1 Joshua come to Jordan 2-6 The officers instruct the people for their passage 7,8 The Lord encourages Joshua 9-13 Joshua encourages the people 14-17 The water of Jordan are divided

rose early Archbishop Usher supposes, that this was upon Wednesday, the 28th of April, A. M. 2553, the fortieth year of the Exodus from Egypt. From Shittim, where the israelites had been encamped for about two months (De 1:3), to the Jordan, was, according to Josephus, about sixty stadia; that is, between seven and eight English miles. Ge 22:3 Ps 119:60 Jer 7:13 25:3 26:5 Mr 1:35

Shittim Jos 2:1 Nu 25:1 Mic 6:5

Jordan Jordan, called by the Arabs El Sharia, takes its rise in Anti-Libanus, about twelve miles north of Caesarea Philippi, now Bannias; 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 Gennesaret, and these runs southward till it loses itself in the Dead Sea; its whole course being about 160 miles.

2 And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host;

three days Jos 1:10,11

3 And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.

When ye see Jos 3:11 Nu 10:33

the priests Jos 3:6,8,14-17 4:10 6:6 Nu 4:15 De 31:9,25 2Sa 6:3,13 1Ch 15:11 15:12

ye shall remove Ex 13:21,22 Mt 8:19 16:24 Re 14:4

4 Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

a space Ex 3:5 19:12 Ps 89:7 Heb 12:28,29

heretofore [heb] since yesterday and the third day Ge 31:2 Ex 4:10 1Ch 11:2 Isa 30:33

5 And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.

Sanctify Jos 7:13 Ex 19:10-15 Le 10:3 20:7 Nu 11:8 1Sa 16:5 Job 1:5 Joe 2:16 Joh 17:19

the Lord Jos 3:13,15 Ps 86:10 114:1-7

6 And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.

Take up Jos 3:3 Nu 14:15 10:33 Mic 2:13 Joh 14:2,3 Heb 6:20

7 And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.

magnify thee Jos 4:14 1Ch 29:25 2Ch 1:1 Job 7:17 Ps 18:35 Joh 17:1 Php 1:20 2:9-11

that, as I was Jos 1:5,17

8 And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan.

command Jos 3:3 1Ch 15:11,12 2Ch 17:8,9 29:4-11,15,27,30 30:12 31:9,10 35:2-6 Ne 12:24 13:22,28

ye shall stand Jos 3:17 Ex 14:13 La 3:26

9 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God.

Hear the words De 4:1 12:8

10 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, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.

Hereby ye Nu 15:28-30 1Ki 18:36,37 22:28 Ps 9:16 Isa 7:14 2Co 13:2,3

living De 5:26 1Sa 17:26 2Ki 19:4 Jer 10:10 Ho 1:10 Mt 16:16 Joh 6:69 1Th 1:9 Heb 10:31

among Jos 22:31 Ex 17:7 De 31:17 Jud 6:12,13

drive out from Jos 21:45 Ge 15:15-15 Ex 3:8 23:27-30 33:2 De 7:1 Ps 44:2,3

11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the LORD of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.

the Lord Jos 3:13 Ps 24:1 Isa 54:5 Jer 10:7 Mic 4:13 Zep 2:11 Zec 4:14 6:5 14:9

passeth Jos 3:3-6 Isa 3:12

12 Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.

Jos 4:2,9

13 And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the LORD of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.

the soles Jos 3:15,16

of the Lord Jos 3:11

stand upon Jos 3:16 Ex 15:8 Ps 33:7 78:13 114:3-5 Hab 3:15

14 And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people;

bearing the ark Jos 3:3,5 6:6 De 31:26 Jer 3:16 Ac 7:44,45 1Co 1:24,25 Heb 9:4

15 And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)

the feet Jos 3:13 Isa 26:6

Jordan overfloweth The ordinary current of the Jordan, near where the Israelites crossed, is said by Maundrell, to be about twenty yards wide, 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 it 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. Jos 4:18 1Ch 12:15 Jer 12:5 49:19

all the time Jos 5:10-12 Le 23:10-16 De 16:1-9

16 That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.

rose up Jos 3:13 Ps 29:10 77:19 114:3 Mt 8:26,27 14:24-33

Zaretan 1Ki 4:12

Zartanah 1Ki 7:46

Zarthan
the Salt Sea Jos 15:2 Ge 14:3 Nu 34:3 De 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.

17 And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.

the priests Jos 3:3-6

stood firm Jos 4:3 2Ki 2:8

all the Israelites Ex 14:22,29 Ps 66:6 Isa 25:8 Heb 11:29