Josué 3:1

1 Los israelitas cruzan el Jordán
Temprano a la mañana siguiente, Josué y todos los israelitas salieron de la arboleda de Acacias
y llegaron a la orilla del río Jordán, donde acamparon antes de cruzar.

Josué 3:1 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 3:1

And Joshua rose early in the morning
The morning after the spies had returned and made their report; which, as Kimchi rightly observes, was the ninth of Nisan; for on the morrow, which was the tenth, the people passed over Jordan, see ( Joshua 3:5 ) ( 4:19 ) . Moses, according to the Jewish writers, died on the seventh of Adar or February; the thirty days of his mourning ended the seventh of Nisan or March; two days before they were ended the spies were sent, who returned on the eighth day of the month; and the morning following Joshua rose early, which shows his readiness and alacrity to proceed in the expedition he was directed and encouraged to:

and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan;
from Shittim in the plains of Moab, to the river Jordan:

he and all the children of Israel;
he as their general, and they an army of six hundred thousand fighting men under him, besides women and children, and others that came along with them:

and lodged there before they passed over;
lay there encamped a night before they passed over the river Jordan.

Josué 3:1 In-Context

1 Los israelitas cruzan el Jordán
Temprano a la mañana siguiente, Josué y todos los israelitas salieron de la arboleda de Acacias
y llegaron a la orilla del río Jordán, donde acamparon antes de cruzar.

2 Tres días después, los jefes israelitas fueron por el campamento

3 y dieron al pueblo las siguientes instrucciones: «Cuando vean a los sacerdotes levitas llevar el arca del pacto del Señor
su Dios, dejen sus puestos y síganlos.

4 Dado que ustedes nunca antes viajaron por este camino, ellos los guiarán. Quédense como a un kilómetro
detrás de ellos, mantengan una buena distancia entre ustedes y el arca. Asegúrense de no acercarse demasiado».

5 Entonces Josué le dijo al pueblo: «Purifíquense, porque mañana el Señor
hará grandes maravillas entre ustedes».