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 />
habªriyt (OT:1285) 'arown (OT:727), the strict subordinati<strong>on</strong> of the c<strong>on</strong>struct state<br />
being loosened in this case by the article before the nomen regens. The punctuators<br />
have therefore separated it from the latter by sakeph-kat<strong>on</strong> , without thereby<br />
explaining it as in oppositi<strong>on</strong> or giving any support to the mistaken expositi<strong>on</strong> of<br />
Buxtorff and Drusius , that "the ark of the covenant is called the ruler of the whole<br />
earth." The descripti<strong>on</strong> of Jehovah as "Lord of the whole earth," which is repeated in<br />
v. 13, is very appropriately chosen for the purpose of strengthening c<strong>on</strong>fidence in the<br />
omnipotence of the Lord. This epithet "exalted the government of God over all the<br />
elements of the world, that the Israelites might have no doubt that as seas and rivers<br />
are under His c<strong>on</strong>trol, the waters, although liquid by nature, would become stable at<br />
His nod" ( Calvin ). The expressi<strong>on</strong>, "passeth over before you into Jordan," is more<br />
precisely explained in the course of the narrative: the ark of the covenant went (was<br />
carried) before the people into the river, and then stood still, as the bulwark of the<br />
people, till the passage was completed; so that the word "before" indicates the<br />
protecti<strong>on</strong> which it would afford.<br />
Verse 12-13. "And take to you (i.e., appoint) twelve men out of the tribes of Israel,<br />
<strong>on</strong>e for each tribe." For what purpose is not stated here, but is apparent from what<br />
follows (Josh 4:2ff.). The choice or appointment of these men was necessarily<br />
commanded before the crossing commenced, as they were to stand by the side of<br />
<strong>Joshua</strong>, or near the bearers of the ark of the covenant, so as to be at hand to perform<br />
the duty to be entrusted to them (Josh 4:3ff.). <strong>Joshua</strong> then c<strong>on</strong>cludes by foretelling the<br />
miracle itself: "It will come to pass, that when the soles of the feet of the priests<br />
who bear the ark of the Lord shall settle down in the water of the Jordan, the<br />
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