Joshua 4:1
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN ALL THE PEOPLE WERE CLEAN PASSED OVER JORDAN, THAT THE LORD SPAKE UNTO JOSHUA, SAYING,_ The Lord spake unto Joshua saying,... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN ALL THE PEOPLE WERE CLEAN PASSED OVER JORDAN, THAT THE LORD SPAKE UNTO JOSHUA, SAYING,_ The Lord spake unto Joshua saying,... [ Continue Reading ]
_TAKE YOU TWELVE MEN OUT OF THE PEOPLE, OUT OF EVERY TRIBE A MAN,_ Take you twelve men - each representing a tribe. They had been previously chosen for this service (Joshua 3:12), and the repetition of the command is made here solely to introduce the account of its execution. Though Joshua had been... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND COMMAND YE THEM, SAYING, TAKE YOU HENCE OUT OF THE MIDST OF JORDAN, OUT OF THE PLACE WHERE THE PRIESTS' FEET STOOD FIRM, TWELVE STONES, AND YE SHALL CARRY THEM OVER WITH YOU, AND LEAVE THEM IN THE LODGING PLACE, WHERE YE SHALL LODGE THIS NIGHT._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN JOSHUA CALLED THE TWELVE MEN, WHOM HE HAD PREPARED OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, OUT OF EVERY TRIBE A MAN:_ Joshua called the twelve men. They had probably, from a feeling of reverence, kept back, and were standing on the eastern bank. They were now ordered to advance, and picking up each a ston... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JOSHUA SAID UNTO THEM, PASS OVER BEFORE THE ARK OF THE LORD YOUR GOD INTO THE MIDST OF JORDAN, AND TAKE YE UP EVERY MAN OF YOU A STONE UPON HIS SHOULDER, ACCORDING UNTO THE NUMBER OF THE TRIBES OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL:_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THAT THIS MAY BE A SIGN AMONG YOU, THAT WHEN YOUR CHILDREN ASK THEIR FATHERS IN TIME TO COME, SAYING, WHAT MEAN YE BY THESE STONES?_ That this may be a sign among you. The erection of cairns, or huge piles of stones, as monuments of remarkable incidents, has been common among all people, especiall... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN YE SHALL ANSWER THEM, THAT THE WATERS OF JORDAN WERE CUT OFF BEFORE THE ARK OF THE COVENANT OF THE LORD; WHEN IT PASSED OVER JORDAN, THE WATERS OF JORDAN WERE CUT OFF: AND THESE STONES SHALL BE FOR A MEMORIAL UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL FOR EVER._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DID SO AS JOSHUA COMMANDED, AND TOOK UP TWELVE STONES OUT OF THE MIDST OF JORDAN, AS THE LORD SPAKE UNTO JOSHUA, ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF THE TRIBES OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND CARRIED THEM OVER WITH THEM UNTO THE PLACE WHERE THEY LODGED, AND LAID THEM DOWN THERE._... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JOSHUA SET UP TWELVE STONES IN THE MIDST OF JORDAN, IN THE PLACE WHERE THE FEET OF THE PRIESTS WHICH BARE THE ARK OF THE COVENANT STOOD: AND THEY ARE THERE UNTO THIS DAY._ JOSHUA SET UP TWELVE STONES ... IN THE PLACE WHERE THE FEET OF THE PRIESTS ... STOOD. In addition to the memorial just desc... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR THE PRIESTS WHICH BARE THE ARK STOOD IN THE MIDST OF JORDAN, UNTIL EVERYTHING WAS FINISHED THAT THE LORD COMMANDED JOSHUA TO SPEAK UNTO THE PEOPLE, ACCORDING TO ALL THAT MOSES COMMANDED JOSHUA: AND THE PEOPLE HASTED AND PASSED OVER._ The priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN ALL THE PEOPLE WERE CLEAN PASSED OVER, THAT THE ARK OF THE LORD PASSED OVER, AND THE PRIESTS, IN THE PRESENCE OF THE PEOPLE._ The ark ... passed over. The ark is mentioned as the efficient cause: it had been the first to move-it was the last to leave; and its movements ar... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE CHILDREN OF REUBEN, AND THE CHILDREN OF GAD, AND HALF THE TRIBE OF MANASSEH, PASSED OVER ARMED BEFORE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AS MOSES SPAKE UNTO THEM:_ The children of Reuben ... passed over armed before the children of Israel. There is no precedency to the other tribes indicated herether... [ Continue Reading ]
_ABOUT FORTY THOUSAND PREPARED FOR WAR PASSED OVER BEFORE THE LORD UNTO BATTLE, TO THE PLAINS OF JERICHO._ To the plains of Jericho. That part of the Arabah or Ghor on the west is about seven miles broad from the Jordan to the mountain entrance at Wady-Kelt. Though now desert, this valley was in an... [ Continue Reading ]
_ON THAT DAY THE LORD MAGNIFIED JOSHUA IN THE SIGHT OF ALL ISRAEL; AND THEY FEARED HIM, AS THEY FEARED_ _ ON THAT DAY THE LORD MAGNIFIED JOSHUA IN THE SIGHT OF ALL ISRAEL; AND THEY FEARED HIM, AS THEY FEARED MOSES, ALL THE DAYS OF HIS LIFE._ On that day the Lord magnified Joshua. It appeared clear,... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO JOSHUA, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN THE PRIESTS THAT BARE THE ARK OF THE COVENANT OF THE LORD WERE COME UP OUT OF THE MIDST OF JORDAN, AND THE SOLES OF THE PRIESTS' FEET WERE LIFTED UP UNTO THE DRY LAND, THAT THE WATERS OF JORDAN RETURNED UNTO THEIR PLACE, AND FLOWED OVER ALL HIS BANKS, AS THEY DID BEFORE._... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE PEOPLE CAME UP OUT OF JORDAN ON THE TENTH DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH, AND ENCAMPED IN GILGAL, IN THE EAST BORDER OF JERICHO._ The people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month - i:e., the month Nisan, four days before the Passover, and the very day when the paschal lamb requ... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOSE TWELVE STONES, WHICH THEY TOOK OUT OF JORDAN, DID JOSHUA PITCH IN GILGAL._ Those twelve stones ... did Joshua pitch in Gilgal. Probably to render them more conspicuous, they might be raised on a foundation of earth and turf; and as the Hebrew word Gilgal signifies a circle, it may be app... [ Continue Reading ]