Joshua 1:10-11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 1:10

Officers - The “scribes.” (See the Exodus 5:6 note, and Deuteronomy 16:18.) read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 1:11

Prepare you victuals - The order was probably given with the knowledge that the manna would cease when the host crossed the Jordan Exodus 16:35, and possibly because amidst their preparations there might not be opportunity to gather it in sufficient quantity. Nor does it appear that manna ever formed the whole and sole sustenance of the people. (Compare Numbers 20:1 note.)It is the view of the majority of commentators - Jewish and Christian, ancient and modern - that the “three days” here named... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 1:10-11

Joshua 1:10-11. The officers of the people Those who commanded under Joshua, in their respective tribes and families, attended him for orders, which they were to transmit to the people. Prepare you victuals For although manna was given them to supply their want of ordinary provisions in the wilderness; yet they were allowed, when they had opportunity, to purchase other provisions, and did so, Deuteronomy 2:6; Deuteronomy 2:28. And now, having been some time in the land of the Amorites,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Joshua 1:1-18

1:1-5:15 ENTRY INTO CANAANPreparations (1:1-2:24)God’s command to Joshua was brief and straightforward: he was to take the land of Canaan. (The region in which Canaan was situated was occupied by various tribal peoples, the most important of whom were the Hittites and the Amorites.) Israel would not win the land without a fight, but the people had God’s assurance that wherever they advanced they would gain possession (1:1-5). As leader of the people, Joshua had the assurance of God’s presence,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joshua 1:11

within three days = after three days. Spoken 6th or 7th of Abib. Compare Joshua 4:19 . Spies probably already sent (Joshua 2:16 , Joshua 2:22 ; Joshua 3:1 , Joshua 3:2 .) read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Joshua 1:10-11

"Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye are to pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which Jehovah your God giveth you to possess it.""Within three days ..." Here we encounter somewhat of a problem. This is due to the mention of another "three days" in Joshua 3:2 before Joshua gave the order mentioned here. This is rather a complicated problem, and... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 1:10

Ver. 10. Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people— Obedient to the divine injunction, Joshua hastens to take all those measures which human prudence could suggest to a pious mind in the present emergency. He commands the schoterim, i.e. the officers subordinate to the schophetim, or judges, whose sentences they published and put in execution. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 1:11

Ver. 11. Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals— They were to make proclamation throughout the several tribes, in all the camps of Israel, to provide themselves with such victuals as the countries of Sihon and Og, which they had lately conquered, afforded. But to what purpose is this precaution, since the Israelites every morning found manna from heaven for their food? Without quoting all the answers given by interpreters to this question, we shall content... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Joshua 1:10

10-18. Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people—These were the Shoterim (see on :-; :-). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Joshua 1:11

11-13. command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals—not manna, which, though it still fell, would not keep; but corn, sheep, and articles of food procurable in the conquered countries. for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan—that is, the third day, according to Hebrew idiom—the time allotted for getting ready before the encampment in Abel-Shittim broke up and they removed to the desert bank of the river where no victuals were available. At the same time Joshua himself convened... read more

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