Jos 3:15-17, 2Ki 2:8, 14, 5:17, Eze 47:1-8, Zec 13:1, 14:8, Mar 1:9 | TSK | STEP | the feet. Jordan overfloweth.The ordinary current of the Jordan, near where the Israelites crossed, is said by Maundrell, to be about twenty yards across, deeper than a man's height, and so rapid, that there is no swimming against it. It has, however, two banks; the first, or inner one, is that of the river in its natural state, and the second, or outer one, about a furlong distant, is that of its overflowings, which it does when the summer's sun has melted the snow on mount Lebanon and Hermon, in the months of March and April. And this was the time which God chose that the Israelites should pass over it; that a miraculous interposition might be necessary; and that, by the miracle, they might be convinced of his omnipotence. all the time.

Joshua 3:15-17

the feet.

Jordan overfloweth.The ordinary current of the Jordan, near where the Israelites crossed, is said by Maundrell, to be about twenty yards across, deeper than a man's height, and so rapid, that there is no swimming against it. It has, however, two banks; the first, or inner one, is that of the river in its natural state, and the second, or outer one, about a furlong distant, is that of its overflowings, which it does when the summer's sun has melted the snow on mount Lebanon and Hermon, in the months of March and April. And this was the time which God chose that the Israelites should pass over it; that a miraculous interposition might be necessary; and that, by the miracle, they might be convinced of his omnipotence.

4:18; 1Ch 12:15; Jer 12:5; 49:19

all the time.

5:10-12; Le 23:10-16; De 16:1-9

rose up.

13; Ps 29:10; 77:19; 114:3; Mt 8:26,27; 14:24-33

Zaretan.

1Ki 4:12

Zartanah.

1Ki 7:46

Zarthan. the salt sea.

15:2; Ge 14:3; Nu 34:3; De 3:17The passage through the Red Sea took place in the night, when the Israelites were fleeing from the Egyptians with great trepidation: but they passed Jordan in the day-time, with previous warning, leisurely, directly opposite to Jericho, and with a triumphant defiance of the Canaanites; this passage into the promised land evidently typifying the believer's passage through death to heaven.

the priests.

3-6

stood firm.

4:3; 2Ki 2:8

all the Israelites.

Ex 14:22,29; Ps 66:6; Isa 25:8; Heb 11:29

2 Kings 2:8

his mantle.[Ten meloten autou,] his sheep skin, says the Septuagint; the skins of sheep being formerly worn by prophets as the simple insignia of their office: see Note on ch. 1:8.

1Ki 19:13,19

were.

14; Ex 14:21,22; Jos 3:14-17; Ps 114:5-7; Isa 11:15; Heb 11:29

Re 16:12

2 Kings 2:14

smote.

8-10; Jos 1:1-9; Mr 16:20; Joh 14:12; Ac 2:33; 3:12,13

Where is.

Jud 6:13; 1Ki 18:36-39; Ps 42:2,10; 115:2; Joe 2:17

2 Kings 5:17

of earth.

12; Ro 14:1

will henceforth.

Ac 26:18; 1Th 1:9; 1Pe 4:3

Ezekiel 47:1-8

1 The vision of the holy waters.

6 The virtue of them.

13 The borders of the land.

22 The division of it by lot.

the door.

41:2,23-26

waters issued.Solomon's temple and the second temple were doubtless well supplied with water, probably conveyed there by means of pipes; but these waters flowed from the temple, not as a common sewer, but as a fertilizing river. A fountain producing abundance of water was not in the temple, and could not be there on the top of such a hill; and consequently these waters, as well as those spoken of by Joel and Zechariah, must be understood figuratively and typically. These waters doubtless were an emblem of the "gospel preached with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven;" and their gradual rise beautifully represents it progress, from small beginnings to an immensely large increase; and the latter part of the representation may relate to the times when it shall fill the earth, and produce the most extensive and important effects on the state of making in every nation.

Ps 46:4; Isa 30:25; 55:1; Jer 2:13; Joe 3:18; Zec 13:1; 14:8

Joh 7:37-39; Re 22:1,17

from under the threshold.

12; Isa 2:3

northward.

44:2,4

the man.

40:3; Zec 2:1; Re 11:1; 21:15

waters were to the ancles. Heb. waters of the ancles.

Lu 24:49; Ac 2:4,33; 10:45,46; 11:16-18

the waters were to the knees.

Ac 19:10-20; Ro 15:19; Col 1:6

waters to swim in. Heb. waters of swimming.

Isa 11:9; Da 2:34,35; Hab 2:14; Mt 13:31,32; Re 7:9; 11:15; 20:2-4

hast thou.

8:17; 40:4; 44:5; Jer 1:11-13; Zec 4:2; 5:2; Mt 13:51

bank. Heb. lip.

1Ki 9:26; 2Ki 2:13; *marg:

many.

12; Ge 2:9,10; Re 22:2

and go down.

Isa 35:1,7; 41:17-19; 43:20; 44:3-5; 49:9; Jer 31:9

desert. or, plain.

De 3:17; 4:49; Jos 3:16

the sea.This was the Dead sea, or sea of Sodom, east of Jerusalem, in which it is said no living creature is found; or, at least, from its extreme saltness, it does not abound with fish like other seas. The healing of these waters denotes the calling of the Gentiles.

the waters.

2Ki 2:19-22; Isa 11:6-9; Mal 1:11; Mt 13:15