Joshua 3
Overview
3:1 Joshua comes to Jordan;
3:2 The officers instruct the people for their passage;
3:7 The Lord encourages Joshua;
3:9 Joshua encourages the people;
3:14 The water of Jordan are divided. Verse 1 rose earlyArchbishop Usher supposes, that this was upon Wednesday, the 28th of April, am 2553, the fortieth year of the Exodus from Egypt. From Shittim, where the israelites had been encamped for about two months - Deuteronomy 1:3
to the Jordan, was, according to Josephus, about sixty stadia; that is, between seven and eight English miles. Genesis 22:3; Psalm 119:60; Jeremiah 7:13, 25:3, 26:5; Mark 1:35 Shittim Joshua 2:1; Numbers 25:1; Micah 6:5 JordanJordan, called by the Arabs El Sharia, takes its rise in Anti-Libanus, about twelve miles north of Cesarea Philippi, now Banias; and, having run about twelve miles southward, it receives a considerable stream, which is now called the Moiet Hasbeia. About 15 miles farther, it forms the waters of Merom or Semechon, now Houle; and, after running about 28 miles more, it passes through the lake of Gennesareth, and thence runs southward till it loses itself in the Dead Sea; its whole course being about 160 miles.Reciprocal Joshua 6:12 - Joshua rose; 7:16 - rose up; 8:10 - rose up; Judges 7:1 - rose up; 20:19 - rose up; Proverbs 31:15 - riseth Verse 2 three days Joshua 1:10, 1:11 Reciprocal Numbers 10:33 - went before Verse 3 Numbers 10:33 When ye see Joshua 3:11 the priests 3:6, 3:8, 3:14-17, 4:10, 6:6; Numbers 4:15; Deuteronomy 31:9, 31:25; 2 Samuel 6:3, 6:13; 1 Chronicles 15:11; 15:12 ye shall remove Exodus 13:21, 13:22; Matthew 8:19, 16:24; Revelation 14:4 Reciprocal Joshua 3:17 - the priests; 4:16 - General; 8:33 - priests; 2 Samuel 15:24 - bearing; 1 Chronicles 15:2 - None ought to Verse 4 a space Exodus 3:5, 19:12; Psalm 89:7; Habakkuk 3:1, 3:1 heretoforeHeb. since yesterday and the third day, Genesis 31:2; Exodus 4:10; 1 Chronicles 11:2; Isaiah 30:33 *marg.Reciprocal Exodus 19:23 - Set bounds; Numbers 2:2 - far off; Deuteronomy 19:4 - in time past; Isaiah 42:16 - lead Verse 5 Sanctify Joshua 7:13; Exodus 19:10-15; Leviticus 10:3, 20:7; Numbers 11:8; 1 Samuel 16:5; Job 1:5; Joel 2:16; John 17:19 the Lord Joshua 3:13, 3:15; Psalm 86:10, 114:1-7 Reciprocal Exodus 19:23 - Set bounds; Joshua 11:6 - morrow; 2 Kings 7:1 - To morrow Verse 6 Take up Joshua 3:3; Numbers 14:15, 10:33; Micah 2:13; John 14:2, 14:3; Habakkuk 3:1 Reciprocal Numbers 4:33 - under the hand; Deuteronomy 9:1 - to pass; Joshua 3:14 - bearing the ark; 6:6 - Take up the ark; 8:33 - priests; 2 Samuel 15:24 - bearing; 1 Kings 8:3 - the priests took up; 2 Chronicles 5:4 - the Levites; Acts 7:45 - Jesus Verse 7 magnify thee Joshua 4:14; 1 Chronicles 29:25; 2 Chronicles 1:1; Job 7:17; Psalm 18:35; John 17:1; Philippians 1:20; 2:9-11 as I was Joshua 1:5, 1:17 Reciprocal Genesis 21:22 - God; 26:28 - was with; 48:21 - God; Deuteronomy 3:28 - for he shall; 31:3 - and Joshua; 2 Kings 2:15 - The spirit; Hosea 13:1 - exalted; Luke 1:15 - great; Acts 7:45 - Jesus Verse 8 command Joshua 3:3; 1 Chronicles 15:11, 15:12; 2 Chronicles 17:8, 17:9, 29:4-11, 29:15, 29:27, 29:30, 30:12, 31:9, 31:10; 35:2-6; Nehemiah 12:24-28, 13:22, 13:28 ye shall stand Joshua 3:17; Exodus 14:13; Lamentations 3:26 Reciprocal Joshua 4:11 - that the ark Verse 9 Hear the words Deuteronomy 4:1, 12:8
Verse 10 Hereby ye Numbers 15:28-30; 1 Kings 18:36, 18:37, 22:28; Psalm 9:16; Isaiah 7:14; 2 Corinthians 13:2, 13:3 living Deuteronomy 5:26; 1 Samuel 17:26; 2 Kings 19:4; Jeremiah 10:10; Hosea 1:10; Matthew 16:16; John 6:69; 1 Thessalonians 1:9; Habakkuk 3:1 among Joshua 22:31; Exodus 17:7; Deuteronomy 31:17; Judges 6:12, 6:13 drive out from Joshua 21:45; Genesis 15:15-18; Exodus 3:8, 23:27-30, 33:2; Deuteronomy 7:1; Psalm 44:2, 44:3 Reciprocal Deuteronomy 4:38 - drive; 7:19 - so shall; 7:21 - the Lord; Judges 2:1 - have brought; 11:24 - whomsoever; 1 Samuel 12:8 - made them; 1 Chronicles 1:14 - Amorite; Amos 