Giosué 3:11

11 ecco, l’arca del patto del Signore di tutta la terra sta per passare davanti a voi per entrar nel Giordano.

Giosué 3:11 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 3:11

Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth,
&c.] Some both Jewish and Christian interpreters, because there is a distinguishing accent on the word "covenant", read the words "the ark of the covenant, even the Lord of all the earth"; so in some copies of our English Bible, as if the ark was called the Lord of all the earth, because of his presence and dwelling there; but, as Kimchi observes, either the word "ark" is wanting, or the word "covenant", and may be supplied either thus,

``the ark of the covenant, the ark (I say) of the Lord of all the earth;''

or thus,

``the ark of the covenant, which is the covenant of the Lord of all the earth:''

the true meaning is what Abarbinel gives,

``the ark of the covenant of the Lord, who is the Lord of the whole earth;''

the Maker and possessor of the whole earth, the whole terraqueous globe; and can do what he pleases in the earth, or in the water; and can control the powers of nature, and do what is beyond them, things miraculous and astonishing:

passeth before you into Jordan;
not only unto it, but into it, into the river itself; and, by the power of him whose presence was with it, the waters of Jordan were to be divided, to give them a passage through it as on dry land, and so it came to pass.

Giosué 3:11 In-Context

9 E Giosuè disse ai figliuoli d’Israele: "Fatevi dappresso e ascoltate le parole dell’Eterno, del vostro Dio".

10 Poi Giosuè disse: "Da questo riconoscerete che l’Iddio vivente è in mezzo a voi, e ch’egli caccerà certamente d’innanzi a voi i Cananei, gli Hittei, gli Hivvei, i Ferezei, i Ghirgasei, gli Amorei e i Gebusei:

11 ecco, l’arca del patto del Signore di tutta la terra sta per passare davanti a voi per entrar nel Giordano.

12 Or dunque prendete dodici uomini fra le tribù d’Israele, uno per tribù.

13 E avverrà che, non appena i sacerdoti recanti l’arca dell’Eterno, del Signor di tutta la terra, avran posato le piante de’ piedi nelle acque del Giordano, le acque del Giordano, che scendono d’insù, saranno tagliate, e si fermeranno in un mucchio".