Joshua 3:1
And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
Darby Translation
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In Context
2And it came to pass at the end of three days, that the officers went through the camp;
Cross References
Genesis 22:3And Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he clave the wood for the burnt-offering, and rose up and went to the place that God had told him of.
Joshua 2:1And Joshua the son of Nun sent from Shittim two spies secretly, saying, Go, see the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into a harlot's house, named Rahab, and they lay down there.
Joshua 6:15And it was so that on the seventh day they rose early, about the morning-dawn, and went round the city after the same manner seven times; only on that day they went round the city seven times.
Joshua 8:10And Joshua rose early in the morning, and inspected the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
1 Samuel 17:20And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took his charge and went, as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to the wagon-defence; and the host which was going forth to the battle-array shouted for the fight.
Jeremiah 7:13And now, because ye have done all these works, saith Jehovah, and I spoke unto you, rising up early and speaking, and ye heard not, and I called you, and ye answered not;
Matthew Henry on Joshua 3:1
This chapter, and that which follows it, give us the history of Israel's passing through Jordan into Canaan, and a very memorable history it is. Long afterwards, they are told to remember what God did for them between Shittim (whence they decamped, ver. 1 ) and Gilgal, where they next pitched, ch. iv. 19 , Mic. vi. 5 , that they might know the righteousness of the Lord. By Joshua's order they marched up to the river's side, ( ver. 1 ), and then almighty power led them through it. They passed through the Red Sea… Read the whole commentary →