not named elsewhere, and Zarthan (mentioned here and in marginal references.) has also disappeared. It is, however, probably connected with the modern Kurn Sartabeh (Horn of Sartabeh), the name given to a lofty and isolated hill some 17 miles on the river above Jericho. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 3:17

The miraculous passage to the holy land through Jordan is not less pregnant with typical meaning than that through the Red Sea (compare 1 Corinthians 10:1-2). The solemn inauguration of Joshua to his office, and his miraculous attestation, by the same waters with which Jesus was baptized on entering on the public exercise of His ministry (compare Matthew 3:16-17); the choice of twelve men, one from each tribe to be the bearers of the twelve stones, and the builders of the monument erected... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 3

A.M. 2553. B.C. 1451. The people decamp from Shittim, and are directed to follow the ark and sanctify themselves, Joshua 3:1-5 . The priests are ordered to go first, Joshua 3:6 . Joshua being encouraged and directed to God, tells the people what God is about to do, Joshua 3:7-13 . Jordan is divided, and Israel marches through, Joshua 3:14-17 . read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 3:1

Joshua 3:1. Joshua rose early in the morning Not after the return of the spies, as may seem at first view, but after the three days mentioned Joshua 1:11, when orders were given to the army to make all necessary provision for invading the enemies’ country. They came to Jordan and lodged there That night, that they might go over in the day-time, that the miracle might be more evident and unquestionable, and might strike the greater terror into their enemies. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 3:2-3

Joshua 3:2-3. After three days The three days mentioned Joshua 1:11, either at the end of them, or upon the last of them. The officers went through the host To give them more particular directions, as they had given a general notice before. They commanded the people In Joshua’s name, and by his authority. When ye see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God The sign and symbol of his presence, and of his being in covenant with you, and engaged to protect and conduct you, as your... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 3:4

Joshua 3:4. There shall be a space between you and it Thus it was made to appear that the ark needed not to be guarded by the men of war, but was itself a guard to them. With what a noble defiance of the enemy did it leave all its friends far behind, save the unarmed priests that carried it, as perfectly sufficient for its own safety and theirs that followed it. Two thousand cubits A thousand yards, at which distance from it the Israelites seem to have been encamped in the wilderness. And... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 3:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 3:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 3:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 3:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 3:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 3:17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 3:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 3:2-3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 3:4

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