Deu 4:32-38, Jos 3:14-17, 6:20, 10:13-14, Psa 78:12-72, 105:27-45 | TSK | STEP

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.

4:18; 1Ch 12:15; Jer 12:5; 49:19

all the time.

5:10-12; Le 23:10-16; De 16:1-9

rose up.

13; Ps 29:10; 77:19; 114:3; Mt 8:26,27; 14:24-33

Zaretan.

1Ki 4:12

Zartanah.

1Ki 7:46

Zarthan. the salt sea.

15:2; Ge 14:3; Nu 34:3; De 3:17The 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.

3-6

stood firm.

4:3; 2Ki 2:8

all the Israelites.

Ex 14:22,29; Ps 66:6; Isa 25:8; Heb 11:29

‏ Joshua 6:20

the wall.

5; 2Co 10:4,5; Heb 11:30

flat. Heb. under it.

‏ Joshua 10:13-14

until.

Nu 31:2; Jud 5:2; 16:28; Es 8:13; Lu 18:7; Re 6:10

Jasher. or, the upright.

Nu 21:14; 2Sa 1:18

So the sun.

11,14; Ps 19:4; 74:16,17; 136:7-9; 148:3; Isa 24:23; 38:8

Joe 2:10,31; 3:15; Mt 5:45; 24:29; Ac 2:20; Re 6:12; 8:12; 16:8,9

Re 21:23

there was.

2Ki 20:10,11; Isa 38:8

the Lord.

Zec 4:6,7; Mt 21:21,22; Mr 11:22-24; Lu 17:6

for the Lord.

42; 23:3; De 1:30

‏ Psalms 78:12-72

Marvellous.

42-50; 105:27-38; 135:9; Ex 7:1-12:51; De 4:34; 6:22; Ne 9:10

Zoan.Zoan, the ancient capital of the Pharaohs, where Moses wrought so many miracles, is rendered by the Chaldee, {Tanium,} LXX. [Tanis,] Vulgate, {Tanis,} and Coptic, {Tané,} from the Coptic, {ten,} plain, flat, level; being situated in the low ground of the Delta, on one of the eastern branches of the Nile, bearing its own name, near a large lake, now called the lake of Menzala, 44 miles west of Pelusium, and 169 miles east of Alexandria, according to the Antonine Itinerary, and three miles from the Mediterranean, according to the Geograph. Nubiens. Clim. 3, par. 3. There are ruins still remaining to mark the site of Zoan, or Tanis, called San by the Arabs; comprising broken obelisks, capitals of the Corinthian order, a granite monument, etc.

43; Ge 32:3; Nu 13:22; Isa 19:11,13; Eze 30:14

He divided.

66:6; 106:9,10; 136:13-15; Ex 14:1-15:27; Isa 63:13; 1Co 10:2,3

made.

38:7; Jos 3:16; Hab 3:15

105:39; Ex 13:21,22; 14:24; 40:35-38; Ne 9:12,19

105:41; 114:8; Ex 17:6; Nu 20:11; Isa 41:18; 43:20; Joh 7:37,38

1Co 10:4; Re 22:1,17

105:41; De 8:15; 9:21

32; 95:8-10; 106:13-32; De 9:8,12-22; Heb 3:16-19

by asking meat.

106:14,15; Ex 16:2,3; Nu 11:4; 1Co 10:6; Jas 4:2,3

Yea.

Ex 16:8-10; Nu 21:5; 2Ch 32:19; Job 34:37; Ro 9:20; Re 13:6

Can God.

Nu 11:4,13

furnish. Heb. order.

he smote.

Ex 17:6,7; Nu 20:11

can he give.

41; Ge 18:12-14; Nu 11:21-23

the Lord.

31; Nu 11:10; 1Co 10:5,11; Jude 1:5

a fire.

Nu 11:1-3; De 32:22; Heb 12:29

106:24; Isa 7:9; Heb 3:12,18,19; 11:6; 1Jo 5:10; Jude 1:5

Though.

33:9; Isa 5:6

opened.

