Bible Commentary

At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time. 2. Make thee sharp knives ] Or, as in margin, knives of flint. “Stonen knyues,” Wyclif. In Exo 4:25 we read that Zipporah, the wife of Moses, took a “sharp stone,” or “knife … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 5:2”

And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which [were] on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which [were] by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 5:1”

That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it [is] mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God forever. 24. that all the people of the earth might know ] The miracle made the passage possible and easy for the Elect Nation, but it was intended also … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 4:24”

For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over: Before us, i.e. myself and Caleb, and all of us here present; for this … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 4:23”

Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. Verse 22. Then ye shall let your children know] The necessity of an early religious education is inculcated through the whole oracles of God. The parents who neglect it have an awful account to give to the Judge of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 4:22”

And he spoke unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What [mean] these stones? 21. When your children ] Nothing is more carefully inculcated in the Law than the duty of parents to teach their children not only its precepts and principles, but the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 4:21”

And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal. 20. those twelve stones ] which seem to have been invested with a reverence which came to be regarded at last as idolatrous (Hos 4:15; Hos 9:15; Amo 4:4; Amo 5:5). Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Verse … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 4:20”

And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth [day] of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho. 19 24. Erection of the Monument at Gilgal 19. the tenth day of the first month ] Notice the exactness of the narrative. The first month is elsewhere called … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 4:19”

And it came to pass, when the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, [and] the soles of the priests’ feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 4:18”

Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan. The priests staid contentedly in the river, till God by Joshua called them out. Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole Joshua therefore commanded the priests,…. In obedience to the Lord, and sent them an order: saying; as follows: come … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 4:17”