Chapter 3

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rose early Archbishop 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 (Deut 1:3), to the Jordan, was, according to Josephus, about sixty stadia; that is, between seven and eight English miles. Gen 22:3; Ps 119:60; Jer 7:13, Jer 25:3, Jer 26:5; Mark 1:35

Shittim Josh 2:1; Num 25:1; Mic 6:5

Jordan Jordan, 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.


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three days Josh 1:10-11


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Num 10:33

When ye see Josh 3:11

the priests Josh 3:6, Josh 3:8, Josh 3:14-17, Josh 4:10, Josh 6:6; Num 4:15; Deut 31:9, Deut 31:25; 2Sam 6:3, 2Sam 6:13; 1Chr 15:11; 1Chr 15:12

ye shall remove Exod 13:21-22; Matt 8:19, Matt 16:24; Rev 14:4


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a space Exod 3:5, Exod 19:12; Ps 89:7; Heb 12:28-29

heretofore Heb. since yesterday and the third day, Gen 31:2; Exod 4:10; 1Chr 11:2; Isa 30:33 *marg.


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Sanctify Josh 7:13; Exod 19:10-15; Lev 10:3, Lev 20:7; Num 11:8; 1Sam 16:5; Job 1:5; Joel 2:16; John 17:19

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


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Take up Josh 3:3; Num 14:15, Num 10:33; Mic 2:13; John 14:2-3; Heb 6:20


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magnify thee Josh 4:14; 1Chr 29:25; 2Chr 1:1; Job 7:17; Ps 18:35; John 17:1; Phil 1:20; Phil 2:9-11

as I was Josh 1:5, Josh 1:17


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command Josh 3:3; 1Chr 15:11-12; 2Chr 17:8-9, 2Chr 29:4-11, 2Chr 29:15, 2Chr 29:27, 2Chr 29:30, 2Chr 30:12, 2Chr 31:9-10; 2Chr 35:2-6; Neh 12:24-28, Neh 13:22, Neh 13:28

ye shall stand Josh 3:17; Exod 14:13; Lam 3:26


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Hear the words Deut 4:1, Deut 12:8


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Hereby ye Num 15:28-30; 1Kgs 18:36-37, 1Kgs 22:28; Ps 9:16; Isa 7:14; 2Cor 13:2-3

living Deut 5:26; 1Sam 17:26; 2Kgs 19:4; Jer 10:10; Hos 1:10; Matt 16:16; John 6:69; 1Thess 1:9; Heb 10:31

among Josh 22:31; Exod 17:7; Deut 31:17; Judg 6:12-13

drive out from Josh 21:45; Gen 15:15-18; Exod 3:8, Exod 23:27-30, Exod 33:2; Deut 7:1; Ps 44:2-3


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the Lord Josh 3:13; Ps 24:1; Isa 54:5; Jer 10:7; Mic 4:13; Zeph 2:11; Zech 4:14, Zech 6:5; Zech 14:9

passeth Josh 3:3-6; Isa 3:12


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Josh 4:2, Josh 4:9


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the soles Josh 3:15-16; Exod 14:19-22

of the Lord Josh 3:11

stand upon Josh 3:16; Exod 15:8; Ps 33:7, Ps 78:13, Ps 114:3-5; Hab 3:15


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bearing the ark Josh 3:3, Josh 3:6, Josh 6:6; Deut 31:26; Jer 3:16; Acts 7:44-45; 1Cor 1:24-25; Heb 9:4


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the feet Josh 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 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. Josh 4:18; 1Chr 12:15; Jer 12:5, Jer 49:19

all the time Josh 5:10-12; Lev 23:10-16; Deut 16:1-9


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rose up Josh 3:13; Ps 29:10, Ps 77:19, Ps 114:3; Matt 8:26-27, Matt 14:24-33

Zaretan 1Kgs 4:12, Zartanah, 1Kgs 7:46, Zarthan

the salt sea Josh 15:2; Gen 14:3; Num 34:3; Deut 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.


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the priests Josh 3:3-6

stood firm Josh 4:3; 2Kgs 2:8

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


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