Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Joshua 3:10
The living God - Compare the marginal reference. The gods of the pagan are “dead idols.” On the names of the seven nations, see Genesis 10:16, etc., note.
The living God - Compare the marginal reference. The gods of the pagan are “dead idols.” On the names of the seven nations, see Genesis 10:16, etc., note.
Verse Joshua 3:10. _HEREBY YE SHALL KNOW THAT THE LIVING GOD IS AMONG YOU_] The Israelites were apt to be discouraged, and to faint at even the _appearance_ of danger; it was necessary, therefore, th...
3. THE PASSAGE OF JORDAN CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The Ark of Jehovah going before (Joshua 3:1)_ 2. Jehovah's words to Joshua (Joshua 3:7) 3. Joshua's words to the people (Joshua 3:9) 4. The passage accompl...
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...
LIVING. This title always has. latent reference to idols. Here, to the gods of the idolatrous nations named. GOD. Hebrew. _'el._ App-4. AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysendeton_ (App-6), to emph...
_the living God_ Comp. Deuteronomy 5:26, "For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of _the living_God?" This title is applied to God to indicate that He is not _dead_, like the "lying...
_VER._ 9, 10. _AND JOSHUA SAID TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL,_ &C.— After giving God's orders to the priests, Joshua communicated them to the Israelites at the door of the tabernacle, making them sensible...
_Joshua's Instructions to the People Joshua 3:9-13_ 9And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the Lord your God. 10 And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that t...
_AND JOSHUA SAID, HEREBY YE SHALL KNOW THAT THE LIVING GOD IS AMONG YOU, AND THAT HE WILL WITHOUT FAIL DRIVE OUT FROM BEFORE YOU THE CANAANITES, AND THE HITTITES, AND THE HIVITES, AND THE PERIZZITES,...
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THE PASSAGE OF JORDAN This is the initial miracle of Joshua's leadership. Its moral effect upon the Israelite host is suggested in Joshua 3:7 and Joshua 4:14 that wrought upon the Canaanites in Joshua...
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 3 THE PEOPLE CROSS THE RIVER JORDAN – JOSHU...
וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר יְהֹושֻׁ֔עַ בְּ זֹאת֙ תֵּֽדְע֔וּן...
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 JORDAN SAFELY CROSSED Joshua 3:1 For three days the host faced that swollen river. It was enough to appall them, except that, like Abraham, they dared to behold it in the light of the divine prom...
The first movement in the actual advance of the people into the land was of such a nature as to impress them with e truth of their positive relation to God. There was nothing in this first advance cal...
The text does not tell us why Joshua broke camp at Shittim, not more than 6 miles from Jordan, to move closer to the river. Some suggest it was to impress upon the people the fact that they could not...
And Joshua said, (d) Hereby ye shall know that the living God [is] among you, and [that] he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Periz...
Living God, in opposition to the idols of the Gentiles, who were dead men, or at least incapable of affording any assistance to their votaries. Josue gives the people two signs of the divine protectio...
Reader! while looking at the letter of the precept, on the feet of the priests touching the river, do not overlook that sacred ark, the type of Jesus, as being with them? And though there were to be t...
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._Hereby you shall know, _etc He makes the power of the miracle extend further than to the entrance of the land, and deservedly; for merely to open up a passage into a hostile territory, from which...
And now the people are to enter the promised land; but how enter it? For Jordan, with its flood at the highest, lay as a barrier before the people of God, guarding the territory of those that oppose t...
AND JOSHUA SAID,.... To the people as follows: HEREBY YE SHALL KNOW THAT THE LIVING GOD [IS] AMONG YOU; who has life in and of himself, and is the author of life to all his creatures; and is so calle...
And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God [is] among you, and [that] he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzite...
_Come hither_ To the ark or tabernacle, the place of public assemblies. _Hear the words of the Lord your God_ Who is now about to give a proof that he is both the Lord, the omnipotent Governor of heav...
1 Ioshua commeth to Iordan. 2 The Officers instruct the people for the passage. 7 The LORD incourageth Ioshua. 9 Ioshua incourageth the people. 14 The waters of Iordan are diuided. [THE ARKE BORN...
And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that He will without fail, most certainly, according to His promise, Deuteronomy 7:1, DRIVE OUT FROM BEFORE YOU THE CANAANIT...
THE MIRACULOUS WALL OF WATER...
THE CROSSING OF JORDAN (vv. 1-17) The next morning Joshua arose early and led Israel to the river. There may be a question as regards the three days spoken of in chapter 2:11 and the three days the...
7-13 The waters of Jordan shall be cut off. This must be done in such a way as never was done, but in the dividing of the Red sea. That miracle is here repeated; God has the same power to finish the...
HEREBY YE SHALL KNOW, to wit, by experience and sensible evidence. THE LIVING GOD; not a dull, dead, senseless, and unactive god, such as the gods of the nations are; but a God of life, and power, and...
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‘ And Joshua said, “By this you will know that the living God is among you, and will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and t...
CONTENTS: The passing of Jordan. CHARACTERS: God, Joshua, priests. CONCLUSION: The believer is to go on in the way of duty, though foreseeing great difficulties, depending on the divine sufficiency...
Joshua 3:5. _Sanctify yourselves,_ by washings and purifications. The Persians, when commissioned to march against Babylon, are called God's sanctified ones; for the ministers of his vengeance are hol...
_Come hither, and hear the words of the Lord._ THE ENVIRONMENT OF WORSHIP That is a bold challenge. That is a voice we need. Every age wants some Joshua, some mighty soldier of the Cross, to say, “Co...
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 3:1__ Chapters Joshua 3:1 and Joshua 4:1 form a unit, with the common theme of crossing the Jordan.
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 3:10 These seven people groups are described in Deuteronomy 7:1 as “seven nations more numerous and mightier than yourselves.” the ark of the covenant
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...
EXPOSITION THE PASSAGE OF THE JORDAN— JOSHUA 3:7 THIS DAY WILL I BEGIN TO MAGNIFY THEE. "_Neque enim ante mysterium baptismi exal-tatur Jesus, sed exaltatio ejus, et exaltatio in conspectu pepuli, i...
As we get into chapter three, Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and they came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and they lodged there before they passed...
1 Kings 18:36; 1 Kings 18:37; 1 Kings 22:28; 1 Samuel 17:26;...
CROSSING THE JORDAN Joshua 3:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We wish to discuss the preparatory steps to the crossing of the Jordan. These steps are set forth in the opening verses of our chapter. 1. LODGING...
Ye shall know — By experience and sensible evidence. The living God — Not a dull, dead, senseless God, such as the gods of the nations are; but a God of life, and power, and activity to watch over you...