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Hawker's Poor man's commentary

Joshua 4:15-18

Nothing could be more demonstrative of the miraculous holding of the waters, than the sudden return of the flood, when the purpose, for which the Lord held those waters in the hollow of his hand, was accomplished. May we not make a spiritual application of this passage, and observe, that in whatever place the ark of God resteth, or in other words, wherever the presence of Jesus is with his people, all the floods of sin are restrained. But if he withdraws, and takes away the influences of his Spirit, the glory is departed, the deeps of sin are broken up, and the flood-gates of iniquity pour in upon that people. Lord! I would pray for myself, for my people, and for the nation to which I belong; Take not, Oh! take not, thine Holy Spirit from us. Psalms 51:11.

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See also Joshua 4:15-18 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The passage of the priests to the further bank had been already referred to, Joshua 4:11; but the writer, in observance of his general plan (compare introductory remarks to Joshua 3), re-introduces it...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    4. THE MEMORIAL STONES CHAPTER 4 _ 1. The first memorial (Joshua 4:1)_ 2. The second memorial (Joshua 4:9) 3. The return of the priests with the ark (Joshua 4:10) 4. The encampment at Gilgal ...

  • 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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 15-18. _AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO JOSHUA,_ &C.— Before the people advanced into the country, Joshua had commanded the priests, who bare the ark, to quit the channel of the river, and come to the...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _The Crossing Completed Joshua 4:10-18_ 10 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, acco...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO JOSHUA, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on these verses....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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 re...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES! JOSHUA _BRIAN ROWLANDS_ Maps to help you to study this book are on the Internet at www.easyenglish.info. CHAPTER 4 V1 When all the *Israelites had crossed...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֔ה אֶל ־יְהֹושֻׁ֖עַ לֵ אמֹֽר

  • 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 MEMORIAL STONES Joshua 4:1 Twelve stones were brought up from the Jordan and erected in Gilgal. They gave fathers the opportunity of telling their children of the miraculous passage of the river....

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

    The commands of God required haste in obedience. Haste, however, never means neglect of religious observance. The very fact of their need for the divine guidance made it of supreme importance that the...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    When everyone had crossed the river, Joshua commanded the priests bearing the ark to finish their crossing. Once the feet of the priests were again firmly planted on dry ground, God caused the river t...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The book of Joshua naturally follows the five books of Moses, and indeed is connected more manifestly with those that go before it than might appear to an ordinary reader. It opens not with a mere par...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    But if we are introduced into a life which is on the other side of death, by the power of the Spirit of God, as being dead and risen in Christ, there must be the remembrance of that death, by which we...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO JOSHUA,.... When all the people had passed over jordan: SAYING; as follows....

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, Ver. 15. _And the Lord spake unto Joshua._] See Joshua 1:1 ....

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Twelue men are appointed to take twelue stones for a memoriall out of Iordan. 9 Twelue other stones are set vp in the middest of Iordan. 10.19 The people passe ouer. 14 God magnifieth Ioshua. 20...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE STONES PITCHED IN GILGAL...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    STONES OF MEMORIAL (vs.1-24) Only when all were passed over did Joshua, at God's command, instruct that each of the twelve chosen men should carry a stone out of the midst of Jordan, from the place w...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    10-19 The priests with the ark did not stir till ordered to move. Let none be weary of waiting, while they have the tokens of God's presence with them, even the ark of the covenant, though it be in th...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Joshua 4:15 LORD H3068 spoke H559 (H8799) Joshua H3091 saying H559 (H8800)...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘ And YHWH spoke to Joshua, saying, “Command the priests who bear the Ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.” ' Having described the exit from Jordan of the Ark in verse 11 the writer...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The memorial stone. CHARACTERS: God, Joshua, priests, 12 men. CONCLUSION: God's works of wonder on our behalf ought to be kept in everlasting memory and means devised for preserving our me...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Joshua 4:2. _Take you twelve men;_ out of every tribe a man of great strength to be the witnesses in their respective tribes, while the twelve stones spake with silent voice on the western shore of th...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _What mean ye by these stones?_ THE FIRST ACT IN CANAAN These stones proclaimed certain realities. Taken from the dry bed of the river, they declared God’s power in cutting off the waters before the...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES. Joshua 4:12. Before the children of Israel] The usual order of marching was thus broken, that their promise, given in Numbers 32:17, might be faithfully observed. JOSHUA 4:13. ABOUT F...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE MEMORIAL.— JOSHUA 4:2 TWELVE STONES. The commemoration of events by the setting up of huge stones was by no means peculiar to the Jews, though it was often used by them, as, for insta...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Joshua 4:1-24 That this may be a sign among you that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What do you mean by these stones? You shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan we...

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