Joshua 3:9

And Joshua said to the sons of Israel, “Approach to here, and listen to the word of the Lord your God.”

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In The King James Version

And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God.

In Context

8Now instruct the priests, who are carrying the ark of the covenant, and say to them, ‘When you will have entered into a part of the water of the Jordan, stand still in it.’”

10And again, he said: “By this shall you know that the Lord, the living God, is in your midst, and that he shall scatter in your sight, the Canaanite and the Hittite, the Hivite and the Perizzite, likewise the Girgashite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 12:8You shall not do there the things that we are doing here today: each one doing what seems good to himself.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 3:8-14

7 And the Lord said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee. 8 And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan. 9 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the Lord your God. 10 And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that… Read the whole commentary →

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