Joshua 4:1-9
THE STONES TAKEN FROM THE MIDST OF THE RIVER BED... [ Continue Reading ]
THE STONES TAKEN FROM THE MIDST OF THE RIVER BED... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying,... [ Continue Reading ]
Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man, as had been provided for before the crossing began, Joshua 3:12,... [ 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, from the very center of the stream's bed, TWELVE STONES, AND YE SHALL CARRY THEM OVER WITH YOU, AND LEAVE THEM IN THE LODGING-PLACE, WHERE YE SHALL LODGE THIS NIGHT. It is pla... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, selected for this particular work, OUT OF EVERY TRIBE A MAN;... [ Continue Reading ]
and Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the Lord, your God, into the midst of Jordan, or, Go over to the place where the ark is now stationed, AND TAKE YOU UP, EVERY MAN OF YOU, A STONE UPON HIS SHOULDER, ACCORDING UNTO THE NUMBER OF THE TRIBES OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL,... [ Continue Reading ]
that this may be a sign among you, serve for a memorial, a monument, in their midst, THAT WHEN YOUR CHILDREN ASK THEIR FATHERS IN TIME TO COME, SAYING, "WHAT MEAN YE BY THESE STONES?... [ 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, as related in the preceding chapter; AND THESE STONES SHALL BE FOR A MEMORIAL UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL FOREVER, to remind ev... [ Continue Reading ]
And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, the twelve men acting as the representatives of the entire host or congregation, AS THE LORD SPAKE UNTO JOSHUA, ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF THE TRIBES OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND CARRIED TH... [ Continue Reading ]
And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, where they might become visible when the water was at low stage, IN THE PLACE WHERE THE FEET OF THE PRIESTS WHICH BARE THE ARK OF THE COVENANT STOOD; AND THEY ARE THERE UNTO THIS DAY, to the time when this report was put down or this book writt... [ 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, made as quick a passage as possible. Moses had, according to the... [ Continue Reading ]
THE STONES PITCHED IN GILGAL... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, when every last one of them had reached the high ground beyond the flood-stage, THAT THE ARK OF THE LORD PASSED OVER, for it was the emblem of Jehovah, the almighty God, who held back the waves in their mad rush, AND THE PRIESTS, who w... [ 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, that is, their best soldiers, as the representatives of their armies, Joshua 1:14;... [ Continue Reading ]
about forty thousand prepared for war, fully armed and equipped, PASSED OVER BEFORE THE LORD, in whose presence their promise had been given, UNTO BATTLE, for a war of conquest and extermination was before them, TO THE PLAINS OF JERICHO, the plain or valley extending to that city. These forty thousa... [ Continue Reading ]
On that day the Lord magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel, they were filled with the proper reverence for him as the chosen leader of the host; AND THEY FEARED HIM AS THEY FEARED MOSES ALL THE DAYS OF HIS LIFE, Joshua 3:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying,... [ Continue Reading ]
Command the priests that bear the Ark of the Testimony that they come up out of Jordan, from the midst of the stream where they had been stationed during the passage of the people.... [ Continue Reading ]
Joshua, therefore, commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.... [ 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, literally, "tore themselves loose toward the dry land," said of leaving the bed of the stream and stepping... [ Continue Reading ]
And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, on the very day on which, forty years before, their fathers had selected a lamb or a kid for the first celebration of the Passover, Exodus 12:3, AND ENCAMPED IN GILGAL, IN THE EAST BORDER OF JERICHO, of the territory of Jerich... [ Continue Reading ]
And those twelve stones which they took out of Jordan did Joshua pitch, set up for a memorial, IN GILGAL.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?... [ Continue Reading ]
then ye shall let your children know, give them the information as the Lord had commanded in vv. 6 and 7, SAYING, ISRAEL CAME OVER THIS JORDAN ON DRY LAND.... [ Continue Reading ]
For the Lord, your God, dried up the waters of Jordan from before you until ye were passed over, as the Lord, your God, did to the Bed Sea, which He dried up from before us, until we were gone over, the statement being given in poetical form, with epic brevity and force;... [ Continue Reading ]
that all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord, acknowledge His almighty power in affording to His people this miraculous passage, THAT IT IS MIGHTY; THAT YE MIGHT FEAR THE LORD, YOUR GOD, FOREVER, Exodus 14:31; Deuteronomy 6:2. The remembrance of God's wonderful deed at this time... [ Continue Reading ]