Joshua 4:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho. ”

Joshua 4:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Gilgal, mentioned here by anticipation (compare Joshua 5:9 ), the modern Jiljulieh (Conder), was on rising ground (compare Joshua 5:3 ), and, according to Josephus, nearly five miles from the riv...
Joshua 4:19 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth [day] of the (h) first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho. (h) Called Abib or Nisan, containing part of March and part of...
Joshua 4:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 3:1 to Joshua 5:1 . The Crossing of Jordan. Here we begin to meet with more serious difficulties. The old tradition was that after the Israelites had crossed the Jordan, they commemorated...
Joshua 4:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

19. And the people came up, etc Why the day on which they entered the land, and first encamped in it, is marked, we shall see in next chapter. But the name of Gilgal is given to the first st...
Joshua 4:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho. On the tenth day of the first month - As the Israelites left Egypt o...
Joshua 4:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 elap...
Joshua 4:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho. The people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first...
Joshua 4:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Double Memorial of the Passage of Jordan The main subject of the chapter is the memorial cairn set up at Gilgal, which is described in two sections, Joshua 4:1-8 and Joshua 4:20-24 , separa...
Joshua 4:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

EVENTS AT GILGAL ( Joshua 4:19 to Joshua 5:12 , inclusive). (19) On the tenth day of the first month. — Of the forty-first year after they left Egypt. Exactly forty years before, on the tenth...
Joshua 4:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER IX. JORDAN DIVIDED. Joshua Ch. 3-4. AT Joshua's command the priests carrying the ark are again in motion. Bearing the sacred vessel on their shoulders, they make straight for the bank o...
Joshua 4:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Memorial Stones Joshua 4:1-24 Twelve stones were brought up from the Jordan and erected in Gilgal. They gave fathers the opportunity of telling their children of the miraculous passage of t...
Joshua 4:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The commands of God required haste in obedience. Haste, however, never means neglect of religious observance. The very fact of their need for the divine guidance made it of supreme importance that th...
Joshua 4:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Holy Ghost is pleased to have the very day recorded for the information of the church in all ages, in which this grand event was accomplished. And if the Reader is curious to make the calculation...
Joshua 4:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
Joshua 4:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth [day] of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho. Ver. 19. On the tenth day of the first month. ] See Trapp on "...
Joshua 4:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

On the tenth day of the first month Namely, of Nisan, which wanted but five days of forty years from the time of their coming out of Egypt, which was on the fifteenth day of this month. So punctual...
Joshua 4:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

STONES OF MEMORIAL (vs.1-24) Only when all were passed over did Joshua, at God's command, instruct that each of the twelve chosen men should carry a stone out of the midst of Jordan, from the pla...
Joshua 4:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

10 For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the L ORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses comma...
Joshua 4:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The first month, to wit, of Nisan, which wanted but five days of forty years from the time of their coming out of Egypt, which was on the fifteenth day of this month; so punctual is God in the perfor...
Joshua 4:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the eastern border of Jericho.' This time note is reminiscent of time notes in the account o...
Joshua 4:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES. Joshua 4:12 . Before the children of Israel] The usual order of marching was thus broken, that their promise, given in Numbers 32:17 , might be faithfully observed. Joshua 4:...
Joshua 4:19 - Scofield Reference Notes

first month That is, April.
Joshua 4:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 4:2 . Take you twelve men; out of every tribe a man of great strength to be the witnesses in their respective tribes, while the twelve stones spake with silent voice on the western shore of...
Joshua 4:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

What mean ye by these stones? The first act in Canaan These stones proclaimed certain realities. Taken from the dry bed of the river, they declared God’s power in cutting off the waters before...
Joshua 4:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE MEMORIAL .— Joshua 4:2 Twelve stones. The commemoration of events by the setting up of huge stones was by no means peculiar to the Jews, though it was often used by the...
Joshua 4:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Stones Pitched in Gilgal
Joshua 4:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 11:14 ; 1 Samuel 11:15 ; 1 Samuel 15:33 ; Amos 4:4 ; Amos 5:5 ; Exodus 12:2 ; Exodus 12:3 ; Joshua 10:43 ; Joshua 10:6 ; Joshua 15:7 ; Joshua 5:9 ; Micah 6:5
Joshua 4:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The first month — Namely, of Nisan, which wanted but five days of forty years from the time of their coming out of Egypt, which was on the fifteenth day of this month. So punctual is God in the per...

Joshua 4:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Joshua 4:19 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Joshua 4:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 4:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 4:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Joshua 4:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Joshua 4:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Joshua 4:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 4:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Joshua 4:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Joshua 4:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joshua 4:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Joshua 4:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Joshua 4:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joshua 4:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joshua 4:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 4:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 4:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joshua 4:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Joshua 4:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 4:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Joshua 4:19 - Scofield Reference Notes

Joshua 4:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 4:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

Joshua 4:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Joshua 4:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joshua 4:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 4:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes