Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Joshua 3:9
And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither and hear the words of the Lord, your God, he addressed them in solemn assembly, as the congregation of Jehovah.
And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither and hear the words of the Lord, your God, he addressed them in solemn assembly, as the congregation of Jehovah.
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...
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...
_And Joshua said_ Joshua 3:9-13 contain the substance of an address to a solemn assembly of the people, in which a fuller explanation is given of what has been stated generally in Joshua 3:7-8....
_VER._ 9, 10. _AND JOSHUA SAID TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL,_ &C.— After giving God's orders to the priests, Joshua communicated them to the Israelites at the door of the tabernacle, making them sensible...
_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...
_AND JOSHUA SAID UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, COME HITHER, AND HEAR THE WORDS OF THE LORD YOUR GOD._ Come hither and hear the words of the Lord. It seems that the Israelites had no intimation how the...
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...
COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES! JOSHUA _BRIAN ROWLANDS_ Maps to help you to study this book are on the Internet at www.easyenglish.info. CHAPTER 3 THE PEOPLE CROSS THE RIVER JORDAN – JOSHU...
וַ יֹּ֥אמֶר יְהֹושֻׁ֖עַ אֶל ־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_Hither, probably to the door of the tabernacle, where the assemblies were held._...
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...
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...
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...
AND JOSHUA SAID UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, COME HITHER,.... Very probably to the door of the tabernacle: AND HEAR THE WORDS OF THE LORD YOUR GOD; which he was about to deliver to them as from him,...
And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God. Ver. 9. _Come hither, and hear the words of the Lord your God._] For miracles do but excite men; the...
_Come hither_ To the ark or tabernacle, the place of public assemblies. _Hear the words of the Lord your God_ Who is now about to give a proof that he is both the Lord, the omnipotent Governor of heav...
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...
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...
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...
COME HITHER, to the ark or tabernacle, the place of public assemblies, and hear the words of the Lord your God; who is now about to give a proof that he is both the Lord, the omnipotent Governor of he...
Joshua 3:9 Joshua H3091 said H559 (H8799) children H1121 Israel H3478 here H5066 (H8798) hear H8085 ...
‘ And Joshua said to the children of Israel, “Come here, and hear the words of YHWH your God.” ' Possibly ‘here' meant before the Tabernacle, as he spoke in God's name. He wanted them to be aware tha...
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...
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...
_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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
Deuteronomy 12:8; Deuteronomy 4:1...
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...
Come hither — To the ark or tabernacle, the place of public assemblies. The Lord your God — Who is now about to give a proof that he is both the Lord, the omnipotent governor of heaven and earth, and...