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

“ Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man: ”

Joshua 4:4 - 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 4:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

children . sons.
Joshua 4:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man: Twelve men, whom he had prepared - This must refer to their appointment, Joshua 3:12 .
Joshua 4:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man: Joshua called the twelve men. They had probably, from a feeling of reverence, kept...
Joshua 4:4 - 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 4:4 - 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 4:4 - 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 4:4 - 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 4:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

No doubt the choice of twelve stones was intended to manifest, that all the twelve tribes of Israel were equally interested in the memorial. And Jesus had his twelve apostles also. And the New Jerusa...
Joshua 4:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then Joshua called the twelve men whom he had prepared of the children of Israel ,.... It may be for some other purpose, Joshua 3:12 ; but this was the destination of them eventually, and as by div...
Joshua 4:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man: Ver. 4. Then Joshua called, &c. ] See Joshua 4:2 ; Joshua 3:12 .
Joshua 4:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Take you out of every tribe a man For the greater evidence, and the more effectual spreading the report of this marvellous work among the tribes. Where ye shall lodge this night That is, in Gilga...
Joshua 4:4 - 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 4:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Passage over the Jordan. B. C. 1451. 1 And it came to pass, when all the people were...
Joshua 4:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Prepared, i.e. appointed or chosen for that work, and commanded them to be ready for it.
Joshua 4:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ Then Joshua called the twelve men whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man, and Joshua said to them, “You, pass over before the Ark of YHWH your God into the midst...
Joshua 4:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE PASSAGE OF THE JORDAN, AND ITS MEMORIAL CRITICAL NOTES. Joshua 4:2 . Take you twelve men] These had been already chosen for the work. The twelfth verse in chap. 3. is not to be regarded as...
Joshua 4:4 - 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 4:4 - 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 4:4 - 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 4:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Stones Taken from the Midst of the River Bed
Joshua 4:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 4:2 ; Mark 3:14-19
Joshua 4:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Prepared — That is, appointed for that work, and commanded to be ready for it.

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

Joshua 4:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

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

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

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

Joshua 4:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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

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

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

Joshua 4:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

Joshua 4:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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

Joshua 4:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Joshua 4:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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

Joshua 4:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 4:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes