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Verse Joshua 3:4. _ABOUT TWO THOUSAND CUBITS_] This distance they were
to keep,
1. For the greater respect, because the presence of the ark was the
symbol and pledge of the Divine presence.
2. That...
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The ark, which was since the making of the covenant the special shrine
and seat of God’s presence, went before to show the people that God,
through its medium, was their leader. They were to follow at...
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3. THE PASSAGE OF JORDAN
CHAPTER 3
_ 1. The Ark of Jehovah going before (Joshua 3:1)_
2. Jehovah's words to Joshua (Joshua 3:7)
3. Joshua's words to the people (Joshua 3:9)
4. The passage accompl...
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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...
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A SPACE. This is very significant. Compare Exodus 19:12; Exodus
13:22.Leviticus 10:3.
CUBITS. See App-51. About Joshua 1:5 miles....
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_there shall be a space_ Partly for the sake of reverence, partly that
it might be observed and marked as it led the way.
_two thousand cubits_ a Sabbath day's journey (Acts 1:12) = 3000 feet....
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_VER._ 4. _THERE SHALL BE A SPACE,_ &C.— The ark here supplying, in
some measure, the place of the miraculous cloud which had guided the
Israelites in their several encampments, and which, for that pu...
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_God's Instructions to Joshua 3:1-8_
And Joshua rose early in the morning and they removed from Shittim,
and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged
there before they passed over...
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_YET THERE SHALL BE A SPACE BETWEEN YOU AND IT, ABOUT TWO THOUSAND
CUBITS BY MEASURE: COME NOT NEAR UNTO IT, THAT YE MAY KNOW THE WAY BY
WHICH YE MUST GO: FOR YE HAVE NOT PASSED THIS WAY HERETOFORE._...
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THE PASSAGE OF JORDAN
This is the initial miracle of Joshua's leadership. Its moral effect
upon the Israelite host is suggested in Joshua 3:7 and Joshua 4:14
that wrought upon the Canaanites in Joshu...
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COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES!
JOSHUA
_BRIAN ROWLANDS_
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CHAPTER 3
THE PEOPLE CROSS THE RIVER JORDAN – JOSHU...
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(2-6) PRELIMINARY ORDERS. — The priests are to bear the ark. This
was usually the duty of the Levites of the family of Kohath; but both
at the passage of Jordan and the taking of Jericho, the priests...
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אַ֣ךְ ׀ רָחֹ֣וק יִהְיֶ֗ה בֵּֽינֵיכֶם֙
_וּ_†_בֵינָ֔יו_† כְּ אַלְפַּ֥יִם
אַמָּ֖ה בַּ † מִּדָּ֑ה אַֽל
־תִּקְרְב֣וּ אֵלָ
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CHAPTER VIII.
JORDAN REACHED.
Joshua 3:1.
THE host of Israel had been encamped for some time at Shittim on the
east side of the river Jordan. It is well to understand the
geographical position. The...
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THE JORDAN SAFELY CROSSED
Joshua 3:1
For three days the host faced that swollen river. It was enough to
appall them, except that, like Abraham, they dared to behold it in the
light of the divine pro...
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The first movement in the actual advance of the people into the land
was of such a nature as to impress them with e truth of their positive
relation to God. There was nothing in this first advance cal...
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The text does not tell us why Joshua broke camp at Shittim, not more
than 6 miles from Jordan, to move closer to the river. Some suggest it
was to impress upon the people the fact that they could not...
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Space of. Hebrew adds, "about...by measure." It was not easy to
observe the exact distance in the march. This was prescribed both to
keep the people at a respectful distance, and also to enable them t...
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The distance pointed out is striking. I do not think as some have
supposed, that the distance ordered between the ark and the people,
was that the multitude which followed might not crowd upon one
ano...
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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...
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4._Yet there shall be a space, etc _As the younger Levites, whose
province it was to carry the ark, (Numbers 4:15) were strictly
forbidden to touch it, or even to look at it, when uncovered, it is
not...
