Joshua 3:1
So then Joshua rose early in the morning, and they brake up from The Acacias and came as far as the Jordan, he and all the sons of Israel,—and they lodged there before they passed over.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
2And it came to pass, after three days, that the officers went through the midst of the camp,
Cross References
Genesis 22:3So Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took his two young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the pieces of wood for an ascending-sacrifice, and mounted and went his way unto the place which God had named to him.
Joshua 2:1Then did Joshua son of Nun, send out from The Acacias, two men to spy out silently, saying, Go view the land, and Jericho. So they came, and entered the house of a harlot, whose name was Rahab, and lay there.
Joshua 6:15And it came to pass, on the seventh day, that they rose early at the uprisings of the dawn, and compassed the city after this manner, seven times,—only on that day they compassed the city seven times.
Joshua 8:10And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and mustered the people,—and went up—he and the elders of Israel, before the people, to Ai.
1 Samuel 17:20So then David rose up early in the morning, and entrusted the sheep to a keeper, and took up [the provisions] and went his way, as Jesse had commanded him,—and came into the circular rampart, as, the force, was going forth into the ranks, and shouted for the fight.
Jeremiah 7:13Now, therefore—Because ye have done all these deeds Declareth Yahweh,—And though I spake unto you betimes speaking, Yet ye hearkened not, And though I cried unto you Yet 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 →