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Joshua 3:1 KJV
Joshua · chapter 3 · verse 1
And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.Joshua 3:1 · King James Version
Joshua 3:1 in context
1And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
2And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host;
3And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- morningbôqerproperly, dawnH1242 →
- removednâçaʻproperly, to pull up, especially the tent-pinsH5265 →
- ShittimShiṭṭîymShittim, a place East of the JordanH7851 →
- JoshuaYᵉhôwshûwaʻJehoshua , the Jewish leaderH3091 →
- JordanYardênJarden, the principal river of PalestineH3383 →
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Rahab, in mentioning to the spies the drying up of the Red Sea (Jos 2:10), the report of which terrified the Canaanites more than anything else, intimates that those on that side the water expected that Jordan, that great defence of their country, would in like manner give way to them.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6