Joshua 3:9

9 Then Joshua said to the sons of Israel, "Come here, and hear the words of the LORD 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 Now the LORD said to Joshua, "This day I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that just as I have been with Moses, I will be with you.

8 "You shall, moreover, command the priests who are carrying the ark of the covenant, saying, 'When you come to the edge of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.' "

9 Then Joshua said to the sons of Israel, "Come here, and hear the words of the LORD your God."

10 Joshua said, "By this you shall know that the living God is among you, and that He will assuredly dispossess from before you the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Hivite, the Perizzite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, and the Jebusite.

11 "Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is crossing over ahead of you into the Jordan.