Commentary on Joshua - Keil & Delitzsch - David Cox
Commentary on Joshua - Keil & Delitzsch - David Cox
Commentary on Joshua - Keil & Delitzsch - David Cox
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<strong>Keil</strong> and <strong>Delitzsch</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Commentary</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> the Old Testament<br />
<strong>Joshua</strong> 3:1-6<br />
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And <strong>Joshua</strong> rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came<br />
to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed<br />
over.<br />
Verse 1-4. "Arrangements for the Passage through the Jordan. - When they<br />
reached the Jordan, the Israelites rested till they passed over. luwn (OT:3885), to pass<br />
the night; then in a wider sense to tarry, Prov 15:31; here it means to rest. According<br />
to v. 2, they stayed there three days. "At the end (after the expirati<strong>on</strong>) of three days"<br />
cannot refer to the three days menti<strong>on</strong>ed in Josh 1:11, if <strong>on</strong>ly because of the omissi<strong>on</strong><br />
of the article, apart from the reas<strong>on</strong>s given in the note up<strong>on</strong> Josh 1:11, which preclude<br />
the suppositi<strong>on</strong> that the two are identical. The reas<strong>on</strong>s why the Israelites stayed three<br />
days by the side of the Jordan, after leaving Shittim, are not given, but they are not<br />
difficult to guess; for, in the first place, before it could be possible to pass into an<br />
enemy's country, not <strong>on</strong>ly with an army, but with all the people, including wives,<br />
children, and all their possessi<strong>on</strong>s, and especially when the river had first of all to be<br />
crossed, it must have been necessary to make many preparati<strong>on</strong>s, which would easily<br />
occupy two or three days.<br />
Besides this, the Jordan at that time was so high as to overflow its banks, so that it<br />
was impossible to cross the fords, and they were obliged to wait till this obstructi<strong>on</strong><br />
was removed. But as so<strong>on</strong> as <strong>Joshua</strong> was assured that the Lord would make a way for<br />
His people, he issued the following instructi<strong>on</strong>s through the proper officers to all the<br />
people in the camp: "When ye see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God,<br />
and (see) the Levitical priests bear it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go<br />
after it: yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by<br />
measure: come not near unto it; that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for<br />
ye have not passed this way yesterday and the day before." On the expressi<strong>on</strong> "the<br />
Levitical priests," see at Deut 31:25, as compared with v. 9 and Josh 17:9. beeynaaw<br />
(OT:996), both here and in Josh 8:11, should probably be pointed beeynow (OT:996)<br />
http://207.44.232.113/~bible/comment/ot/k&d/josh/jos11.html (1 of 2) [13/08/2004 01:16:58 p.m.]
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