Joshua 3:9-10

9 Joshua said to the Israelites, “Come here and listen to the words of the LORD your God.
10 This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that he will certainly drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites and Jebusites.

Joshua 3:9-10 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.

Cross References 5

  • 1. Deuteronomy 5:26; 1 Samuel 17:26,36; 2 Kings 19:4,16; Psalms 18:46; Psalms 42:2; Psalms 84:2; Isaiah 37:4,17; Jeremiah 10:10; Jeremiah 23:36; Daniel 6:26; Hosea 1:10; S Matthew 16:16; 1 Thessalonians 1:9
  • 2. S Deuteronomy 7:21
  • 3. S Genesis 26:34
  • 4. Joshua 17:15; Joshua 24:11; Judges 1:4; Judges 3:5
  • 5. S Exodus 3:8; S Exodus 23:23; S Deuteronomy 7:1">Deuteronomy 7:1; Joshua 9:1; Joshua 11:3; Joshua 12:8; Judges 19:11; 1 Chronicles 11:4; Exodus 33:2; Deuteronomy 7:1">Deuteronomy 7:1
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