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Joshua 4:14 KJV
Joshua · chapter 4 · verse 14
On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.Joshua 4:14 · King James Version
Joshua 4:14 in context
12And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them:
13About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.
14On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.
15And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,
16Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- magnifiedgâdalto be largeH1431 →
- JoshuaYᵉhôwshûwaʻJehoshua , the Jewish leaderH3091 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- fearedyârêʼto fearH3372 →
- sightʻayinan eyeH5869 →
- MosesMôshehMosheh, the Israelite lawgiverH4872 →
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The inspired historian seems to be so well pleased with his subject here that he is loth to quit it, and is therefore very particular in his narrative, especially in observing how closely Joshua pursued the orders God gave him, and that he did nothing without divine direction, finishing all that the Lord had commanded…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-19