That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it [is] mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.
Ver. 24. That all the people of the earth might know.] And acknowledge God's power and providence: for at his own glory he aimeth in all his actions, and at the good of his people.
Verse Joshua 4:24. _THAT ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE EARTH MIGHT KNOW_] It is very likely that כל עמי הארץ _col ammey haarets_ means simply, _all_ _the people of this land _- all the Canaanitish nations, t...
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...
PEOPLE. Peoples....
Erection of the Monument at Gilgal 19. _the tenth day of the first month_ Notice the exactness of the narrative. The first month is elsewhere called Abib, i.e. "the month of green ears" (Exodus 13:4;...
_that all the people of the earth might know_ The miracle made the passage possible and easy for the Elect Nation, but it was intended also to have its effect on the nations around, and impart to them...
DISCOURSE: 245 THE PASSAGE OF JORDAN COMMEMORATED Joshua 4:20. Those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal. And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When yo...
_VER._ 24. _THAT ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE EARTH MIGHT KNOW,_ &C.— "That all the nations in this country and its adjacencies, to which the fame of this prodigy shall spread itself, may learn the infinite...
_The Purpose of the Memorial Joshua 4:19-24_ 19 And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho. 20 And those twelve sto...
4:24 continually. (b-24) Lit. 'all the days.'...
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...
THAT YE MIGHT FEAR] RV 'that they may fear.'...
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...
(20 — 5:9) It would seem that these verses all belong to one section. The use of the first person in Joshua 5:1, “until _we_ were passed over,” is most naturally explained by taking the verse as part...
לְ֠מַעַן דַּ֜עַת כָּל ־עַמֵּ֤י הָ אָ֨רֶץ֙ אֶת
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...
That all the people of the (i) earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it [is] mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever. (i) God's benefits serve as a further condemnation to the wic...
We meet with many passages in the Bible, of the Lord's directing his people to gratify the enquiry of their children in all questions of divine things. And what can be more sweet or more suited to the...
REFLECTIONS HERE would I pause, and in the contemplation of Israel's passing over Jordan, look back upon that sacred stream, and cry out, What hath God wrought? Surely, not one thing hath failed of a...
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...
24._That all people of the earth might know, _etc He states that God had put forth that manifestation of his power that it might not only be proclaimed among his own people, but that the form of it mi...
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...
THAT ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE EARTH MIGHT KNOW THE HAND OF THE LORD, THAT IT [IS] MIGHTY,.... Even almighty, and can do that which is marvellous and surprising, and above the power of nature to effect; t...
_That all the people of the earth might know_, &c. Although this may primarily mean the neighbouring nations, yet there is great reason to think that both this and Exodus 9:16, _That my name may be de...
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...
that all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord, acknowledge His almighty power in affording to His people this miraculous passage, THAT IT IS MIGHTY; THAT YE MIGHT FEAR THE LORD, YOU...
THE STONES PITCHED IN GILGAL...
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...
FOREVER: _ Heb._ all days...
20-24 It is the duty of parents to tell their children betimes of the words and works of God, that they may be trained up in the way they should go. In all the instruction parents give their children...
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Joshua 4:24 peoples H5971 earth H776 know H3045 (H8800) hand H3027 LORD H3068 mighty H2389 fear H3372 ...
“That all the people of the earth might know the hand of YHWH, that it is mighty, that they might fear YHWH your God for ever.” These two great events were not just a witness to the children of Israel...
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...
CRITICAL NOTES. Joshua 4:20. Pitch in Gilgal] “Heb., erect, rear up” (Bush). “It is very likely that a base of mason-work was erected, of some considerable height, and that the twelve stones were pla...
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 Chronicles 29:12; 1 Kings 8:42; 1 Kings 8:43; 1 Samuel 17:46;...