Giosué 3:1

1 E GIOSUÈ si levò la mattina a buon’ora; ed egli e tutti i figliuoli di Israele, partirono di Sittim, e arrivarono infino al Giordano, e quivi si posarono la notte, avanti che passassero.

Giosué 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.

Giosué 3:1 In-Context

1 E GIOSUÈ si levò la mattina a buon’ora; ed egli e tutti i figliuoli di Israele, partirono di Sittim, e arrivarono infino al Giordano, e quivi si posarono la notte, avanti che passassero.

2 E in capo di tre giorni, gli Ufficiali passarono per mezzo il campo;

3 e comandarono al popolo, dicendo: Come prima vedrete partir l’Arca del Patto del Signore Iddio vostro, e i sacerdoti Leviti che la portano, partitevi ancora voi da’ vostri alloggiamenti, e andate dietro a lei.

4 Pur siavi distanza tra voi ed essa dello spazio d’intorno a duemila cubiti; non accostatevi ad essa, acciocchè voi conosciate la via per la quale avete a camminare; perciocchè per addietro voi non siete passati per questa via.

5 E Giosuè disse al popolo: Santificatevi: perciocchè domani il Signore farà maraviglie nel mezzo di voi.