Joshua 3:4
There must be a distance between you and it of about two thousand cubits. Do not come close to it, so that you can see which way to go, since you have not gone this way before.”
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In Context
5Joshua said to the people, “Consecrate yourselves tomorrow, for Yahweh will do wonders among you.”
Cross References
Genesis 31:2Jacob saw the look on Laban's face. He saw that his attitude toward him had changed.
Exodus 4:10Then Moses said to Yahweh, “Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you spoke to your servant. I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.”
1 Chronicles 11:2In the recent past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led the Israelite army. Yahweh your God said to you, 'You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will become a ruler over my people Israel.'”
Psalms 89:7He is a God who is greatly honored in the council of the holy ones 1 and is awesome among all who surround him. 1
Isaiah 48:17This is what Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says, 1 “I am Yahweh your God, who teaches you how to succeed, 1 who leads you by the way that you should go. 1
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 →