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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 3:6

They took up - i. e. on the day following. The course of events is anticipated. read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 3:7

This day will I begin to magnify thee - One cause why the miracle now to be narrated was performed is here suggested. As Moses was declared to he sent immediately from God with an extraordinary commission by the miracles which he worked, more especially that of dividing the Red Sea in two parts, so was Joshua both sent and accredited in a like manner. (Compare Joshua 1:5, and Joshua 4:14.) Other reasons are given in Joshua 3:10; Joshua 5:1. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 3:10

The living God - Compare the marginal reference. The gods of the pagan are “dead idols.” On the names of the seven nations, see Genesis 10:16, etc., note. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 3:15

Jordan overfloweth all his banks - Rather “is full up to all his banks,” i. e. “brim-full.” This remark strikingly illustrates the suddenness and completeness, not less than the greatness, of the marvel. The Jordan River flows at the bottom of a deep valley, which descends to the water’s edge on either side in two, occasionally in three, terraces. Within the lowest of these the stream, ordinarily less than 100 feet wide in this lower part of its course, is confined. The margin is overgrown with... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 3:1

Joshua 3:1. Joshua rose early in the morning Not after the return of the spies, as may seem at first view, but after the three days mentioned Joshua 1:11, when orders were given to the army to make all necessary provision for invading the enemies’ country. They came to Jordan and lodged there That night, that they might go over in the day-time, that the miracle might be more evident and unquestionable, and might strike the greater terror into their enemies. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 3:2-3

Joshua 3:2-3. After three days The three days mentioned Joshua 1:11, either at the end of them, or upon the last of them. The officers went through the host To give them more particular directions, as they had given a general notice before. They commanded the people In Joshua’s name, and by his authority. When ye see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God The sign and symbol of his presence, and of his being in covenant with you, and engaged to protect and conduct you, as your... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 3:4

Joshua 3:4. There shall be a space between you and it Thus it was made to appear that the ark needed not to be guarded by the men of war, but was itself a guard to them. With what a noble defiance of the enemy did it leave all its friends far behind, save the unarmed priests that carried it, as perfectly sufficient for its own safety and theirs that followed it. Two thousand cubits A thousand yards, at which distance from it the Israelites seem to have been encamped in the wilderness. And... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 3:5

Joshua 3:5. And Joshua said He himself also, as well as the officers, by his direction, spake to the people the day before their passage; and as the matter was very important, he probably went himself from tribe to tribe, to give the orders here mentioned. Sanctify yourselves Not only wash your clothes, and shun all kinds of bodily impurities, (see Genesis 35:2; Exodus 19:10; Numbers 9:10,) but purify your minds and hearts, by repentance, and faith, and new obedience, without which the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 3:6

Joshua 3:6. Take up the ark Namely, upon your shoulders; for so they were to carry it, Numbers 7:9. Before the people Not in the middle of them, as you used to do. And they took up the ark They did as they were commanded. And now we may suppose that prayer of Moses to be used, which he addressed to God when the ark set forward, Numbers 10:3. Rise up, Lord, and let thine enemies be scattered. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 3:7

Joshua 3:7. This day will I begin to magnify thee That is, to honour thee in a peculiar manner, and gain thee authority; in the sight of all Israel As the person I have set in Moses’s stead, and by whom I will conduct them into the promised land. It has been observed by some, as a remarkable circumstance, that, from the time of Moses to that of Saul, God always signified to the people, by some miracle, whom he had appointed to govern them. read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 3:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 3:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 3:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 3:15

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 3:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 3:2-3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 3:4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 3:5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 3:6

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 3:7

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