And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, Ver. 1. _And it came to pass, when all the people._] Heb., All the nation; _Goi,_ so the Israelites are here and elsewhere called. The Jews, then, have no reason to reproach Christians b... [ Continue Reading ]
Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man, Ver. 2. _Out of every tribe a man._] For the two tribes and half planted beyond Jordan were also concerned, as being of the same body and way of worship. See Joshua 22:30 .... [ 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. Ver. 3. _Twelve stones, and ye shall carry them ov... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man: Ver. 4. _Then Joshua called, &c._] See Joshua 4:2; Joshua 3:12 .... [ 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: Ver. 5. _Before the ark of the Lord your God._] A God in covenant with you... [ 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? Ver. 6. _That this may be a sign._] We stand in need of all helps. The Israelites had their fringes and phylacteries to immind them; and of all things, God canno... [ 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. Ver. 7. _The waters of Jordan were cut off._] A... [ 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. Ve... [ 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. Ver. 9. _And Joshua set up twelve stones._] Besides the first twelve: _Gaudet produci haec solennitas,_ as Augustine said at... [ Continue Reading ]
For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing 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. Ver. 10. _Until everything was finished._] They would not off... [ 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. Ver. 11. _That the ark of the Lord passed over._] That it might be both van and rear. "For ye shall not go out with haste" (it was weakness of faith... [ 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: Ver. 12. _As Moses spake unto them._] Indented with them. Numbers 32:20 _; _ Num 32:27 _Dilexi hominem:_ I loved the man, said Ambrose conc... [ Continue Reading ]
About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho. Ver. 13. _Passed over before the Lord._] As in his sight and presence, approving to him their hearts and practices.... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Ver. 14. _The Lord magnified Joshua._] See Joshua 3:7 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, Ver. 15. _And the Lord spake unto Joshua._] See Joshua 1:1 .... [ Continue Reading ]
Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan. Ver. 16. _Command the priests._] They would not stir out of their station till God called them off. It is good to do all by a warrant. To be out of God's precincts is to be out of his protection.... [ Continue Reading ]
Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan. Ver. 17. _Come ye up out of Jordan._] Now that all the people are in safety; and stand upon the bank to behold the last act of this great miracle.... [ 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. Ver. 19. _On the tenth day of the first month._] _See Trapp on "_ Exo 12:3 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal. Ver. 20. _And those twelve._] See Joshua 4:3 .... [ 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? Ver. 21. See Joshua 4:6,7 .... [ Continue Reading ]
Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. Ver. 22. See Joshua 4:6,7 .... [ 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 Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over: Ver. 23. _From before you._] Who were then in our loins, or so young that you could not be affected wit... [ Continue Reading ]
That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it [is] mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever. Ver. 24. _That all the people of the earth might know._] And acknowledge God's power and providence: for at his own glory he aimeth in all his actions, and at the go... [ Continue Reading ]