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And now the people are to enter the promised land; but how enter it?
For Jordan, with its flood at the highest, lay as a barrier before the
people of God, guarding the territory of those that oppose t...
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YET THERE SHALL BE A SPACE BETWEEN YOU AND IT,.... The ark; the Keri
or marginal reading is, "between you and them"; the priests that bear
it: hence sprung a fiction among the Jews, that there were tw...
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Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand
cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by
which ye must go: for ye have not passed [this] way heretofore....
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_There shall be a space between you and it_ Thus it was made to appear
that the ark needed not to be guarded by the men of war, but was
itself a guard to them. With what a noble defiance of the enemy...
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1 Ioshua commeth to Iordan.
2 The Officers instruct the people for the passage.
7 The LORD incourageth Ioshua.
9 Ioshua incourageth the people.
14 The waters of Iordan are diuided.
[THE ARKE BORN...
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THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR CROSSING...
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THE CROSSING OF JORDAN
(vv. 1-17)
The next morning Joshua arose early and led Israel to the river. There
may be a question as regards the three days spoken of in chapter 2:11
and the three days the...
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HERETOFORE:
_ Heb._ since yesterday and the third day...
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1-6 The Israelites came to Jordan in faith, having been told that
they should pass it. In the way of duty, let us proceed as far as we
can, and depend on the Lord. Joshua led them. Particular notice...
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TWO THOUSAND CUBITS make a thousand yards, and at which distance from
it the Israelites seem to have been encamped in the wilderness. And
because they generally went from their tents to the ark to wor...
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Joshua 3:4 space H7350 thousand H505 cubits H520 measure H4060 near
H7126 (H8799) know H3045 (H8799) way H1870 go H3212 (H8799) passed
H5674 (H8804) way H1870 before H8543 H8032
a space - Exodus 3:5,...
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“ Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand
cubits by measure, come not near it, that you may know the way by
which you must go, for you have not crossed over this way up to
no...
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Joshua 3:4
I. "Ye have not passed this way heretofore." We are all continually
entering upon new paths, which afterwards turn out to be old ones in a
new form. Religious experience moves by crises. I...
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CONTENTS: The passing of Jordan.
CHARACTERS: God, Joshua, priests.
CONCLUSION: The believer is to go on in the way of duty, though
foreseeing great difficulties, depending on the divine sufficiency...
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Joshua 3:5. _Sanctify yourselves,_ by washings and purifications. The
Persians, when commissioned to march against Babylon, are called God's
sanctified ones; for the ministers of his vengeance are hol...
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_When ye see the ark _. .. _ go after it._
THE GOOD SUPERSEDED BY THE BETTER
Hitherto the Israelites had been led on their way by the pillar of
cloud. But now that was to be seen no more. With the de...
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JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 3:1__ Chapters Joshua 3:1 and Joshua 4:1 form
a unit, with the common theme of crossing the Jordan.
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_THE PASSAGE OF THE JORDAN_
MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Joshua 3:1
THE PRESENCE OF GOD
Joshua had received the evening before, through their officers, the
reply of the people to the charge w...
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EXPOSITION
THE COMMAND.
JOSHUA 3:1
AND JOSHUA ROSE UP EARLY IN THE MORNING, _i.e; _after the return of
the spies, and most likely (see Joshua 1:10, Joshua 1:11) on the
morning on which the announcem...
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As we get into chapter three,
Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and
they came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and they
lodged there before they passed...
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1 Chronicles 11:2; Exodus 19:12; Exodus 3:5; Exodus 4:10; Genesis
31:2; Hebrews 12:28; Hebrews 12:29; Isaiah 30:33; Psalms 89:7...
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CROSSING THE JORDAN
Joshua 3:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We wish to discuss the preparatory steps to the crossing of the
Jordan. These steps are set forth in the opening verses of our
chapter.
1. LODGING...
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Two thousand cubits — A thousand yards, at which distance from it
the Israelites seem to have been encamped in the wilderness. And
because they generally went from their tents to the ark to worship
Go...