2:9 - I the; Acts 14:15 - the living; 2 Corinthians 3:3 - the living; 1 Timothy 3:15 - the living; Habakkuk 3:1 - of the Verse 11 the Lord Joshua 3:13; Psalm 24:1; Isaiah 54:5; Jeremiah 10:7; Micah 4:13; Zephaniah 2:11; Zechariah 4:14, 6:5; 14:9 passeth Joshua 3:3-6; Isaiah 3:12 Reciprocal Numbers 10:33 - went before; Deuteronomy 9:3 - goeth over; Acts 7:45 - Which Verse 12 Joshua 4:2, 4:9 Reciprocal 18:4 - three; Matthew 19:28 - the twelve Verse 13 the soles Joshua 3:15, 3:16; Exodus 14:19-22 of the Lord Joshua 3:11 stand upon 3:16; Exodus 15:8; Psalm 33:7, 78:13, 114:3-5; Habakkuk 3:15 Reciprocal Exodus 14:21 - the Lord; Deuteronomy 11:31 - General; Joshua 3:5 - the Lord; 4:3 - the priests feet; 4:7 - the waters; 4:10 - stood in the midst; 4:18 - the soles; 2 Chronicles 6:41 - the ark; Psalm 18:15 - channels; 74:15 - flood; Isaiah 43:16 - maketh; Nahum 1:4 - and drieth; Zechariah 4:14 - the Lord; Matthew 2:13 - until Verse 14 bearing the ark Joshua 3:3, 3:6, 6:6; Deuteronomy 31:26; Jeremiah 3:16; Acts 7:44, 7:45; 1 Corinthians 1:24, 1:25; Habakkuk 3:1 Reciprocal Deuteronomy 9:1 - to pass; 9:3 - goeth over; 31:9 - which bare; Joshua 8:33 - priests; 22:11 - at the passage; 24:11 - And ye; 1 Kings 8:3 - the priests took up; 2 Kings 2:8 - were; Psalm 66:6 - they; 111:6 - showed Verse 15 the feet Joshua 3:13; Isaiah 26:6 Jordan overflowethThe ordinary current of the Jordan, near where the Israelites crossed, is said by Maundrell, to be about twenty yards across, deeper than a man's height, and so rapid, that there is no swimming against it. It has, however, two banks; the first, or inner one, is that of the river in its natural state, and the second, or outer one, about a furlong distant, is that of its overflowings, which it does when the summer's sun has melted the snow on mount Lebanon and Hermon, in the months of March and April. And this was the time which God chose that the Israelites should pass over it; that a miraculous interposition might be necessary; and that, by the miracle, they might be convinced of his omnipotence. Joshua 4:18; 1 Chronicles 12:15; Jeremiah 12:5, 49:19 all the time Joshua 5:10-12; Leviticus 23:10-16; Deuteronomy 16:1-9 Reciprocal Joshua 3:5 - the Lord; 2 Samuel 15:24 - bearing; 1 Kings 8:3 - the priests took up; 2 Kings 5:12 - better; Job 40:23 - Jordan; Psalm 77:16 - General; Isaiah 43:2 - passest; Habakkuk 3:10 - the overflowing; Zechariah 10:11 - smite Verse 16 rose up Joshua 3:13; Psalm 29:10, 77:19, 114:3; Matthew 8:26, 8:27, 14:24-33 Zaretan 1 Kings 4:12, Zartanah, 7:46, Zarthanthe salt sea Joshua 15:2; Genesis 14:3; Numbers 34:3; Deuteronomy 3:17
The passage through the Red Sea took place in the night, when the Israelites were fleeing from the Egyptians with great trepidation, but they passed Jordan in the day-time, with previous warning, leisurely, directly opposite to Jericho, and with a triumphant defiance of the Canaanites; this passage into the promised land evidently typifying the believer's passage through death to heaven.Reciprocal Exodus 14:29 - a wall; Numbers 22:1 - on this side; Deuteronomy 9:1 - to pass; Joshua 4:10 - stood in the midst; 12:3 - the sea; 16:7 - Jericho; 18:12 - Jericho; 18:19 - the salt; Judges 6:33 - went over; 2 Chronicles 20:2 - beyond the sea; Psalm 33:7 - heap; 66:6 - they; 77:16 - General; 78:13 - made; 126:4 - as the streams; Isaiah 50:2 - I dry; 63:12 - dividing; Ezekiel 47:8 - desert; Habakkuk 3:8 - the Lord; 3:10 - the overflowing Verse 17 the priests Joshua 3:3-6 stood firm 4:3; 2 Kings 2:8 all the Israelites Exodus 14:22, 14:29; Psalm 66:6; Isaiah 25:8; Habakkuk 3:1 Reciprocal Genesis 8:16 - General; Numbers 33:51 - General; Deuteronomy 12:10 - But when; Joshua 3:8 - ye shall stand; 4:1 - were clean passed; 4:10 - stood in the midst; 4:11 - that the ark; 4:22 - General; 9:1 - on this; 12:7 - on this side; Nehemiah 9:23 - broughtest; Daniel 3:26 - come forth; Habakkuk 3:8 - the Lord; Matthew 2:13 - until