Ge 7:11; 2Ki 7:2,19; Mal 3:10

had rained.

68:9; 105:40; Ex 16:4,14; De 8:3; Ne 9:15,20; Joh 6:31-71; 1Co 10:3

the corn of heaven.The manna fell about their camp in the form of seeds; and as it appeared to come down from the clouds, it was not improperly termed {degan shamayim,} the corn of heaven or heavenly grain. See notes on Ex 16:22, 31.

Man, etc.Or, Every one did eat the bread of the mighty. {Lechem abbeerim,} "bread of the mighty:"--they ate such food as could only be expected at the tables of the rich and great;--the best, the most delicate food. Or, it might be so called because it rendered the people healthy and vigorous, and fit for their marches.

103:20

he sent.

Ex 16:8; Mt 14:20; 15:37

He caused.

135:7; Nu 11:31

blow. Heb. go.

He rained.

Ex 16:12,13; Nu 11:18,19,32

feathered fowls. Heb. fowl of wing.

for he gave.

106:15; Nu 11:20

But.

Nu 11:33,34; 22:20-22; Pr 1:32; Lu 16:19-23

smote down. Heb. made to bow. chosen men. or, young men.

they sinned.

Nu 14:1-45; 16:1-17:13; 21:1-6; 25:1-18; Eze 20:13

believed.

22; Lu 16:31; Joh 12:37

days.

90:7-9; Nu 14:29,35; 26:64,65; De 2:14-16

years.

Ge 3:16-19; Job 5:6,7; 14:1; Ec 1:2,13,14; 12:8,13,14

Nu 21:7; Jud 3:8,9,12-15; 4:3; 10:7-10; Isa 26:6; Jer 22:23

Ho 5:15; 7:14

remembered.

7,11,42; 106:13,21

God was.

De 32:4,15,30,31

the high.{Ail élyon goälom,} "the strong God, the Most High, their redeemer," or kinsman: that one who possessed the right of redemption; the nearest akin to him who had forfeited his inheritance, as the word originally means; and hence is used for a redeemer; and here denotes Him who redeemed them from Egyptian bondage.

their redeemer.

Ex 6:6; 15:13; De 7:8; 15:15; Isa 41:14; 44:6; 48:17; 63:8,9

Tit 2:14

Nevertheless.

106:12,13; De 5:28,29; Isa 29:13; Eze 33:31; Ho 11:12

lied.

18:44; *marg:

their heart.

119:80; Ho 7:14,16; 10:2; Ac 8:21

stedfast.

8; 44:17,18; De 31:20; Ho 8:1

But he.

106:43-45; Ex 34:6-9; Nu 14:18-20; 16:44-48; Isa 44:21,22

many.

Isa 48:9; Eze 20:8,9,13,14,17,21,22

did not.

2Ki 21:20

For he.

103:14-16; Ge 6:3; Joh 3:6

a wind.Or, as the Hebrew {rooäch holaich welo yashoov} may be rendered, "the spirit goeth away and returneth not again." To this purpose the Arabic, "He remembered that they were flesh; and a spirit which when it departs, returneth not again." The human being is composed of flesh and spirit, or body and soul: these are easily separated, and when separated, the body turns to dust, and the spirit returns no more to animate the body in a state of probation.

Job 7:7,16; Jas 4:14

How oft.

17; 95:8-10; 106:14-33; Nu 14:11; De 9:21,22

provoke him. or, rebel against him. grieve.

Isa 7:13; 63:10; Eph 4:30; Heb 3:15-17

Yea.

Nu 14:4,22; De 6:16; Ac 7:39; Heb 3:8-11; 2Pe 2:21,22

limited.

19,20; Mr 5:35,36

remembered.

11,21,22; 136:10-15; Ex 13:9; Isa 11:11; Jer 32:21

the day.

106:7-10; Ex 14:12,30,31

the enemy. or, affliction.

How.

105:27-38; 135:9; Ex 3:19,20; De 4:34; 6:22; Ne 9:10

wrought. Heb. set. wonders.

