Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 3:1
Ver. 1. And Joshua rose early in the morning, &c.— Early the next morning, after he had ordered the army to make all necessary provision for speedily entering the enemy's country, (chap. Joshua 1:10-11.) he raised the camp; and the Israelites, who were at Shittim from the fifth day of the eleventh month of the fortieth year after their departure out of Egypt, advanced to the banks of the Jordan. And lodged there before they passed over— The French version renders this, and lodged there that... read more
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