joshua-3:16-17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 3:17

The miraculous passage to the holy land through Jordan is not less pregnant with typical meaning than that through the Red Sea (compare 1 Corinthians 10:1-2). The solemn inauguration of Joshua to his office, and his miraculous attestation, by the same waters with which Jesus was baptized on entering on the public exercise of His ministry (compare Matthew 3:16-17); the choice of twelve men, one from each tribe to be the bearers of the twelve stones, and the builders of the monument erected... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 3:16

Joshua 3:16. Adam The city of Adam, being more obscure, is described by its nearness to a more known place, then eminent, but now unknown. The meaning is, that the waters were stopped in their course at that place, and so kept at a distance from the Israelites while they passed over. Against Jericho Here God carried them over, because this part was, 1st, The strongest, as having in its neighbourhood an eminent city, a potent king, and a stout and warlike people. 2d, The most pleasant and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 3:17

Joshua 3:17. Stood firm That is, in one and the same place and posture; their feet were neither moved by any waters flowing in upon them, nor sunk into any mire, which one might think was at the bottom of the river. And this may be opposed to their standing in the brink of the water when they came to it, as commanded, (Joshua 3:8,) which was but for a while, till the waters were divided and gone away; and then they were to go farther, even into the midst of Jordan, where they were to stand... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Joshua 3:1-17

Crossing the Jordan River (3:1-5:1)Israel’s conquest of Jericho was more than just a military exercise. It had religious meaning. The Israelites were to cleanse themselves before God, because he was the one who would lead them against their enemies. His presence was symbolized in the ark of the covenant (GNB: covenant box), which the priests carried ahead of the procession in full view of the people (3:1-6).As God had worked through Moses, so he would work through Joshua. Just as the waters of... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joshua 3:16

Adam. The waters were divided at (or near) the city "Adam", and they were heaped up at (or near) "Zaretun", another city far off from "Adam". Zaretan in the land of Manasseh. Called Zartanah in 1 Kings 4:12 . The brazen vessels of the temple were cast there in the plain of Jordan (1 Kings 7:46 . sea of the plain: i.e. the Dead Sea. salt sea. Figure of speech. Polyonymia. App-6 . the People passed over. A way cleft through the sea (Exodus 14:0 ), through the river (Joshua 3:0 ), and in... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joshua 3:17

all the Israelites: better = all Israel. were passed clean over = finished passing over. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Joshua 3:14-17

"And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over the Jordan, the priests that bare the ark of the covenant being before the people; and when they that bare the ark were come unto the Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (for the Jordan overfloweth all its banks all the time of harvest), that the waters that came down from above, rose up in one heap, a great way off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 3:14-16

Ver. 14-16. And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, &c.— This was on Friday the 10th of the first month of Abib, or Nisan, which answers to our 30th of April. On this great day we see the people of Israel, preceded by the priests bearing the ark, begin their march towards Jordan, and every thing that Joshua had foretold accomplished in the most marvellous manner. See Univ. Hist. and Bedford's Scripture Chronology. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 3:16

Ver. 16. The waters which came down from above, stood, &c.— Instead of continuing their course, being arrested by the divine hand, they accumulated, and formed as it were a mountain, which is the rendering of the Vulgate. Or else, as we may plainly conceive, being obliged to go back towards their source, they rose up in heaps for a vast way backward, very far, as the text expresses it, from the city of Adam, which is beside Zaretan. This city of Adam is not known; and the situation of... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 3:17

Ver. 17. And the priests—stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, &c.— Being come to the middle of the channel, they remained there till the whole of the people were gone over, and waited the orders of Joshua to rejoin the army. We apprehend that the passage was effected thus: The priests, bearing the ark at two thousand cubits distance from the camp, being arrived at the river's side, its waters divided from one shore to the other. While the miracle was performing, they stopped;... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 3:17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 3:16

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 3:17

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Joshua 3:1-17

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joshua 3:16

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joshua 3:17

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Joshua 3:14-17

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 3:14-16

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 3:16

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 3:17

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