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Joshua 3:9 KJV
Joshua · chapter 3 · verse 9
And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God.Joshua 3:9 · King James Version
Joshua 3:9 in context
7And 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.
8And 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.
9And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God.
10And 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.
11Behold, the ark of the covenant of the LORD of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- JoshuaYᵉhôwshûwaʻJehoshua , the Jewish leaderH3091 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- hithernâgashto be or come nearH5066 →
- wordsdâbâra wordH1697 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
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We may observe here how God honours Joshua, and by this wondrous work he is about to do designs to make Israel know that he is their governor, and then how Joshua honours God and endeavours by it to make Israel know that he is their God.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-13