Josué 3:1

1 Or, Josué se leva de bon matin, et ils partirent de Sittim, et vinrent jusqu'au Jourdain, lui et tous les enfants d'Israël, et ils y passèrent la nuit avant de le traverser.

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 Or, Josué se leva de bon matin, et ils partirent de Sittim, et vinrent jusqu'au Jourdain, lui et tous les enfants d'Israël, et ils y passèrent la nuit avant de le traverser.

2 Et au bout de trois jours les officiers passèrent au milieu du camp,

3 Et ils commandèrent au peuple, en disant: Lorsque vous verrez l'arche de l'alliance de l'Éternel votre Dieu et les sacrificateurs, les Lévites, qui la porteront, vous partirez de vos quartiers, et vous marcherez après elle;

4 Seulement, il y aura, entre vous et elle, environ deux milles coudées de distance; n'en approchez pas, afin que vous puissiez connaître le chemin par lequel vous devez marcher; car vous n'avez point auparavant passé par ce chemin.

5 Josué dit aussi au peuple: Sanctifiez-vous; car demain l'Éternel fera au milieu de vous des choses merveilleuses.