joshua-4:15-24-niv

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 4:10-19

The inspired historian seems to be so well pleased with his subject here that he is loth to quit it, and is therefore very particular in his narrative, especially in observing how closely Joshua pursued the orders God gave him, and that he did nothing without divine direction, finishing all that the Lord had commanded him (Josh. 4:10), which is also said to be what Moses commanded. We read not of any particular commands that Moses gave to Joshua about this matter: the thing was altogether new... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 4:20-24

The twelve stones which were laid down in Gilgal (Josh. 4:8) are here set up either one upon another, yet so as that they might be distinctly counted, or one by another in rows; for after they were fixed they ar not call a heap of stones, but these stones. I. It is here taken for granted that posterity would enquire into the meaning of them, supposing them intended for a memorial: Your children shall ask their fathers (for who else should they ask?) What mean these stones? Notes, Those that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 4:15

And the Lord spake unto Joshua ,.... When all the people had passed over jordan: saying ; as follows. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 4:16

Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony ,.... In all places before, in this history, the ark is called the ark of the covenant, here the ark of the testimony, which signifies the same thing, the law; which was both the covenant between God and the people, and a testimony of his will unto them; the Septuagint version has both words: that they come up out of Jordan ; where they stayed until all the people passed over, for the encouragement of them, and until they received... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 4:17

Joshua therefore commanded the priests ,.... In obedience to the Lord, and sent them an order: saying ; as follows: come ye up out of Jordan ; from the midst of the river to the bank of it, which was properly an ascent. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 4:18

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 soles of the priests' feet were lift up upon the dry land ; and set upon it, on the bank of Jordan, and shores of the land of Canaan: that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place ; those that came from above, and had stood on an heap, gradually came down into the channel, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 4:19

And the people came up out of Jordan ,.... The channel of it, to the shore: on the tenth day of the first month ; the month Nisan or Abib, which from the time of Israel's coming out of Egypt was appointed the first month of the year, Exodus 12:2 ; on the fifteenth of which month they came out of Egypt, having kept the passover on the fourteenth at even; so that their coming out of Egypt, to their entrance into Canaan, was just forty years, wanting five days. This tenth day was the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 4:20

And those twelve stones which they took out of Jordan ,.... The twelve men who were sent there for that purpose, and took them from thence, and brought them hither, Joshua 4:3 , did Joshua pitch in Gilgal ; set them in rows, or one upon another, and made a pillar of them commemorative of their passage over Jordan into the land of Canaan: according to Josephus F14 Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 5. c. 1. sect. 4.) , he made an altar of these stones; and Ben Gersom is of opinion, that they... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 4:21

And he spoke unto the children of Israel, saying ,.... At the same time he set up the stones: when you children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying , What mean these stones ? See Gill on Joshua 4:6 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 4:22

Then ye shall let your children know ,.... The meaning of the erection of these stones, acquaint them with the whole history, the meaning of which they are designed to perpetuate: saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land ; and if they should ask how that could possibly be done, or if they did not, they were to inform them by what means it was brought about, as follows. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 4:10-19

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 4:20-24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 4:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 4:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 4:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 4:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 4:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 4:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 4:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 4:22

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