Introduction
Overview
Joshua 3 . 1 , Joshua comes to Jordan; Joshua 3 . 2 , The officers instruct the people for their passage; Joshua 3 . 7 , The Lord encourages Joshua; Joshua 3 . 9 , Joshua encourages the people; Joshua 3 . 14 , The water of Jordan are divided.
rose early . Archbishop Usher supposes , that this was upon Wednesday , the 28th of April , am 2553 , the fortieth year of the Exodus from Egypt. From Shittim , where the israelites had been encamped for about two months . Deuteronomy 1 . 3 , to the Jordan , was , according to Josephus , about sixty stadia; that is , between seven and eight English miles. Genesis 22 . 3 , Psalm 119 . 60 , Jeremiah 7 . 13 , Jeremiah 25 . 3 , Jeremiah 26 . 5 , Mark 1 . 35
Shittim . Joshua 2 . 1 , Numbers 25 . 1 , Micah 6 . 5
Jordan . Jordan , called by the Arabs El Sharia , takes its rise in Anti-Libanus , about twelve miles north of Cesarea 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.
Reciprocal . Joshua 6 . 12 . Joshua rose Joshua 7 . 16 . rose up Joshua 8 . 10 . rose up Judges 7 . 1 . rose up Judges 20 . 19 . rose up Proverbs 31 . 15 . riseth
three days . Joshua 1 . 10 , Joshua 1 . 11
Reciprocal . Numbers 10 . 33 . went before
When ye see . Joshua 3 . 11
the priests . Joshua 3 . 6 , Joshua 3 . 8 , Joshua 3 . 14-17 , Joshua 4 . 10 , Joshua 6 . 6 , Numbers 4 . 15 , Deuteronomy 31 . 9 , Deuteronomy 31 . 25 , 2 Samuel 6 . 3 , 2 Samuel 6 . 13 , 1 Chronicles 15 . 11 , 1 Chronicles 15 . 12
ye shall remove . Exodus 13 . 21 , Exodus 13 . 22 , Matthew 8 . 19 , Matthew 16 . 24 , Revelation 14 . 4
Reciprocal . Joshua 3 . 17 . the priests Joshua 4 . 16 . General Joshua 8 . 33 . priests 2 Samuel 15 . 24 . bearing 1 Chronicles 15 . 2 . None ought to
a space . Exodus 3 . 5 , Exodus 19 . 12 , Psalm 89 . 7 , Hebrews 12 . 28 , Hebrews 12 . 29
heretofore . Heb. since yesterday and the third day , Genesis 31 . 2 , Exodus 4 . 10 , 1 Chronicles 11 . 2 , Isaiah 30 . 33 , *marg.
Reciprocal . Exodus 19 . 23 . Set bounds Numbers 2 . 2 . far off Deuteronomy 19 . 4 . in time past Isaiah 42 . 16 . lead
Sanctify . Joshua 7 . 13 , Exodus 19 . 10-15 , Leviticus 10 . 3 , Leviticus 20 . 7 , Numbers 11 . 8 , 1 Samuel 16 . 5 , Job 1 . 5 , Joel 2 . 16 , John 17 . 19
the Lord . Joshua 3 . 13 , Joshua 3 . 15 , Psalm 86 . 10 , Psalm 114 . 1-7
Reciprocal . Exodus 19 . 23 . Set bounds Joshua 11 . 6 . morrow 2 Kings 7 . 1 . To morrow
Take up . Joshua 3 . 3 , Numbers 14 . 15 , Numbers 10 . 33 , Micah 2 . 13 , John 14 . 2 , John 14 . 3 , Hebrews 6 . 20
Reciprocal . Numbers 4 . 33 . under the hand Deuteronomy 9 . 1 . to pass Joshua 3 . 14 . bearing the ark Joshua 6 . 6 . Take up the ark Joshua 8 . 33 . priests 2 Samuel 15 . 24 . bearing 1 Kings 8 . 3 . the priests took up 2 Chronicles 5 . 4 . the Levites Acts 7 . 45 . Jesus
