Verse 22
22. Abode there three days In reckoning time, the Jews count as whole days the parts of days which may be included in a given period. Hence the body of Jesus was said to be in the tomb three days, though it was laid there on Friday evening and he came forth on Sunday morning a space of thirty-six hours. See note on Matthew 12:40. [So these spies may have remained in the caverns of the mountains only parts of three days, and the entire time of their absence from the camp at Shittim fell within the three days at the end of which, if not before, Joshua intended to be on his march across the Jordan. See note on Joshua 1:11.] 23. Passed over That is, Jordan. These scouts were probably expert in swimming, for the Jordan was then at its flood.
Came to Joshua It is not necessary to suppose that they returned to the camp at Shittim. But the history most naturally implies this.
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