Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Joshua 4:2
For the greater evidence and certainty, and the more effectual spreading of the report of this marvellous work among all the tribes.
For the greater evidence and certainty, and the more effectual spreading of the report of this marvellous work among all the tribes.
Verse Joshua 4:2. _TAKE YOU TWELVE MEN_] From Joshua 3:12, it appears that the twelve men had been _before_ appointed, one taken out of each of the twelve tribes; and now they are employed for that pu...
TAKE YOU TWELVE MEN - The order is given in the plural, because no doubt the tribes themselves were to choose their own representatives, the choice being approved by Joshua Joshua 4:4. These twelve wo...
4. THE MEMORIAL STONES CHAPTER 4 _ 1. The first memorial (Joshua 4:1)_ 2. The second memorial (Joshua 4:9) 3. The return of the priests with the ark (Joshua 4:10) 4. The encampment at Gilgal ...
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...
MEN. PI of _'ish_ or _'enosh._ See App-14. MAN. Hebrew. _'lsh_. App-14....
_The Memorials of the Crossing Joshua 4:1-9_ And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying, 2 Take you twelve men out of the people, o...
_TAKE YOU TWELVE MEN OUT OF THE PEOPLE, OUT OF EVERY TRIBE A MAN,_ Take you twelve men - each representing a tribe. They had been previously chosen for this service (Joshua 3:12), and the repetition...
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 sections, Joshua 4:1 and Joshua 4:20, separated by the re...
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 4 V1 When all the *Israelites had crossed...
קְח֤וּ לָכֶם֙ מִן ־הָ עָ֔ם שְׁנֵ֥ים עָשָׂ֖ר
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 MEMORIAL STONES Joshua 4:1 Twelve stones were brought up from the Jordan and erected in Gilgal. They gave fathers the opportunity of telling their children of the miraculous passage of the river....
The commands of God required haste in obedience. Haste, however, never means neglect of religious observance. The very fact of their need for the divine guidance made it of supreme importance that the...
When everyone had crossed the river, Joshua commanded the priests bearing the ark to finish their crossing. Once the feet of the priests were again firmly planted on dry ground, God caused the river t...
Choose. Hebrew, "take," as [in] chap. iii. 12. Those twelve men were ordered to attend the ark, and to observe the miracle with care: these are chosen to carry the stones for the monuments. (Salien) -...
Observe, it was not to be the work of every one, but special characters selected for this service. Oh! it is sweet to see our calling. And very sweet to run on Jesus's errands when sent by him. Isaiah...
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...
But if we are introduced into a life which is on the other side of death, by the power of the Spirit of God, as being dead and risen in Christ, there must be the remembrance of that death, by which we...
TAKE YOU TWELVE MEN OUT OF THE PEOPLE,.... Joshua had before this ordered twelve men to be taken from among them, which seems to have been done of himself; and now he has a direction from God for it,...
Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man, Ver. 2. _Out of every tribe a man._] For the two tribes and half planted beyond Jordan were also concerned, as being of the same body...
_Take you out of every tribe a man_ For the greater evidence, and the more effectual spreading the report of this marvellous work among the tribes. _Where ye shall lodge this night_ That is, in Gilgal...
1 Twelue men are appointed to take twelue stones for a memoriall out of Iordan. 9 Twelue other stones are set vp in the middest of Iordan. 10.19 The people passe ouer. 14 God magnifieth Ioshua. 20...
Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man, as had been provided for before the crossing began, Joshua 3:12,...
THE STONES TAKEN FROM THE MIDST OF THE RIVER BED...
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 carry a stone out of the midst of Jordan, from the place w...
1-9 The works of the Lord are so worthy of rememberance, and the heart of man is so prone to forget them, that various methods are needful to refresh our memories, for the glory of God, our advantage,...
Joshua 4:2 Take H3947 (H8798) twelve H8147 H6240 men H582 people H5971 man H376 every H259 tribe...
CHAPTER 4. SETTING UP A MEMORIAL. This chapter describes how God commanded that the men of Israel should take twelve stones out of the middle of Jordan, and carry them to the first place they lodged a...
CONTENTS: The memorial stone. CHARACTERS: God, Joshua, priests, 12 men. CONCLUSION: God's works of wonder on our behalf ought to be kept in everlasting memory and means devised for preserving our me...
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 stones spake with silent voice on the western shore of th...
_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 declared God’s power in cutting off the waters before the...
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 4:2 TWELVE MEN. Each of the 12 tribes is represented, showing the importance of the Jordan crossing for all Israel (see Joshua 3:12)....
_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 twelfth verse in chap. 3. is not to be regarded as mispl...
EXPOSITION THE MEMORIAL.— JOSHUA 4:2 TWELVE STONES. The commemoration of events by the setting up of huge stones was by no means peculiar to the Jews, though it was often used by them, as, for insta...
Joshua 4:1-24 That this may be a sign among you that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What do you mean by these stones? You shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan we...
1 Kings 18:31; Deuteronomy 1:23; Joshua 3:12; Matthew 10:15; Number
Out of every tribe a man — For the greater evidence, and the more effectual spreading the report of this marvellous work among all the tribes....