105:29; Ex 7:17-21; Re 16:3-6The miracles mentioned in this and the four subsequent verses, evidently shew the power of God over the elements of nature, which at that time were the objects of Egyptian worship.

sent.

105:31; Ex 8:21-24

frogs.

105:30; Ex 8:2-15; Re 16:3

gave also.

105:34,35; Ex 10:12-15; Joe 1:4-7; 2:25; Am 7:1,2; Re 9:2-11

the caterpillar.{Chosal,} from {chasal,} to consume, eat up, is rendered [\~broucov\~, brouchos] by the LXX., in 2 Ch 6:28, and Aquila here, and also the Vulgate in Chron. and Isa 33:4 and Jerome here, {bruchus,} the chaffer, which every one knows to be a great devourer of the leaves of trees. The Syriac in Joel 1:4; 2:25, renders it {tzartzooro,} which Michaelis, from the Arabic {tzartzar,} a cricket, interprets the mole-cricket, which in its grub state is also very destructive to corn, grass, and other vegetables, by cankering the roots on which it feeds.

destroyed. or, killed. with hail.

105:32,33; Ex 9:18-34

sycamore.From the value of the sycamore in furnishing wood for various uses, from the grateful shade which its wide spreading branches afforded, and on account of the fruit, which Mr. Maillet says the Egyptians hold in the highest estimation, we may conceive somewhat of the loss they sustained when "their vines were destroyed with hail; and their sycamore trees with frost." See Note on 1 Ch 27:28.

frost. or, great hailstones.

gave up. Heb. shut up. hot thunderbolts. or, lightnings.

Ex 9:28

cast.

11:6; Job 20:23; Isa 42:25; La 4:11; Zep 3:8; Ro 2:8,9

by sending.

1Ki 22:21,22; Job 1:12; 2:6,7

made away. Heb. weighed a path. he spared.

Job 27:22; Eze 5:11; 7:4,9; 8:18; 9:10; Ro 8:32; 2Pe 2:4,5

life over to the pestilence. or, beasts to the murrain.

Ex 9:3-6

smote.

105:36; 135:8; 136:10; Ex 12:12,29,30; 13:15; Heb 11:28

the chief.

Ge 49:3

tabernacles.

105:23; 106:22; Ge 9:22-25; 10:6

But.

77:20; 105:37; Ne 9:12; Isa 63:11-14

like a.

95:7; 100:3; Isa 40:11; Jer 23:2-4; Eze 34:11-31; Lu 15:4-6

Joh 10:11-42

so that.

Ex 14:15,19,20; Heb 11:29

but.

136:15; Ex 14:27,28; 15:10

overwhelmed. Heb. covered.

And he.

Ex 15:13,17; Da 9:16-20; 11:45

his right.

44:3; Eph 1:14

cost.

44:2; 105:44,45; 135:10-12; 136:18-22; Jos 6:1-21:45; Ne 9:22-25

divided.

Nu 33:54; Jos 13:7; 19:51

and made.

De 6:10-12

40,41; De 31:16-20; 32:15-21; Jud 2:11,12; 2Ki 17:7-23; Ne 9:25,26

Eze 16:15-26

But.

41; Jud 3:5-7,12; Eze 20:27,28

they were.

8,10-37; Ho 7:16

their high.

Le 26:30; Nu 33:52; De 12:2,4; Eze 20:28,29

moved.

79:5; Ex 34:14; De 32:16,17,21; Jud 2:12,20; Eze 8:3-5; 1Co 10:22

with.

97:7; Ex 20:4,5; De 4:16-25; 27:15; Jud 2:11,17; 10:6; 1Ki 11:7,10

1Ki 12:31; Jer 8:19; Ho 13:2

God.

11:4; 14:2-5; Ge 18:20,21

greatly.

106:40; Le 20:23; 26:44; La 2:7; Zec 11:8

Jos 18:1; 1Sa 1:3; 4:4-11; Jer 7:12-14; 26:6-9

his strength.That is, the ark, where his power and glory were displayed.

132:8; Jud 18:30; 1Sa 5:1,2; 2Ch 6:41

glory.

