Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Joshua 4:13
Before the Lord — Either, before the ark, or, in the presence of God who observed whether they would keep their covenant made with their brethren, or not.
Before the Lord — Either, before the ark, or, in the presence of God who observed whether they would keep their covenant made with their brethren, or not.
The plains of Jericho, consisting of the higher terrace of the Jordan valley, are almost seven miles broad. The mountains of Judaea here recede somewhat from the river, and leave a level and fertile s...
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...
PREPARED FOR WAR. ready armed....
_VER._ 12, 13. _AND THE CHILDREN OF REUBEN,_ &C.— In conformity to their engagement, (Numbers 32:20; Numbers 21:27 and chap. Joshua 1:13.) these two tribes and a half supplied a body which passed over...
_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...
_ABOUT FORTY THOUSAND PREPARED FOR WAR PASSED OVER BEFORE THE LORD UNTO BATTLE, TO THE PLAINS OF JERICHO._ To the plains of Jericho. That part of the Arabah or Ghor on the west is about seven miles b...
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...
ABOUT FORTY THOUSAND. — The totals of these three tribes at the last census (Numbers 26) were: — Reuben (Numbers 26:7), 43,730; Gad (Numbers 26:18), 40,500; Manasseh ...
כְּ אַרְבָּעִ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף חֲלוּצֵ֣י הַ צָּבָ֑א...
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...
About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the (f) LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho. (f) That is, before the Ark....
_Bands. Hebrew, "prepared for war passed over, before the Lord, unto battle, to the plains of Jericho." (Haydock) --- These formed the van-guard. --- Plains. Hebrew harboth, which is translated desert...
It is pleasant to see the forwardness of those tribes to lead the people on to victory. They had obtained their settlement. And who so proper to stir up the Lord's people as those who have tasted of h...
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...
ABOUT FORTY THOUSAND PREPARED FOR WAR,.... Accoutred with proper armour to defend themselves, and their brethren, and annoy their enemies: this is to be understood of such a number of the above mentio...
About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho. Ver. 13. _Passed over before the Lord._] As in his sight and presence, approving to him their...
_The children of Reuben passed over armed_ As they had engaged to do, Numbers 32:20, and Joshua 1:13. _About forty thousand prepared for war_ It is likely that Joshua drew out this number only of chos...
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...
about forty thousand prepared for war, fully armed and equipped, PASSED OVER BEFORE THE LORD, in whose presence their promise had been given, UNTO BATTLE, for a war of conquest and extermination was b...
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...
PREPARED: Or, ready armed...
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...
Either, 1. Before the ark, by which they, as well as the rest, passed when they went over Jordan. Or, 2. In the presence of God, who diligently observed whether they would keep their promise and cov...
Joshua 4:13 forty H705 thousand H505 prepared H2502 (H8803) war H6635 over H5674 (H8804) before H6440 LORD...
‘ And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spoke to them, about forty eleph ready armed for war, p...
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 4:13 PLAINS OF JERICHO. The troops passed over a broad plain between Jericho and the Jordan River, some 5 miles (8 km) east of Jericho. ⇐
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 Kings 25:5; Ephesians 6:11; Jeremiah 39:5; Jeremiah 52:8; Joshua 5:10