2 Kings 25:5; Ephesians 6:11; Jeremiah 39:5; Jeremiah 52:8; Joshua 5:10
The plains of Jericho, consisting of the higher terrace of the Jordan valley, are almost seven miles broad. The mountains of Judaea here recede som...
About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the (f) LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho. (f) That is, before the Ark.
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 Is...
prepared for war . ready armed.
About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.
Ver. 12, 13. And the children of Reuben, &c.— In conformity to their engagement, ( Numbers 32:20 ; Numbers 21:27 and chap. Joshua 1:13 ....
About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho. To the plains of Jericho. That part...
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 sec...
About forty thousand. — The totals of these three tribes at the last census ( Numbers 26 ) were: — Reuben ( Numbers 26:7 ), 43,730; Gad ( Numbers 2...
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...
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 tel...
The commands of God required haste in obedience. Haste, however, never means neglect of religious observance. The very fact of their need for the div...
It is pleasant to see the forwardness of those tribes to lead the people on to victory. They had obtained their settlement. And who so proper to stir...
About forty thousand prepared for war ,.... Accoutred with proper armour to defend themselves, and their brethren, and annoy their enemies: this is...
About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho. Ver. 13. Passed over before the Lord. ] A...
The children of Reuben passed over armed As they had engaged to do, Numbers 32:20-27 , and Joshua 1:13 . About forty thousand prepared for war...
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 carr...
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...
Either, 1. Before the ark, by which they, as well as the rest, passed when they went over Jordan. Or, 2. In the presence of God, who diligently o...
‘ And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses sp...
CRITICAL NOTES. Joshua 4:12 . Before the children of Israel] The usual order of marching was thus broken, that their promise, given in Numbers 3...
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 ston...
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 decl...
EXPOSITION THE MEMORIAL .— Joshua 4:2 Twelve stones. The commemoration of events by the setting up of huge stones was by no means pec...
The Stones Pitched in Gilgal
about forty thousand prepared for war, fully armed and equipped, passed over before the Lord, in whose presence their promise had been given, unto...
Before the Lord — Either, before the ark, or, in the presence of God who observed whether they would keep their covenant made with their brethren,...
13 About forty thousand prepareda for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.