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Joshua 3:5-15

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5 Then Joshua said to the people, "1Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you."
6 And Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, "Take up the ark of the covenant and cross over ahead of the people." So they took up the ark of the covenant and went ahead of the people.
7 Now the LORD said to Joshua, "This day I will begin to 2exalt you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that just as I have been with Moses, I will be with you.
8 "You shall, moreover, command the priests who are carrying the ark of the covenant, saying, 'When you come to the edge of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.' "
9 Then Joshua said to the sons of Israel, "Come here, and hear the words of the LORD your God."
10 Joshua said, "By this you shall know that 3the living God is among you, and that He will assuredly 4dispossess from before you the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Hivite, the Perizzite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, and the Jebusite.
11 "Behold, the ark of the covenant of 5the Lord of all the earth is crossing over ahead of you into the Jordan.
12 "Now then, 6take for yourselves twelve * men from the tribes of Israel, one man for each * tribe.
13 "It shall come about when the soles of the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan will be cut off, and the waters which are flowing down from above * will 7stand in one heap."
14 So when the people set out from their tents to cross the Jordan with the priests carrying 8the ark of the covenant before the people,
15 and when those who carried the ark came into the Jordan, and the feet of the priests carrying the ark were dipped in the edge of the water (for the 9Jordan overflows * all its banks all the days of harvest ),
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Joshua 3:5-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 3

Joshua removed from Shittim to Jordan, where he stayed three days, Jos 3:1,2; the people are directed to move when they saw the ark bore by the priests, and what distance they should keep from it, Jos 3:3,4; are bid to sanctify themselves against the morrow, when wonders would be wrought, Jos 3:5; and the priests are ordered to take up the ark, Jos 3:6; Joshua is encouraged by the Lord, and instructed to command the priests when they come to Jordan to stand still in it, Jos 3:7,8; and he declares to all the people, as a token that God would drive the Canaanites from before them, that as soon as the feet of the priests bearing the ark should rest in the waters of Jordan, they should be parted, and make way for them to pass through, Jos 3:9-13; which accordingly came to pass, so that all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, Jos 3:14-17.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 9

  • 1. Exodus 19:10, 11; Joshua 7:13
  • 2. Joshua 4:14
  • 3. Deuteronomy 5:26; 1 Thessalonians 1:9
  • 4. Exodus 33:2; Deuteronomy 7:1
  • 5. Job 41:11; Psalms 24:1; Zechariah 6:5
  • 6. Joshua 4:2
  • 7. Exodus 15:8
  • 8. Psalms 132:8; Acts 7:44
  • 9. 1 Chronicles 12:15; Jeremiah 12:5; Jeremiah 49:19

Footnotes 2

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