Joshua 4:13

About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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.
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

prepared for war . ready armed.
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 ....
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
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

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...
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

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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

About forty thousand prepared for war ,.... Accoutred with proper armour to defend themselves, and their brethren, and annoy their enemies: this is...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
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

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...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ 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...
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 3...
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 Pitched in Gilgal
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

about forty thousand prepared for war, fully armed and equipped, passed over before the Lord, in whose presence their promise had been given, unto...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 25:5 ; Ephesians 6:11 ; Jeremiah 39:5 ; Jeremiah 52:8 ; Joshua 5:10
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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.

Related Commentaries of Joshua 4:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Joshua 4:13