Joshua 3:15

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, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
bare	נֹשְׂאֵ֤י no.se.'Ei	H5375	to lift · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct
ark	הָֽאָרוֹן֙ ha.'a.rOn	H727	a box · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
come	וּכְב֞וֹא u.khe.Vo'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
Jordan	הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן hai.yar.Den	H3383	Jarden · definite article + proper noun, a place name
feet	וְרַגְלֵ֤י ve.rag.Lei	H7272	a foot (as used in walking) · conjunction + noun, common feminine dual construct
priests	הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ ha.ko.ha.Nim	H3548	literally one officiating · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
bare	נֹשְׂאֵ֣י no.se.'Ei	H5375	to lift · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct
ark	הָֽאָר֔וֹן ha.'a.Ron	H727	a box · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
dipped	נִטְבְּל֖וּ nit.be.Lu	H2881	to dip · verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person common plural
brim	בִּקְצֵ֣ה bik.Tzeh	H7097	an extremity · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
water	הַמָּ֑יִם ha.Ma.yim	H4325	water · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
Jordan	וְהַיַּרְדֵּ֗ן ve.hai.yar.Den	H3383	Jarden · conjunction + definite article + proper noun, a place name
overfloweth	מָלֵא֙ ma.Le'	H4390	to fill or (intransitively) be full of · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
banks	גְּדוֹתָ֔יו ge.do.Tav	H1415	a border of a river (as cut into by the stream) · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
time	יְמֵ֥י ye.Mei	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · noun, common masculine plural construct
harvest	קָצִֽיר ka.Tzir	H7105	severed · noun, common masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

1 Chronicles 12:15 These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys…
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 r…
Joshua 4:18 And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles o…
Jeremiah 12:5 If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein…
Jeremiah 49:19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away…
Deuteronomy 16:1-9 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of…
Joshua 5:10-12 And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.
Isaiah 26:6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 3:14–end

Here we have a short and plain account of the dividing of the river Jordan, and the passage of the children of Israel through it. The story is not garnished with the flowers of rhetoric (gold needs not to be painted), but it tell us, in short, matter of fact. I. That this river was now broader and deeper than usually it was at other times of the year, Jos 3:15. The melting of the snow on the mountains of Lebanon, near which this river had its rise, was the occasion that at the time of harvest, barley-harvest, which was the spring of the year, Jordan overflowed all his banks. This great flood, just at that time (which Providence might have restrained for once, of which he might have ordered t…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 3:14

THE WATERS OF JORDAN ARE DIVIDED. (Jos 3:14-17) And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, &c.--To understand the scene described we must imagine the band of priests with the ark on their shoulders, standing on the depressed edge of the river, while the mass of the people were at a mile's distance. Suddenly the whole bed of the river was dried up; a spectacle the more extraordinary in that it took place in the time of harvest, corresponding to our April or May--when "the Jordan overfloweth all its banks." The original words may be more properly rendered "fills all its banks." Its channel, snow-fed from Lebanon, was at its greatest height--brimful; a translation which giv…

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Adam Clarke on Joshua 3:15

And the feet of the priests - were dipped in the brim of the water - Thus we find that every thing occurred exactly in the way in which Joshua had foretold it. This must have greatly increased his credit among the people. For Jordan overfloweth all his banks, etc. - It has often been remarked that there was no need of a miracle in crossing Jordan, as it is but an inconsiderable stream, easily fordable, being but about twenty yards in breadth. But the circumstance marked here by the sacred historian proves that there was a time in the year, viz., in the harvest, that this said river overflowed its banks; and this is confirmed by another place in Scripture, Ch1 12:15. As the miracle reported h…

Dictionary and topics

Ark — Noah’s ark, a building of gopher-wood, and covered with pitch, 300 cubits long, 50 cubits broad, and 30 cubits high (Gen. 6:14-16); an oblong floating house of three stories, with a door in the side…
Jordan — Heb. Yarden, “the descender;” Arab. Nahr-esh-Sheriah, “the watering-place” the chief river of Palestine. It flows from north to south down a deep valley in the centre of the country. The name…
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.…
Covenant · General references — General references
Jordan · Swelling of, at harvest time — Swelling of, at harvest time
Jordan, The River · Often overflowed — Often overflowed
Miracles Wrought Through Servants Of God · Joshua: Waters of Jordan divided — Joshua: Waters of Jordan divided
Rivers · Banks of: Frequently overflowed — Banks of: Frequently overflowed
Water · The Jordan River — The Jordan River

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 3:15

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 3:14–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 3:14

Adam Clarke on Joshua 3:15

Dictionary and topics

Joshua 3:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 3:14–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 3:14

Adam Clarke on Joshua 3:15

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Joshua 3:15

John Calvin on Joshua 3:14–end

Keil & Delitzsch on Joshua 3:14-16

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Joshua 3:15

Rashi on Joshua 3:15