Jos 1-3 | TSK | STEP | The Book of JOSHUA. The Lord appoints Joshua to succeed Moses. The borders of the promised land. God promises to assist Joshua. He gives him instructions. Joshua prepares the people to pass over Jordan. He puts the two tribes and half in mind of their promise to Moses. They promise him fealty. the death. See on Joshua. See on Jesus.Moses' minister.

From the wilderness.That is, their utmost limits should be from the Desert of Arabia Petræa on the south, to Lebanon on the north; and from the Euphrates on the east, to the Great Sea, or the Mediterranean, on the west. The Israelites did not possess the full extent of this grant till the time of David.

Ge 15:18-21; Ex 23:31; Nu 34:2-18; De 1:7; 3:25; 11:24; 1Ch 5:9

1Ch 18:3

There shall.

De 7:24; 20:4; Ps 46:11; Ro 8:31,37

as I was.

9,17; 3:7; 6:27; Ex 3:12; De 31:8,23; Mt 28:20; Ac 18:9,10; 2Ti 4:17

I will not.

De 31:6-8; Isa 41:10-14; 43:2-5; Heb 13:5

Be strong.

7,9; 1Sa 4:9; 1Ki 2:2; 1Ch 22:13; 28:10; 2Ch 32:7,8; Ps 27:14

Isa 35:3,4; Da 10:19; Hag 2:4; Zec 8:9; 1Co 16:13; Eph 6:10

2Ti 2:1

unto this people, etc. or, thou shalt cause this people toinherit the land. divide.

Nu 34:17-29

which I sware.

Ge 26:3

which Moses.

1; 11:15; Nu 27:23; De 31:7

turn not.

De 5:32; 12:32; 28:14; Pr 4:27; 8:20

that.

De 29:9; 1Ki 2:3; 1Ch 22:13

prosper. or, do wisely.

8; *marg:

book.

De 6:6-9; 11:18,19; 17:18,19; 30:14; 31:11; Ps 37:30,31; 40:10

Ps 119:42,43; Isa 59:21; Mt 12:35; Eph 4:29

thou shalt.

Ps 1:2,3; 19:14; 119:11,15,97,99; Pr 2:1-5; 3:1; Col 3:16

1Ti 4:14-16

observe.

De 5:29,32,33; 6:1-3; Mt 7:21,24; 28:20; Lu 11:28; Joh 13:17; 14:21

Jas 1:22-25; Re 22:14

have good success. or, do wisely.

7; *marg:

Have.

De 31:7,8,28; Jud 6:14; 2Sa 13:28; Ac 4:19

Be strong.

6,7

be not.

Ge 28:15; De 20:1; Ps 27:1,2; Jer 1:7,8

for the Lord.

Ps 46:7; Isa 43:1,5

the officers of the people.The {shoterim,} or officers, were different from the {shophetim,} who were the judges among the people. The {shoterim} have been supposed to be subordinate officers, whose business it was to see the decisions of the {shophetim} carried into effect. Calmet conjectures, that the {shoterim} here may have been the heralds of the army.

three days.

3:2; Ex 19:11; 2Ki 20:5; Ho 6:2

ye shall.

De 9:1; 11:31

Remember.

22:1-4; Nu 32:20-28; De 3:18

armed. Heb. marshalled by five.

Ex 13:18

the mighty.

De 20:8; Re 17:4

Until.

Nu 32:17-22; Ga 5:13; 6:2; Php 1:21-26; 2:4

then ye shall.

22:4-9; 1Co 12:26; 13:5

Nu 32:25; De 5:27; Ro 13:1-5; Tit 3:1; 1Pe 2:13-15

only the Lord.

5; 1Sa 20:13; 1Ki 1:37; 1Ch 28:20; Ps 20:1,4,9; 118:25,26

Mt 21:9; 1Ti 2:1,2

that doth rebel.

De 17:12; 1Sa 11:12; Ps 2:1-6; Lu 19:27; Heb 10:28,29; 12:25

he shall be.

Ro 13:1-5

only be.

6,7,9; Ezr 10:4; 1Co 16:13; Eph 6:10

‏ Joshua 2

1 Rahab receives and conceals the two spies sent from Shittim.

8 The covenant between her and them.

23 Their return and relation.

sent. or, had sent. Shittim.

Nu 25:1; 33:49

to spy secretly.

Nu 13:2,17-21; Jud 18:2,14,17; Mt 10:16; Eph 5:5

even Jericho.

