Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Joshua Chapter 3
Overview
Jos 3:1, Joshua comes to Jordan; Jos 3:2, The officers instruct the people for their passage; Jos 3:7, The Lord encourages Joshua; Jos 3:9, Joshua encourages the people; Jos 3:14, The water of Jordan are divided.
rose early: Archbishop Usher supposes, that this was upon Wednesday, the 28th of April, am 2553, the fortieth year of the Exodus from Egypt. From Shittim, where the israelites had been encamped for about two months (Deu 1:3), to the Jordan, was, according to Josephus, about sixty stadia; that is, between seven and eight English miles. Gen 22:3; Psa 119:60; Jer 7:13, Jer 25:3, Jer 26:5; Mar 1:35
Shittim: Jos 2:1; Num 25:1; Mic 6:5
Jordan: Jordan, called by the Arabs El Sharia, takes its rise in Anti-Libanus, about twelve miles north of Cesarea Philippi, now Banias; and, having run about twelve miles southward, it receives a considerable stream, which is now called the Moiet Hasbeia. About 15 miles farther, it forms the waters of Merom or Semechon, now Houle; and, after running about 28 miles more, it passes through the lake of Gennesareth, and thence runs southward till it loses itself in the Dead Sea; its whole course being about 160 miles.
three days: Jos 1:10, Jos 1:11
When ye see: Jos 3:11
the priests: Jos 3:6, Jos 3:8, Jos 3:14-17, Jos 4:10, Jos 6:6; Num 4:15; Deu 31:9, Deu 31:25; Sa2 6:3, Sa2 6:13; Ch1 15:11; Ch1 15:12
ye shall remove: Exo 13:21, Exo 13:22; Mat 8:19, Mat 16:24; Rev 14:4
a space: Exo 3:5, Exo 19:12; Psa 89:7; Heb 12:28, Heb 12:29
heretofore: Heb. since yesterday and the third day, Gen 31:2; Exo 4:10; Ch1 11:2; Isa 30:33 *marg.
Sanctify: Jos 7:13; Exo 19:10-15; Lev 10:3, Lev 20:7; Num 11:8; Sa1 16:5; Job 1:5; Joe 2:16; Joh 17:19
the Lord: Jos 3:13, Jos 3:15; Psa 86:10, Psa 114:1-7
Take up: Jos 3:3; Num 14:15, Num 10:33; Mic 2:13; Joh 14:2, Joh 14:3; Heb 6:20
magnify thee: Jos 4:14; Ch1 29:25; Ch2 1:1; Job 7:17; Psa 18:35; Joh 17:1; Phi 1:20; Phi 2:9-11
command: Jos 3:3; Ch1 15:11, Ch1 15:12; Ch2 17:8, Ch2 17:9, Ch2 29:4-11, Ch2 29:15, Ch2 29:27, Ch2 29:30, Ch2 30:12, Ch2 31:9, Ch2 31:10; Ch2 35:2-6; Neh 12:24-28, Neh 13:22, Neh 13:28
ye shall stand: Jos 3:17; Exo 14:13; Lam 3:26
Hear the words: Deu 4:1, Deu 12:8
Hereby ye: Num 15:28-30; Kg1 18:36, Kg1 18:37, Kg1 22:28; Psa 9:16; Isa 7:14; Co2 13:2, Co2 13:3
living: Deu 5:26; Sa1 17:26; Kg2 19:4; Jer 10:10; Hos 1:10; Mat 16:16; Joh 6:69; Th1 1:9; Heb 10:31
among: Jos 22:31; Exo 17:7; Deu 31:17; Jdg 6:12, Jdg 6:13
drive out from: Jos 21:45; Gen 15:15-18; Exo 3:8, Exo 23:27-30, Exo 33:2; Deu 7:1; Psa 44:2, Psa 44:3
the Lord: Jos 3:13; Psa 24:1; Isa 54:5; Jer 10:7; Mic 4:13; Zep 2:11; Zac 4:14, Zac 6:5; Zac 14:9
the soles: Jos 3:15, Jos 3:16; Exo 14:19-22
of the Lord: Jos 3:11
stand upon: Jos 3:16; Exo 15:8; Psa 33:7, Psa 78:13, Psa 114:3-5; Hab 3:15
bearing the ark: Jos 3:3, Jos 3:6, Jos 6:6; Deu 31:26; Jer 3:16; Act 7:44, Act 7:45; Co1 1:24, Co1 1:25; Heb 9:4
Jordan overfloweth: The ordinary current of the Jordan, near where the Israelites crossed, is said by Maundrell, to be about twenty yards across, deeper than a man's height, and so rapid, that there is no swimming against it. It has, however, two banks; the first, or inner one, is that of the river in its natural state, and the second, or outer one, about a furlong distant, is that of its overflowings, which it does when the summer's sun has melted the snow on mount Lebanon and Hermon, in the months of March and April. And this was the time which God chose that the Israelites should pass over it; that a miraculous interposition might be necessary; and that, by the miracle, they might be convinced of his omnipotence. Jos 4:18; Ch1 12:15; Jer 12:5, Jer 49:19
all the time: Jos 5:10-12; Lev 23:10-16; Deu 16:1-9
rose up: Jos 3:13; Psa 29:10, Psa 77:19, Psa 114:3; Mat 8:26, Mat 8:27, Mat 14:24-33
Zaretan: Kg1 4:12, Zartanah, Kg1 7:46, Zarthan
the salt sea: Jos 15:2; Gen 14:3; Num 34:3; Deu 3:17; The passage through the Red Sea took place in the night, when the Israelites were fleeing from the Egyptians with great trepidation, but they passed Jordan in the day-time, with previous warning, leisurely, directly opposite to Jericho, and with a triumphant defiance of the Canaanites; this passage into the promised land evidently typifying the believer's passage through death to heaven.
the priests: Jos 3:3-6
all the Israelites: Exo 14:22, Exo 14:29; Psa 66:6; Isa 25:8; Heb 11:29