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Joshua 3:7

And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.

The Lord said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee. Joshua had already received distinguished honours (Exodus 24:13; Deuteronomy 31:7). But a higher token of the divine favour was now to be publicly bestowed on him, and evidence given, in the same unmistakeable manner, that his mission and authority were from God, as were those of Moses (Exodus 14:31).

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Joshua 3:7. _THIS DAY WILL I BEGIN TO MAGNIFY THEE_] By making him the instrument in this miraculous passage, he did him honour and gave him high credit in the sight of the people: hence his au...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THIS DAY WILL I BEGIN TO MAGNIFY THEE - One cause why the miracle now to be narrated was performed is here suggested. As Moses was declared to he sent immediately from God with an extraordinary commis...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    3. THE PASSAGE OF JORDAN CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The Ark of Jehovah going before (Joshua 3:1)_ 2. Jehovah's words to Joshua (Joshua 3:7) 3. Joshua's words to the people (Joshua 3:9) 4. The passage accompl...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JOSHUA 3:1 TO JOSHUA 5:1. THE CROSSING OF JORDAN. Here we begin to meet with more serious difficulties. The old tradition was that after the Israelites had crossed the Jordan, they commemorated the ev...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE LORD (Hebrew. _Jehovah._ said unto Joshua (or him), at nine sundry times: Joshua 3:7; Joshua 5:2; Joshua 6:2; Joshua 7:10;...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 7. _AND THE LORD SAID UNTO JOSHUA_— It was not merely of himself, that Joshua gave to the priests the orders mentioned in the foregoing verse. Immediately on the priests' approaching the sanctu...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _God's Instructions to Joshua 3:1-8_ And Joshua rose early in the morning and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PASSAGE OF JORDAN This is the initial miracle of Joshua's leadership. Its moral effect upon the Israelite host is suggested in Joshua 3:7 and Joshua 4:14 that wrought upon the Canaanites in Joshua...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE LORD SAID UNTO JOSHUA, THIS DAY WILL I BEGIN TO MAGNIFY THEE... — Compare Joshua 4:14, “on that day the Lord magnified Joshua.” These words mark the beginning and end of the section. The details t...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל ־יְהֹושֻׁ֔עַ הַ יֹּ֣ו

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER VIII. JORDAN REACHED. Joshua 3:1. THE host of Israel had been encamped for some time at Shittim on the east side of the river Jordan. It is well to understand the geographical position. The...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER IX. JORDAN DIVIDED. Joshua Ch. 3-4. AT Joshua's command the priests carrying the ark are again in motion. Bearing the sacred vessel on their shoulders, they make straight for the bank of the...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE JORDAN SAFELY CROSSED Joshua 3:1 For three days the host faced that swollen river. It was enough to appall them, except that, like Abraham, they dared to behold it in the light of the divine prom...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The first movement in the actual advance of the people into the land was of such a nature as to impress them with e truth of their positive relation to God. There was nothing in this first advance cal...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    The text does not tell us why Joshua broke camp at Shittim, not more than 6 miles from Jordan, to move closer to the river. Some suggest it was to impress upon the people the fact that they could not...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Also. Grotius remarks that God made known his choice of the governors of his people by miracles, till the days of Saul. In effect, we hardly find any, before that time, whose public authority was not...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    God had before honoured Joshua when returning from searching out the promised land. But not in so eminent a manner as now. I hope the Reader in keeping his eye all along upon Joshua as a type of the e...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

    And now the people are to enter the promised land; but how enter it? For Jordan, with its flood at the highest, lay as a barrier before the people of God, guarding the territory of those that oppose t...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE LORD SAID UNTO JOSHUA,.... Out of the tabernacle: THIS DAY WILL I BEGIN TO MAGNIFY THEE IN THE SIGHT OF ALL ISRAEL; by working the miracle afterwards related; dividing the waters, which was d...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, [so] I will be with thee. Ver. 7. _This day will I begin...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _This day will I begin to magnify thee_ That is, to honour thee in a peculiar manner, and gain thee authority; _in the sight of all Israel_ As the person I have set in Moses's stead, and by whom I wil...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Ioshua commeth to Iordan. 2 The Officers instruct the people for the passage. 7 The LORD incourageth Ioshua. 9 Ioshua incourageth the people. 14 The waters of Iordan are diuided. [THE ARKE BORN...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the Lord said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, for the miraculous crossing of Jordan was only the first of a series of wonders by which the Lord place...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR CROSSING...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE CROSSING OF JORDAN (vv. 1-17) The next morning Joshua arose early and led Israel to the river. There may be a question as regards the three days spoken of in chapter 2:11 and the three days the...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    7-13 The waters of Jordan shall be cut off. This must be done in such a way as never was done, but in the dividing of the Red sea. That miracle is here repeated; God has the same power to finish the...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    i.e. To gain thee authority and reputation among them, as the person whom I have set in Moses's stead, and by whom I will conduct them to the possession of the promised land....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Joshua 3:7 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) Joshua H3091 day H3117 begin H2490 (H8686) exalt H1431 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘ And YHWH said to Joshua, “This day I will begin to magnify you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.” ' God now revealed to Joshua His purp...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The passing of Jordan. CHARACTERS: God, Joshua, priests. CONCLUSION: The believer is to go on in the way of duty, though foreseeing great difficulties, depending on the divine sufficiency...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Joshua 3:5. _Sanctify yourselves,_ by washings and purifications. The Persians, when commissioned to march against Babylon, are called God's sanctified ones; for the ministers of his vengeance are hol...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _When ye see the ark _. .. _ go after it._ THE GOOD SUPERSEDED BY THE BETTER Hitherto the Israelites had been led on their way by the pillar of cloud. But now that was to be seen no more. With the de...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 3:1__ Chapters Joshua 3:1 and Joshua 4:1 form a unit, with the common theme of crossing the Jordan.

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 3:7 TODAY I WILL BEGIN TO EXALT YOU. The Lord acted through Joshua so that the people “stood in awe of him just as they had stood in awe of Moses” (Joshua 4:14).

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 3:1. In the morning] The morning after the addresses and reply recorded in chap. Joshua 1:10. FROM SHITTIM TO JORDAN] Josephus (v. 1. 1) gives the distance as sixty stadia, or...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    As we get into chapter three, Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and they came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and they lodged there before they passed...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 29:25; 2 Chronicles 1:1; Job 7:17; John 17:1; Joshua 1:17

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    CROSSING THE JORDAN Joshua 3:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We wish to discuss the preparatory steps to the crossing of the Jordan. These steps are set forth in the opening verses of our chapter. 1. LODGING...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Magnify thee — That is, to gain thee authority among them, as the person whom I have set in Moses's stead, and by whom I will conduct them to the possession of the promised land....

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