Jos 3:1, 2Ch 36:15, Psa 119:147-148, Ecc 9:10, Mar 1:35, Rom 12:11 | TSK | STEP | Joshua comes to Jordan. The officers instruct the people for their passage. The Lord encourages Joshua. Joshua encourages the people. 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. Shittim. 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.

Joshua 3:1

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.

2 Chronicles 36:15

the Lord.

24:18-21; 33:10; 2Ki 17:13; Jer 25:3,4; 26:5; 35:15; 44:4,5

his messengers. Heb. the hand of his messengers. betimes.i.e., continually and carefully. because.

Jud 10:16; 2Ki 13:23; Ho 11:8; Lu 19:41-44

Psalms 119:147-148

I prevented.That is, I anticipated, or rose before, the morning dawn; and was before hand with the light itself.

5:3; 21:3; 42:8; 88:13; 130:6; Isa 26:9; Mr 1:35

hoped.

74,81; 56:4; 130:5; Heb 6:17-19

eyes.

62; 63:1,6; 139:17,18; La 2:19; Lu 6:12

the night watches.The ancient Jews divided the night into three watches of four hours each, beginning at six o'clock in the evening; before the last of which, "the day break," or "morning watch," as the LXX. and Vulgate read, the Psalmist was awake.