24:7; Ex 40:34; 1Sa 4:21,22

gave.

1Sa 4:2,10,11

wrought.

89:38; Isa 64:9

fire.

21; De 29:20; 32:22

maidens.

Isa 4:1; Jer 7:34; 16:9; 25:10

given to marriage. Heb. praised.

priests.

1Sa 2:33,34; 4:11,17; 22:18,19

widows.

1Sa 4:19,20; Job 27:15; Eze 24:23

Then.

7:6; 44:23; Isa 51:9

and like.

Isa 42:13,14

And he.

1Sa 5:6; 6:4; Job 40:12

he put.

Jer 23:40

1Sa 6:21; 7:1; 2Sa 6:2,17

chose.

Ge 49:8-10; Ru 4:17-22; 1Sa 16:1; 2Ch 6:6

mount.

87:2; 132:12-14

And he.

1Ki 6:2; 9:8; 2Ch 3:4

high.

1Ch 29:1,19; 2Ch 2:9

earth.

102:25; 104:5; 119:90,91; 1Sa 2:8; Job 26:7; Isa 48:13; 51:6

Col 1:16,17; Re 20:11

established. Heb. founded.

chose.

89:19,20; 1Sa 16:11,12; 2Sa 3:18; 6:21; Ac 13:22

and took.

Ex 3:1,10; 1Sa 17:15-54; 2Sa 7:8; 1Ki 19:19,20; Am 7:14,15

Mt 4:18-22

From following. Heb. From after. ewes.

Ge 33:13; Isa 40:11

brought.

75:6,7; 113:7,8; 1Sa 2:7,8; Jer 27:5,6

feed.

2Sa 5:2; 1Ch 11:2; Eze 34:23,24; Mic 5:2-4; Zec 11:4-17

Mt 2:6; *marg:

Joh 21:15-17; 1Pe 5:2

according.

75:2; 101:1-8; 2Sa 8:15; 1Ki 9:4; 15:5; Isa 11:2-4; Ac 13:22,36

guided.

1Ki 3:6-9,28; Zec 11:15-17; 2Co 3:5,6; 2Ti 2:15; Jas 1:5

‏ Psalms 105:27-45

They.

78:43-51; 135:8,9; Ex 7:1-11:10; De 4:34; Ne 9:10,11; Isa 63:11,12

Jer 32:20,21

his signs. Heb. words of his signs. wonders.

23; 106:22

sent.

Ex 10:21-23; Joe 2:2,31; Lu 23:44,45; 2Pe 2:4,17

rebelled.

99:7; Eze 2:4-8

78:44; Ex 7:20,21; Isa 50:2; Eze 29:4,5; Re 16:3

brought.

78:45; Ex 8:3-14; Re 16:13,14

there.

78:45; Ex 8:21-24; Isa 7:18

and lice.

Ex 8:16-18

them hail for rain. Heb. their rain hail.

78:47,48; Ex 9:18-28; Re 8:7; 11:19; 16:21

Re 9:4

the locusts.

78:46; Ex 10:12-15; Joe 1:4-7; 2:25; Re 9:3-10

He smote.

78:51; 135:8; 136:10; Ex 4:23; 11:4,5; 12:12,29,30; Heb 11:28

chief.

Ge 49:3

brought.

Ge 15:14; Ex 3:22; 12:35,36; Ac 13:17

and there.Considering the immense number of men, women, children, and cattle, it must certainly have appeared extraordinary, that there was none among them weak or feeble, none unable to perform the journey. The order was that "not a hoof should be left behind;" and He who commanded gave strength to obey.

glad.

Ex 10:7; 12:33

for.

Ge 35:5; Jos 2:9

spread.

78:14; Ex 13:21,22; 14:24; Nu 9:15-22; Ne 9:12,19; Isa 4:5

1Co 10:1,2

asked.

78:18,26-28; Ex 16:12,13; Nu 11:4-6,31-33

satisfied.

Ex 16:14-35; Nu 11:7-9; De 8:3; Jos 5:12; Ne 9:20

bread.