Joshua 3:4
But let there be a space between you and it of about two thousand cubits: come no nearer to it, so that you may see the way you have to go, for you have not been over this way before.
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Genesis 31:2And Jacob saw that Laban's feeling for him was no longer what it had been before.
Exodus 4:10And Moses said to the Lord, O Lord, I am not a man of words; I have never been so, and am not now, even after what you have said to your servant: for talking is hard for me, and I am slow of tongue.
1 Chronicles 11:2In the past, when Saul was king, it was you who went at the head of Israel when they went out or came in; and the Lord your God said to you, You are to be the keeper of my people Israel, and their ruler.
Psalms 89:7\89:6\For who is there in the heavens in comparison with the Lord? who is like the Lord among the sons of the gods?
Isaiah 48:17The Lord who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel, says, I am the Lord your God, who is teaching you for your profit, guiding you by the way in which you are to go.
Matthew Henry on Joshua 3:2-7
Preparation for Passing over the Jordan. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over. 2 And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host; 3 And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it. 4 Yet there shall be… Read the whole commentary →