magnify thee . Joshua 4 . 14 , 1 Chronicles 29 . 25 , 2 Chronicles 1 . 1 , Job 7 . 17 , Psalm 18 . 35 , John 17 . 1 , Philippians 1 . 20 , Philippians 2 . 9-11
as I was . Joshua 1 . 5 , Joshua 1 . 17
Reciprocal . Genesis 21 . 22 . God Genesis 26 . 28 . was with Genesis 48 . 21 . God Deuteronomy 3 . 28 . for he shall Deuteronomy 31 . 3 . and Joshua 2 Kings 2 . 15 . The spirit Hosea 13 . 1 . exalted Luke 1 . 15 . great Acts 7 . 45 . Jesus
command . Joshua 3 . 3 , 1 Chronicles 15 . 11 , 1 Chronicles 15 . 12 , 2 Chronicles 17 . 8 , 2 Chronicles 17 . 9 , 2 Chronicles 29 . 4-11 , 2 Chronicles 29 . 15 , 2 Chronicles 29 . 27 , 2 Chronicles 29 . 30 , 2 Chronicles 30 . 12 , 2 Chronicles 31 . 9 , 2 Chronicles 31 . 10 , 2 Chronicles 35 . 2-6 , Nehemiah 12 . 24-28 , Nehemiah 13 . 22 , Nehemiah 13 . 28
ye shall stand . Joshua 3 . 17 , Exodus 14 . 13 , Lamentations 3 . 26
Reciprocal . Joshua 4 . 11 . that the ark
Hear the words . Deuteronomy 4 . 1 , Deuteronomy 12 . 8
Hereby ye . Numbers 15 . 28-30 , 1 Kings 18 . 36 , 1 Kings 18 . 37 , 1 Kings 22 . 28 , Psalm 9 . 16 , Isaiah 7 . 14 , 2 Corinthians 13 . 2 , 2 Corinthians 13 . 3
living . Deuteronomy 5 . 26 , 1 Samuel 17 . 26 , 2 Kings 19 . 4 , Jeremiah 10 . 10 , Hosea 1 . 10 , Matthew 16 . 16 , John 6 . 69 , 1 Thessalonians 1 . 9 , Hebrews 10 . 31
among . Joshua 22 . 31 , Exodus 17 . 7 , Deuteronomy 31 . 17 , Judges 6 . 12 , Judges 6 . 13
drive out from . Joshua 21 . 45 , Genesis 15 . 15-18 , Exodus 3 . 8 , Exodus 23 . 27-30 , Exodus 33 . 2 , Deuteronomy 7 . 1 , Psalm 44 . 2 , Psalm 44 . 3
Reciprocal . Deuteronomy 4 . 38 . drive Deuteronomy 7 . 19 . so shall Deuteronomy 7 . 21 . the Lord Judges 2 . 1 . have brought Judges 11 . 24 . whomsoever 1 Samuel 12 . 8 . made them 1 Chronicles 1 . 14 . Amorite Amos 2 . 9 . I the Acts 14 . 15 . the living 2 Corinthians 3 . 3 . the living 1 Timothy 3 . 15 . the living Hebrews 12 . 22 . of the
the Lord . Joshua 3 . 13 , Psalm 24 . 1 , Isaiah 54 . 5 , Jeremiah 10 . 7 , Micah 4 . 13 , Zephaniah 2 . 11 , Zechariah 4 . 14 , Zechariah 6 . 5 , Zechariah 14 . 9
passeth . Joshua 3 . 3-6 , Isaiah 3 . 12
Reciprocal . Numbers 10 . 33 . went before Deuteronomy 9 . 3 . goeth over Acts 7 . 45 . Which
Reciprocal . Joshua 18 . 4 . three Matthew 19 . 28 . the twelve
the soles . Joshua 3 . 15 , Joshua 3 . 16 , Exodus 14 . 19-22
of the Lord . Joshua 3 . 11
stand upon . Joshua 3 . 16 , Exodus 15 . 8 , Psalm 33 . 7 , Psalm 78 . 13 , Psalm 114 . 3-5 , Habakkuk 3 . 15
