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3. THE PASSAGE OF JORDAN
CHAPTER 3
_ 1. The Ark of Jehovah going before (Joshua 3:1)_
2. Jehovah's words to Joshua (Joshua 3:7)
3. Joshua's words to the people (Joshua 3:9)
4. The passage accompl...
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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 the ev...
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THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4.
CUT OFF. Three times here, for Israel; 2 Kings 2:8, for Elijah; and 2
Kings 2:14, for Elisha.
AN HEAP one heap. Compare Psalms 114:3....
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_shall be cut off_ See below, Joshua 3:16....
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_VER._ 13. _THE WATERS OF JORDAN SHALL BE CUT OFF,_ &C.— "The moment
that the priests, bearing the ark, shall set foot in the waters of
Jordan, that river shall open a wide passage over against the pl...
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_Joshua's Instructions to the People Joshua 3:9-13_
9And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear
the words of the Lord your God.
10 And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that t...
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_AND JOSHUA SAID, HEREBY YE SHALL KNOW THAT THE LIVING GOD IS AMONG
YOU, AND THAT HE WILL WITHOUT FAIL DRIVE OUT FROM BEFORE YOU THE
CANAANITES, AND THE HITTITES, AND THE HIVITES, AND THE PERIZZITES,...
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THE PASSAGE OF JORDAN
This is the initial miracle of Joshua's leadership. Its moral effect
upon the Israelite host is suggested in Joshua 3:7 and Joshua 4:14
that wrought upon the Canaanites in Joshua...
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COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES!
JOSHUA
_BRIAN ROWLANDS_
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CHAPTER 3
THE PEOPLE CROSS THE RIVER JORDAN – JOSHU...
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THE SOLES OF THE FEET OF THE PRIESTS. — Observe that the priests,
the ark-bearers, did not stand in the middle of the _bed_ of the
river, but at the edge of the flood. They had no need to advance
furt...
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וְ הָיָ֡ה כְּ נֹ֣וחַ כַּפֹּ֣ות
רַגְלֵ֣י הַ
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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 of the...
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THE JORDAN SAFELY CROSSED
Joshua 3:1
For three days the host faced that swollen river. It was enough to
appall them, except that, like Abraham, they dared to behold it in the
light of the divine prom...
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The first movement in the actual advance of the people into the land
was of such a nature as to impress them with e truth of their positive
relation to God. There was nothing in this first advance cal...
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The text does not tell us why Joshua broke camp at Shittim, not more
than 6 miles from Jordan, to move closer to the river. Some suggest it
was to impress upon the people the fact that they could not...
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Heap. Hebrew, "the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off: the waters
that come down from above, even they shall stand as upon a heap," like
mountains of ice. The Vulgate informs us what became of the...
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Reader! while looking at the letter of the precept, on the feet of the
priests touching the river, do not overlook that sacred ark, the type
of Jesus, as being with them? And though there were to be t...
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The book of Joshua naturally follows the five books of Moses, and
indeed is connected more manifestly with those that go before it than
might appear to an ordinary reader. It opens not with a mere par...
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And now the people are to enter the promised land; but how enter it?
For Jordan, with its flood at the highest, lay as a barrier before the
people of God, guarding the territory of those that oppose t...
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AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, AS SOON AS THE SOLES OF THE FEET OF THE
PRIESTS THAT BEAR THE ARK OF THE LORD,.... Which they were bid to take
up and carry, Joshua 3:6;
THE LORD OF ALL THE EARTH; this sho...
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And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the
priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth,
shall rest in the waters of Jordan, [that] the waters of Jordan sha...
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_Twelve men_ For the work described, Joshua 4:2. _The ark of the Lord_
That so it may appear this is the Lord's doing, and that in pursuance
of his covenant made with Israel. _Of all the earth_ The Lo...
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1 Ioshua commeth to Iordan.
2 The Officers instruct the people for the passage.
7 The LORD incourageth Ioshua.
9 Ioshua incourageth the people.
14 The waters of Iordan are diuided.
[THE ARKE BORN...
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THE CROSSING OF JORDAN
(vv. 1-17)
The next morning Joshua arose early and led Israel to the river. There
may be a question as regards the three days spoken of in chapter 2:11
and the three days the...
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7-13 The waters of Jordan shall be cut off. This must be done in such
a way as never was done, but in the dividing of the Red sea. That
miracle is here repeated; God has the same power to finish the...
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AS SOON AS THE SOLES OF THE FEET OF THE PRIESTS SHALL REST IN THE
WATERS OF JORDAN; that so it may appear that this is the Lord's doing,
and that in pursuance and for the accomplishment of his covenan...
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Joshua 3:13 soles H3709 feet H7272 priests H3548 bear H5375 (H8802)
ark H727 LORD H3068 Lord H113 earth...
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“ And it shall be that, when the soles of the feet of the priests
who bear the ark of YHWH, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the
waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off, e...
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CONTENTS: The passing of Jordan.
CHARACTERS: God, Joshua, priests.
CONCLUSION: The believer is to go on in the way of duty, though
foreseeing great difficulties, depending on the divine sufficiency...
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Joshua 3:5. _Sanctify yourselves,_ by washings and purifications. The
Persians, when commissioned to march against Babylon, are called God's
sanctified ones; for the ministers of his vengeance are hol...
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_Come hither, and hear the words of the Lord._
THE ENVIRONMENT OF WORSHIP
That is a bold challenge. That is a voice we need. Every age wants
some Joshua, some mighty soldier of the Cross, to say, “Co...
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JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 3:1__ Chapters Joshua 3:1 and Joshua 4:1 form
a unit, with the common theme of crossing the Jordan.
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Joshua 3:1. In the morning] The morning after the addresses and reply
recorded in chap. Joshua 1:10. FROM SHITTIM TO JORDAN] Josephus (v.
1. 1) gives the distance as sixty stadia, or...
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EXPOSITION
THE PASSAGE OF THE JORDAN—
JOSHUA 3:7
THIS DAY WILL I BEGIN TO MAGNIFY THEE. "_Neque enim ante mysterium
baptismi exal-tatur Jesus, sed exaltatio ejus, et exaltatio in
conspectu pepuli, i...
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As we get into chapter three,
Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and
they came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and they
lodged there before they passed...
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Exodus 15:8; Habakkuk 3:15; Joshua 3:11; Joshua 3:15; Joshua 3:16;...
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CROSSING THE JORDAN
Joshua 3:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We wish to discuss the preparatory steps to the crossing of the
Jordan. These steps are set forth in the opening verses of our
chapter.
1. LODGING...
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The ark of the Lord — That so it may appear this is the Lord's
doing, and that in pursuance of his covenant made with Israel. Of all
the earth — The Lord of all this globe of earth and water, who
ther...