_THE PASSAGE OF THE JORDAN_ MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Joshua 3:1 THE PRESENCE OF GOD Joshua had received the evening before, through their officers, the reply of the people to the charge which he had given (chap. Joshua 1:16). Their unanimous and ardent fealty must have filled this fine-... [ Continue Reading ]
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 furlongs, being nearly eight English miles. LODGED THERE] _i.e._, rested there till the return of... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 3:15. Jordan overfloweth] Owing to the melting of the snow on the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon mountains. “The swellings of Jordan” seems to have driven the wild beasts from their usual lairs (cf. Jeremiah 49:19). JOSHUA 3:16. THE CITY ADAM] The site is unknown; probably it was... [ Continue Reading ]