Joshua 4:9

1 Kings 18:31; 1 Samuel 30:25; 2 Chronicles 5:9; 2 Samuel 4:3; Deuteronomy 34:6; Exodus 24:12; Exodus 28:21; Genesis 26:33; Judges 1:26; Matthew 27:8; Matthew 28:15; Psalms 111:2-4

Related Commentaries of Joshua 4:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Another set of stones is intended than that before mentioned. The one set was erected by the command of God at the spot where they passed the night...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Joshua set up (d) twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and...
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 Is...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

twelve . Septuagint has "other twelve". There were two twelves.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

9. And Joshua set up twelve stones, etc Apparently there was no use of stones under the water, and it may therefore seem to have been absurd...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 9. And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan — Beside the monument which was erected in the lodging-place or camp, Joshua ca...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and...
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 sec...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(8-9) According to the number of the tribes.... — Every tribe was represented by a stone on either side Jordan. The two cairns represent a complete...
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...
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 tel...
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 div...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The erection of the memorial both on the river and on the land, might be intended to show the salvation of Jesus both by land and by water. Psalms 7...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

MEMORIAL STONES ‘Twelve stones in the midst of Jordan.’ ‘Twelve stones which they took out of Jordan.’ Joshua 4:9 ; Joshua 4:20 There were...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan ,.... Twelve other stones, as the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions, and so Jarchi; which...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan These stones are not the same with those mentioned Joshua 4:5 , which a man might carry upon hi...
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 carr...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Passage over the Jordan. B. C. 1451. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In the midst of Jordan; properly so called; as Joshua 3:17 . Quest. How could these stones be a monument of this work, when they were not seen...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the Ark of the covenant stood, and th...
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...
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 ston...
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 decl...
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 pec...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Stones Taken from the Midst of the River Bed
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, where they might become visible when the water was at low stage, in the place where the feet...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Twelve stones — These stones are not the same with those which a man could carry upon his shoulder, Joshua 4:5 . They might be very much larger; a...

⁹ And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.

Related Commentaries of Joshua 4:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Joshua 4:9