Joshua 3:9

9 Then Joshua addressed the People of Israel: "Attention! Listen to what God, your God, has to say.

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 God said to Joshua, "This very day I will begin to make you great in the eyes of all Israel. They'll see for themselves that I'm with you in the same way that I was with Moses.

8 You will command the priests who are carrying the Chest of the Covenant: 'When you come to the edge of the Jordan's waters, stand there on the river bank.'"

9 Then Joshua addressed the People of Israel: "Attention! Listen to what God, your God, has to say.

10 This is how you'll know that God is alive among you - he will completely dispossess before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.

11 Look at what's before you: the Chest of the Covenant. Think of it - the Master of the entire earth is crossing the Jordan as you watch.