5:10; 6:1-24

harlot's house.Though the word {zonah} generally denotes a prostitute, yet many very learned men are of opinion that it should be here rendered an innkeeper or hostess, from {zoon,} to furnish or provide food. In this sense it was understood by the Targumist, who renders it, {ittetha pundekeetha,} "a woman, a tavern-keeper," and so St. Chrysostome, in his second sermon on Repentance, calls her [pandokeutria.] The Greek [porné,] by which the LXX. render it, and which is adopted by the Apostles, is derived from [pernaó,] to sell, and is also supposed to denote a tavern keeper. Among the ancients, women generally kept houses of entertainment. Herodotus says, "Among the Egyptians, the women carry on all commercial concerns, and keep taverns, while the men continue at home and weave." The same custom prevailed among the Greeks.

6:17,25; Mt 1:5

Rachab.

21:31; Heb 11:31; Jas 2:25

lodged. Heb. lay.

told the king.

Ps 127:1; Pr 21:30; Isa 43:13; Da 4:35

Bring.

10:23; Ge 38:24; Le 24:14; Job 21:30; Joh 19:4; Ac 12:4,6

to search.

Ge 42:9-12,31; 2Sa 10:3; 1Ch 19:3

Ex 1:19; 2Sa 16:18,19; 17:19,20; 2Ki 6:19

of shutting.

7; Ne 13:19; Isa 60:11; Eze 47:1,2,12; Re 21:25

the men went out.

Jer 50:20; Ro 3:7,8

to the roof.

8; Ex 1:15-21; De 22:8; 2Sa 11:2; Mt 24:17

hid them.

Ex 2:2; 2Sa 17:19; 1Ki 18:4,13; 2Ki 11:2; Jer 36:26; Col 3:3

Heb 11:23

the fords.

Jud 3:28; 12:5

they shut.

5; Ac 5:23

I know.

Ex 18:11; 2Ki 5:15; Job 19:25; Ec 8:12; Heb 11:1,2

that the Lord.

Ge 13:14-17; 15:18-21; Ex 3:6-8; De 32:8; Ps 115:16; Jer 27:5

Mt 20:15

your terror.

Ge 35:5; Ex 15:15,16; 23:27; De 2:25; 11:25; 28:10; Jud 7:14

1Sa 14:15; 2Ki 7:6

faint. Heb. melt.

11; 1Sa 14:16; 2Sa 17:10; Ps 112:10; Isa 19:1; Na 2:10

For we.

4:24; Ex 14:21-31; 15:14-16

what ye did.

Nu 21:21-35; De 2:30-37; 3:1-8

our hearts.

5:1; 7:5; 14:8; De 1:28; 20:8; Isa 13:7; Na 2:10

did there remain. Heb. rose up.

Re 6:16

for the Lord.

De 4:39; 1Ki 8:60; Ps 83:18; 102:15; Jer 16:19-21; Da 4:34,35

Da 6:25-27; Zec 8:20-23

swear.

9:15,18-20; 1Sa 20:14,15,17; 30:15; 2Ch 36:13; Jer 12:16

that ye will.

1Sa 20:14-17; 24:21,22; Es 8:6; 2Ti 1:16-18; Jas 2:13

my father's.

13; Ge 24:3,9; Ro 1:31; 1Ti 5:8

give me.

18; Ex 12:13; Eze 9:4-6; Mr 14:44

my father.It is observable that in this enumeration of her kindred, there is no mention made of a husband. It is most likely that she was a single woman or widow, who obtained an honest livelihood by keeping a house for the entertainment of strangers; and not a woman of ill fame, as some have supposed. The spies sent on this occasion were certainly some of the most confidential persons that Joshua had in his host, and their errand was of the greatest importance; is it then not most likely that they lodged at an inn?

for your's. Heb. instead of you to die.

1Ki 20:39

when the Lord.

6:17,25; Ge 24:49; Nu 10:29-32; Jud 1:24,25; 1Sa 20:8; 2Sa 9:1

Pr 18:24; Mt 5:7

she let them.

1Sa 19:12-17; Ac 9:25; 2Co 11:33

for her house.

6:20

Get you.

22; 1Sa 23:14,29; Ps 11:1

20; Ge 24:3-8; Ex 20:7; Le 19:11,12; Nu 30:2; 2Sa 21:1,2,7

scarlet thread.

21; Le 14:4; Nu 4:8; 19:6; Heb 9:19

bring. Heb. gather. thy father.

13; 6:23; Ge 7:1; 12:2; 19:12-17; Es 8:6; Lu 19:9; Ac 10:27,33

Ac 11:14; 2Ti 1:16

whosoever.

Ex 12:13,23; Nu 35:26-28; 1Ki 2:36-42; Mt 24:17; Ac 27:31; Php 3:9

Heb 10:29; 1Jo 2:27,28

street, his blood.

