Josué 3:1

1 Levantou-se, pois, Josué de madrugada e, partindo de Sitim ele e todos os filhos de Israel, vieram ao Jordão; e pousaram ali, antes de atravessá-lo.

Josué 3:1 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 3:1

And Joshua rose early in the morning
The morning after the spies had returned and made their report; which, as Kimchi rightly observes, was the ninth of Nisan; for on the morrow, which was the tenth, the people passed over Jordan, see ( Joshua 3:5 ) ( 4:19 ) . Moses, according to the Jewish writers, died on the seventh of Adar or February; the thirty days of his mourning ended the seventh of Nisan or March; two days before they were ended the spies were sent, who returned on the eighth day of the month; and the morning following Joshua rose early, which shows his readiness and alacrity to proceed in the expedition he was directed and encouraged to:

and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan;
from Shittim in the plains of Moab, to the river Jordan:

he and all the children of Israel;
he as their general, and they an army of six hundred thousand fighting men under him, besides women and children, and others that came along with them:

and lodged there before they passed over;
lay there encamped a night before they passed over the river Jordan.

Josué 3:1 In-Context

1 Levantou-se, pois, Josué de madrugada e, partindo de Sitim ele e todos os filhos de Israel, vieram ao Jordão; e pousaram ali, antes de atravessá-lo.

2 E sucedeu, ao fim de três dias, que os oficiais passaram pelo meio do arraial,

3 e ordenaram ao povo, dizendo: Quando virdes a arca da pacto do Senhor vosso Deus sendo levada pelos levitas sacerdotes, partireis vós também do vosso lugar, e a seguireis

4 (haja, contudo, entre vós e ela, uma distância de dois mil côvados, e não vos chegueis a ela), para que saibais o caminho pelo qual haveis de ir, porquanto por este caminho nunca dantes passastes.

5 Disse Josué também ae povo: Santificai-vos, porque amanhã o Senhor fará maravilhas no meio de vós.