Reciprocal . Exodus 14 . 21 . the Lord Deuteronomy 11 . 31 . General Joshua 3 . 5 . the Lord Joshua 4 . 3 . the priests feet Joshua 4 . 7 . the waters Joshua 4 . 10 . stood in the midst Joshua 4 . 18 . the soles 2 Chronicles 6 . 41 . the ark Psalm 18 . 15 . channels Psalm 74 . 15 . flood Isaiah 43 . 16 . maketh Nahum 1 . 4 . and drieth Zechariah 4 . 14 . the Lord Matthew 2 . 13 . until
bearing the ark . Joshua 3 . 3 , Joshua 3 . 6 , Joshua 6 . 6 , Deuteronomy 31 . 26 , Jeremiah 3 . 16 , Acts 7 . 44 , Acts 7 . 45 , 1 Corinthians 1 . 24 , 1 Corinthians 1 . 25 , Hebrews 9 . 4
Reciprocal . Deuteronomy 9 . 1 . to pass Deuteronomy 9 . 3 . goeth over Deuteronomy 31 . 9 . which bare Joshua 8 . 33 . priests Joshua 22 . 11 . at the passage Joshua 24 . 11 . And ye 1 Kings 8 . 3 . the priests took up 2 Kings 2 . 8 . were Psalm 66 . 6 . they Psalm 111 . 6 . showed
the feet . Joshua 3 . 13 , Isaiah 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. Joshua 4 . 18 , 1 Chronicles 12 . 15 , Jeremiah 12 . 5 , Jeremiah 49 . 19
all the time . Joshua 5 . 10-12 , Leviticus 23 . 10-16 , Deuteronomy 16 . 1-9
Reciprocal . Joshua 3 . 5 . the Lord 2 Samuel 15 . 24 . bearing 1 Kings 8 . 3 . the priests took up 2 Kings 5 . 12 . better Job 40 . 23 . Jordan Psalm 77 . 16 . General Isaiah 43 . 2 . passest Habakkuk 3 . 10 . the overflowing Zechariah 10 . 11 . smite
rose up . Joshua 3 . 13 , Psalm 29 . 10 , Psalm 77 . 19 , Psalm 114 . 3 , Matthew 8 . 26 , Matthew 8 . 27 , Matthew 14 . 24-33
Zaretan . 1 Kings 4 . 12 , Zartanah , 1 Kings 7 . 46 , Zarthan
the salt sea . Joshua 15 . 2 , Genesis 14 . 3 , Numbers 34 . 3 , Deuteronomy 3 . 17 , The 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.
Reciprocal . Exodus 14 . 29 . a wall Numbers 22 . 1 . on this side Deuteronomy 9 . 1 . to pass Joshua 4 . 10 . stood in the midst Joshua 12 . 3 . the sea Joshua 16 . 7 . Jericho Joshua 18 . 12 . Jericho Joshua 18 . 19 . the salt Judges 6 . 33 . went over 2 Chronicles 20 . 2 . beyond the sea Psalm 33 . 7 . heap Psalm 66 . 6 . they Psalm 77 . 16 . General Psalm 78 . 13 . made Psalm 126 . 4 . as the streams Isaiah 50 . 2 . I dry Isaiah 63 . 12 . dividing Ezekiel 47 . 8 . desert Habakkuk 3 . 8 . the Lord Habakkuk 3 . 10 . the overflowing
the priests . Joshua 3 . 3-6
stood firm . Joshua 4 . 3 , 2 Kings 2 . 8
all the Israelites . Exodus 14 . 22 , Exodus 14 . 29 , Psalm 66 . 6 , Isaiah 25 . 8 , Hebrews 11 . 29
Reciprocal . Genesis 8 . 16 . General Numbers 33 . 51 . General Deuteronomy 12 . 10 . But when Joshua 3 . 8 . ye shall stand Joshua 4 . 1 . were clean passed Joshua 4 . 10 . stood in the midst Joshua 4 . 11 . that the ark Joshua 4 . 22 . General Joshua 9 . 1 . on this Joshua 12 . 7 . on this side Nehemiah 9 . 23 . broughtest Daniel 3 . 26 . come forth Habakkuk 3 . 8 . the Lord Matthew 2 . 13 . until