Joshua 4:14

14 That day ADONAI made Y'hoshua great in full view of all Isra'el. They were in awe of him, just as they had been in awe of Moshe all his life.

Joshua 4:14 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 4:14

On that day the Lord magnified Joshua in the sight of Israel,
&c.] Made him great and honourable in their esteem, by doing what he foretold would be done, dividing the waters of Jordan, drying up the river to make a passage for them through it, as on dry land:

and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life;
had a reverend esteem of him, and affection for him, and yielded obedience to him all his days; see ( Exodus 14:31 ) .

Joshua 4:14 In-Context

12 The descendants of Re'uven, the descendants of Gad and the half-tribe of M'nasheh went on, armed, ahead of the people of Isra'el, as Moshe had said to them;

13 some 40,000 armed soldiers ready for battle crossed in the presence of ADONAI to the plains of Yericho.

14 That day ADONAI made Y'hoshua great in full view of all Isra'el. They were in awe of him, just as they had been in awe of Moshe all his life.

15 ADONAI said to Y'hoshua,

16 "Order the cohanim carrying the ark for the testimony to come up out of the Yarden."