Josué 3:1

El cruce del río Jordán

1 Muy de mañana, Josué y todos los israelitas partieron de Sitín y se dirigieron hacia el río Jordán; pero antes de cruzarlo, acamparon a sus orillas.

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 Muy de mañana, Josué y todos los israelitas partieron de Sitín y se dirigieron hacia el río Jordán; pero antes de cruzarlo, acamparon a sus orillas.

2 Al cabo de tres días, los jefes del pueblo recorrieron todo el campamento

3 con la siguiente orden: «Cuando vean el arca del pacto del SEÑOR su Dios, y a los sacerdotes levitas que la llevan, abandonen sus puestos y pónganse en marcha detrás de ella.

4 Así sabrán por dónde ir, pues nunca antes han pasado por ese camino. Deberán, sin embargo, mantener como un kilómetro de distancia entre ustedes y el arca; no se acerquen a ella».

5 Josué le ordenó al pueblo: «Purifíquense, porque mañana el SEÑOR va a realizar grandes prodigios entre ustedes».