THE DOUBLE MEMORIAL OF THE PASSAGE OF JORDAN
The main subject of the chapter is the memorial cairn set up at
Gilgal, which is described in two sections, Joshua 4:1 and Joshua
4:20, separated by the record in a single v. (Joshua 4:9) of another
cairn set up in the midst of Jordan, and by a long pare... [ Continue Reading ]
PASS OVER BEFORE THE ARK] Apparently the twelve, who with the rest of
the host have already crossed to the W. bank, are bidden to return to
where the priests are still standing with the Ark in the midst of
Jordan, to set up a cairn of twelve stones (Joshua 4:9) on the spot in
the river bed and to ta... [ Continue Reading ]
THE TENTH _DAY_ OF THE FIRST MONTH] i.e. Abib or Nisan (March-April).
They would reach their camp at Gilgal just in time to select the
Paschal Lamb (Exodus 12:8) to be slain on the fourteenth day: see
Joshua 5:10.... [ Continue Reading ]