Joshua 3:9

9 And Joshua said to the {Israelites}, "Come here, and hear the words of Yahweh your God."

Joshua 3:9 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 3:9

And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, come hither
Very probably to the door of the tabernacle:

and hear the words of the Lord your God;
which he was about to deliver to them as from him, and in his name.

Joshua 3:9 In-Context

7 Then Yahweh said to Joshua, "This day I will begin exalting you {in the sight} of all Israel, that they may know that I was with Moses, and I will be with you.

8 You will command the priests carrying the ark of the covenant, saying, 'At the moment that you come to the edge of the waters of the Jordan, you will stand [still] in the Jordan.'"

9 And Joshua said to the {Israelites}, "Come here, and hear the words of Yahweh your God."

10 Joshua said, "By this you will know that [the] living God [is] in your midst, and he will certainly drive out the Canaanites {from before you}, and the Hittites, Hivites, the Perizzites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, and the Jebusites.

11 Look! The ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth [is about to] cross [over] ahead of you into the Jordan.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "sons/children of Israel"