Le 20:9,11; 2Sa 1:16; 3:28,29; Eze 33:4,5; Mt 27:24,25; Ac 18:6

Ac 20:26

house, his blood.

14; 2Sa 4:11; 1Ki 2:32; Mt 27:25

And if thou.

Pr 11:13

we will be quit.

And she bound.

18; Mt 7:24; Joh 2:5

found them not.

1Sa 19:10-12; 2Sa 17:20; Ps 32:6,7

Truly the Lord.

1:8; 21:44,45; Ex 23:31; Nu 13:32,33; Pr 25:13

all the inhabitants.

9-11; Ps 48:5,6; Re 6:16,17

faint. Heb. melt.

9,11; 5:1; Ex 15:15

‏ Joshua 3

1 Joshua comes to Jordan.

2 The officers instruct the people for their passage.

7 The Lord encourages Joshua.

9 Joshua encourages the people.

14 The water of Jordan are divided.

rose early.Archbishop Usher supposes, that this was upon Wednesday, the 28th of April, A.M. 2553, the fortieth year of the Exodus from Egypt. From Shittim, where the israelites had been encamped for about two months (De 1:3), to the Jordan, was, according to Josephus, about sixty stadia; that is, between seven and eight English miles.

Ge 22:3; Ps 119:60; Jer 7:13; 25:3; 26:5; Mr 1:35

Shittim.

2:1; Nu 25:1; Mic 6:5

Jordan.Jordan, called by the Arabs El Sharia, takes its rise in Anti-Libanus, about twelve miles north of Cæsarea Philippi, now Banias; and, having run about twelve miles southward, it receives a considerable stream, which is now called the Moiet Hasbeia. About 15 miles farther, it forms the waters of Merom or Semechon, now Houle; and, after running about 28 miles more, it passes through the lake of Gennesareth, and thence runs southward till it loses itself in the Dead Sea; its whole course being about 160 miles.

three days.

1:10,11

When ye see.

See on

Nu 10:33

the priests.

6,8,14-17; 4:10; 6:6; Nu 4:15; De 31:9,25; 2Sa 6:3,13; 1Ch 15:11

1Ch 15:12

ye shall remove.

Ex 13:21,22; Mt 8:19; 16:24; Re 14:4

a space.

Ex 3:5; 19:12; Ps 89:7; Heb 12:28,29

heretofore. Heb. since yesterday and the third day.

Ge 31:2; Ex 4:10; 1Ch 11:2; Isa 30:33; *marg:

Sanctify.

7:13; Ex 19:10-15; Le 10:3; 20:7; Nu 11:8; 1Sa 16:5; Job 1:5

Joe 2:16; Joh 17:19

the Lord.

13,15; Ps 86:10; 114:1-7

Take up.

3; Nu 14:15; 10:33; Mic 2:13; Joh 14:2,3; Heb 6:20

magnify thee.

4:14; 1Ch 29:25; 2Ch 1:1; Job 7:17; Ps 18:35; Joh 17:1; Php 1:20

Php 2:9-11

that, as I was.

1:5,17

command.

3; 1Ch 15:11,12; 2Ch 17:8,9; 29:4-11,15,27,30; 30:12; 31:9,10

2Ch 35:2-6; Ne 12:24-28; 13:22,28

ye shall stand.

17; Ex 14:13; La 3:26

Hear the words.

De 4:1; 12:8

Hereby ye.

Nu 15:28-30; 1Ki 18:36,37; 22:28; Ps 9:16; Isa 7:14; 2Co 13:2,3

living.

De 5:26; 1Sa 17:26; 2Ki 19:4; Jer 10:10; Ho 1:10; Mt 16:16

Joh 6:69; 1Th 1:9; Heb 10:31

among.

22:31; Ex 17:7; De 31:17; Jud 6:12,13

drive out from.

21:45; Ge 15:15-18; Ex 3:8; 23:27-30; 33:2; De 7:1; Ps 44:2,3

the Lord.

13; Ps 24:1; Isa 54:5; Jer 10:7; Mic 4:13; Zep 2:11; Zec 4:14; 6:5

Zec 14:9

passeth.

3-6; Isa 3:12

4:2,9

the soles.

15,16; Ex 14:19-22

of the Lord.

stand upon.

16; Ex 15:8; Ps 33:7; 78:13; 114:3-5; Hab 3:15

bearing the ark.

3,6; 6:6; De 31:26; Jer 3:16; Ac 7:44,45; 1Co 1:24,25; Heb 9:4

the feet.

13; Isa 26:6

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