Commanded Joshua — Not particularly, but in general; because he commanded Joshua to observe and do all that God had commanded him by Moses, and all that he should command him any other way. Hasted — That is, passed over with haste, an argument of their fear, or weakness of their faith; as on the contrary, the priests are commended that they stood firm, and settled in their minds, as well as in the posture of their bodies.
Verse Joshua 4:10. _AND THE PEOPLE HASTED AND PASSED OVER._] How very natural is this circumstance! The people seeing the waters divided, and Jordan running back, might be apprehensive that it would...
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...
_the priests which bare the ark stood_ Their patient attitude, standing still and motionless, was eminently calculated to impart courage to the people....
_VER._ 10. _ACCORDING TO ALL THAT MOSES COMMANDED JOSHUA_— Some interpreters are of opinion from these words, that Moses, before his death, gave some intimation and orders to Joshua respecting the pas...
_The Crossing Completed Joshua 4:10-18_ 10 For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the Lord commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, acco...
_FOR THE PRIESTS WHICH BARE THE ARK STOOD IN THE MIDST OF JORDAN, UNTIL EVERYTHING WAS FINISHED THAT THE LORD COMMANDED JOSHUA TO SPEAK UNTO THE PEOPLE, ACCORDING TO ALL THAT MOSES COMMANDED JOSHUA: A...
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...
ACCORDING TO ALL THAT MOSES COMMANDED JOSHUA. — It would seem that the passage of Jordan had been made the subject of some directions by Moses, though nothing is written concerning the manner of it in...
וְ הַ כֹּהֲנִ֞ים נֹשְׂאֵ֣י הָ אָרֹ֗ון עֹמְדִי
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...
_To him. Moses had been dead forty days. But it seems this miraculous division of the Jordan had been revealed to him, and he had cautioned Josue to let slip no opportunity of attaching the people to...
The erection of the memorial both on the river and on the land, might be intended to show the salvation of Jesus both by land and by water. Psalms 77:16....
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...
10._For the priests which bare, _etc If we are ordered to halt while others are hastening, we know how easily a feeling of irksomeness is produced, because we seem to be occupying an inferior position...
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...
FOR THE PRIESTS WHICH BARE THE ARK STOOD IN THE MIDST OF JORDAN,.... Though on dry ground, the waters being divided: UNTIL EVERYTHING WAS FINISHED THAT THE LORD COMMANDED JOSHUA TO SPEAK UNTO THE PEO...
For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: a...
_The priests stood in the midst of Jordan till every thing was finished_ The constancy of the priests, on this occasion, bears very honourable testimony to their faith and patience; for it must have t...
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...
THE STONES PITCHED IN GILGAL...
For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan until everything was finished that the Lord commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua; and...
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...
10-19 The priests with the ark did not stir till ordered to move. Let none be weary of waiting, while they have the tokens of God's presence with them, even the ark of the covenant, though it be in th...
TO SPEAK UNTO THE PEOPLE, i.e. to command the people to do. According to all that Moses commanded Joshua; which he did not particularly, but in the general, because he commanded Joshua to observe and...
Joshua 4:10 priests H3548 bore H5375 (H8802) ark H727 stood H5975 (H8802) midst H8432 Jordan H3383 everything...
‘ For the priests who bore the Ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until everything was finished that YHWH commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua, and the...
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 4:12. Before the children of Israel] The usual order of marching was thus broken, that their promise, given in Numbers 32:17, might be faithfully observed. JOSHUA 4:13. ABOUT F...
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...
2 Corinthians 6:2; Deuteronomy 31:9; Ecclesiastes 9:10; Exodus 12:39;...