Joshua 3:13

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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
soles	כַּפּ֣וֹת ka.Pot	H3709	the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal · noun, common feminine plural construct
feet	רַגְלֵ֣י rag.Lei	H7272	a foot (as used in walking) · noun, common feminine dual construct
priests	הַכֹּהֲנִ֡ים ha.ko.ha.Nim	H3548	literally one officiating · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
bear	נֹשְׂאֵי֩ no.se.'Ei	H5375	to lift · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct
ark	אֲר֨וֹן 'a.Ron	H727	a box · noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָ֜ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
Lord

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Cross-references

Exodus 15:8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in…
Psalms 78:13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
Joshua 3:11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.
Joshua 3:15-16 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, (fo…
Exodus 14:19-22 And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their…
Psalms 33:7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
Psalms 114:3-5 The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.
Habakkuk 3:15 Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 3:7-13

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. Thus those that honour God he will honour, and those whom he has advanced should do what they can in their places to exalt him. I. God speaks to Joshua to put honour upon him, v. 7, 8. 1. It was a great honour God id him that he spoke to him as he had done to Moses from off the mercy-seat, before the priests removed it with the ark. This would make Joshua easy in himself and great among the people, that God was pleased to speak so familiarly to him. 2. that…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 3:9

JOSHUA ENCOURAGES THE PEOPLE. (Jos 3:9-13) Come hither, and hear the words of the Lord--It seems that the Israelites had no intimation how they were to cross the river till shortly before the event. The premonitory address of Joshua, taken in connection with the miraculous result exactly as he had described it, would tend to increase and confirm their faith in the God of their fathers as not a dull, senseless, inanimate thing like the idols of the nations, but a Being of life, power, and activity to defend them and work for them.

Adam Clarke on Joshua 3:12

Take you twelve men - See the note on Jos 4:2.

John Gill on Joshua 3:13

And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the Lord,.... Which they were bid to take up and carry, Joshua 3:6, the Lord of all the earth; this shows that not the ark, but the Lord, is called "the Lord of all the earth"; see Gill on Joshua 3:11, shall rest in the waters of Jordan; the meaning is, as soon as their feet should touch them, or they should set their feet in them, when they came to the brink of them: that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; from above the place where the priests came, and the children of Israel after passed over: and they shall stand upon an heap; or one heap; stop…

Dictionary and topics

Tabernacle — (1.) A house or dwelling-place (Job 5:24; 18:6, etc.). (2.) A portable shrine (comp. Acts 19:24) containing the image of Moloch (Amos 5:26; marg. and R.V., “Siccuth”). (3.) The human body (2 Cor.…
Jordan, The River · Remarkable events connected with: Division of its waters to let Israel pass over — Remarkable events connected with: Division of its waters to let Israel pass over
Miracles Wrought Through Servants Of God · Joshua: Waters of Jordan divided — Joshua: Waters of Jordan divided

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Joshua 3:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 3:7-13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 3:9

Adam Clarke on Joshua 3:12

John Gill on Joshua 3:13

Dictionary and topics

Joshua 3:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 3:7-13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 3:9

Adam Clarke on Joshua 3:12

John Gill on Joshua 3:13

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Joshua 3:1-13

Keil & Delitzsch on Joshua 3:11-13

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Joshua 3:13

Rashi on Joshua 3:13