"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."
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Verse Joshua 4:18. _THE WATERS OF JORDAN RETURNED UNTO THEIR PLACE_]
It is particularly remarked by the sacred historian, that as soon as
the soles of the priests' feet touched the water, the stream o...
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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 (Jos...
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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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_the waters of Jordan returned_ Thus the history of the crossing is
related in sections: (_a_) first briefly, Joshua 3:14-17; (_b_) then
more completely, Joshua 4:1-11; (_c_) some supplementary notice...
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_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...
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_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...
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_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...
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4:18 previously, (a-57) See Genesis 31:2 ....
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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 r...
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COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES!
JOSHUA
_BRIAN ROWLANDS_
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CHAPTER 4
V1 When all the *Israelites had crossed t...
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וַ֠ יְהִי _כַּ_†_עֲלֹ֨ות_† הַ
כֹּהֲנִ֜ים נֹשְׂאֵ֨י אֲרֹ֤ון בְּרִית
־יְהוָה֙ מִ תֹּ֣וךְ הַ יַּרְדֵּ֔ן...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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,....
According to the command of Joshua in the name of the Lord:
[AND] THE...
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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...
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_The waters of Jordan returned_ They had stood on a heap while the ark
was in the river, but came tumbling down when it was removed, which
showed to a demonstration that it was to God's presence with...
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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...
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THE STONES PITCHED IN GILGAL...
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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...
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LIFT UP:
_ Heb._ plucked up
FLOWED OVER:
_ Heb._ went...
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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...
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THE WATERS came down from their heaps, and returned with all
convenient speed into their proper channel, according to their natural
and usual course....
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Joshua 4:18 priests H3548 bore H5375 (H8802) ark H727 covenant H1285
LORD H3068 come H5927 (H8800) midst H8432 Jordan H3383 soles H3709
priests H3548 feet H7272 touched H5423 (H8738) land H2724 waters...
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‘ And so it was that when the priests who bore the Ark of the
covenant of YHWH came up from the middle of Jordan, and the soles of
the priest's feet were lifted up to the dry ground, the waters of
Jor...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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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1 Chronicles 12:15; Exodus 14:26; Isaiah 8:8; Joshua 3:13; Joshua 3:15...
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Their place — Returned into their proper channel, according to their
natural and usual course....