E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joshua 4:20
took out. Compare verses: Joshua 4:8 , Joshua 4:9 . read more
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E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joshua 4:23
which He dried up. Exodus 14:21 . read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Joshua 4:15-18
THE CROSSING CONCLUDED"And Jehovah spake unto Joshua, saying, Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan. And Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of the Jordan. And it came to pass when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah were come up out of the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry ground, that the waters of the Jordan returned unto their place, and... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Joshua 4:19-24
"And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho. And those twelve stones which they took out of the Jordan, did Joshua set up in Gilgal. And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones? Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over the Jordan on dry land. For Jehovah your God dried up the waters of the... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 4:15-18
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 western bank; and as soon as they had gained this side, and their feet were beyond the place to which the waters had formerly reached, we see that the waters gradually resumed their wonted course, and flowed, as before, over the two shores. Thus every thing in this memorable event was miraculous. read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 4:19
Ver. 19. And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day, &c.— On the fifteenth of this same month the people had departed from Egypt; so that forty years, wanting five days, had elapsed from the first of these events to the second. Gilgal was situate between Jordan and Jericho, ten furlongs from the city, and fifty from the river, according to Josephus's calculation. We shall see in the subsequent chapter, ver. 9 what occasioned the giving the name of Gilgal to this first encampment... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 4:20
Ver. 20. And those twelve stones—did Joshua pitch in Gilgal— Josephus relates the matter as if the Israelites had reared these stones in the form of an altar. It is more probable, that, in order to represent the number of the tribes, they were pitched each upon its basis, as so many small pillars, perhaps in three lines, and probably on an elevation. read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 4:23
Ver. 23. For the Lord your God dried up the waters of Jordan— Joshua, considering the people of God here morally, as one person, speaks to them as if they had been of the number of those who had crossed the Red Sea on dry land. He wishes, by the miracle that God had just wrought for them, to recal to their minds that which had been wrought for their fathers, that by entertaining just sentiments of gratitude, as well for the favour they had so lately received, as that of which they still reaped... read more
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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Joshua 4:1-24
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