Joshua 1:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it. ”

• Joshua 1:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Prepare you victuals - The order was probably given with the knowledge that the manna would cease when the host crossed the Jordan Exodus 16:35 , and possibly because amidst their preparations t...

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• Joshua 1:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for (g) within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you...

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• Joshua 1:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  I. Joshua's Commission; Preparation for the Passage of the Jordan. This chapter does not call for much comment. It is, for the most part, an introduction to the whole book from a Deuteronomic write...

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• Joshua 1:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  within three days . after three days. Spoken 6th or 7th of Abib. Compare Joshua 4:19 . Spies probably already sent ( Joshua 2:16 ; Joshua 2:22 ; Joshua 3:1 ; Joshua 3:2 .)

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• Joshua 1:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to...

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• Joshua 1:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Ver. 11. Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals — They were to make proclamation throughout the several tribes, in all the camps of Israel, to provide themse...

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• Joshua 1:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you...

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• Joshua 1:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Joshua by Divine Commission Succeeds Moses Joshua 1:1 to Joshua 5:12 record the preparations for the Holy War.

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• Joshua 1:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Prepare you victuals. — The question may be asked, what preparation is intended, since they had the manna, which did not cease until several days after they passed the Jordan. But it does not seem...

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• Joshua 1:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER VI. JOSHUA'S CHARGE TO THE PEOPLE. Joshua 1:10-18 . GOD has spoken to Joshua; it is now Joshua's part to speak to the people. The crossing of the Jordan must be set about at once, and i...

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• Joshua 1:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Provisioned and United for Conquest Joshua 1:10-18 It was enough that God had spoken and promised. Nothing more was necessary. Joshua took immediate steps, dictated by sanctified common-sense,...

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• Joshua 1:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  In the Hebrew division of the Scriptures after the Torah or Law came the Prophets, divided into the Earlier Prophets and the Later Prophets. In this section the first Book is the Book of Joshua. Its...

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• Joshua 1:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  In the preparation of these victuals, I am at a loss to know what the particular nature of the command was. We are told, Exodus 16:35 that manna was the food of Israel until they came to a land inh...

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• Joshua 1:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Pass through the host ,.... The whole camp of Israel, consisting of six hundred thousand fighting men: and command the people ; even all the people of Israel; this includes women as well as men, f...

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• Joshua 1:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to...

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• Joshua 1:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  The officers of the people Those who commanded under Joshua, in their respective tribes and families, attended him for orders, which they were to transmit to the people. Prepare you victuals For...

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• Joshua 1:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  THE LORD'S CHARGE TO JOSHUA (vv. 1-9) Since Moses had passed off the scene, the Lord now speaks directly to Joshua.Joshua had been prepared for leadership by his close association with Moses for...

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• Joshua 1:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Joshua's Address to the Reubenites. B. C. 1451.       10 Then Joshua commanded the officers...

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• Joshua 1:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Prepare you victuals; for although manna was given them to supply their want of ordinary provisions in the wilderness; yet they were allowed, when they had opportunity, to purchase other provisions...

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• Joshua 1:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘ Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying “Pass through the midst of the camp and command the people, saying, ‘Prepare victuals, for in three days you are to pass over this Jordan,...

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• Joshua 1:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 1:11 . Prepare you victuals] Herein speaks both the prophet and the soldier. As God’s prophet, Joshua anticipates the cessation of the manna, and prepares the people for t...

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• Joshua 1:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Joshua 1:1 . The Lord spake to Joshua. Messiah, the Angel of the covenant, called him anew, and encouraged him to enter on the conquest of the promised land. All gentile mythology is built on this...

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• Joshua 1:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan. Three days’ pause I. What this pause meant. “Three days” is a recognised period in Scripture for death and resurrection. But there was another...

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• Joshua 1:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION JOSHUA 'S COMMAND TO THE PEOPLE ,— Joshua 1:10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people. The Shoterim, a term derived from the same root as an Arabic word si...

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• Joshua 1:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The First General Order Of Joshua

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• Joshua 1:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Kings 20:5 ; Deuteronomy 11:31 ; Deuteronomy 9:1 ; Exodus 19:11 ; Hosea 6:2 ; Joshua 3:2

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• Joshua 1:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Prepare you victuals — For although Manna was given them to supply their want of ordinary provisions in the wilderness; yet they were allowed, when they had opportunity, to purchase other provision...

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