Joshua 4:5-9

5

a sign.

22:27; Ex 12:14; 13:9; 31:13; Nu 16:38; Isa 55:13; Eze 20:12,20

when your.

21; Ex 12:26,27; 13:14; De 6:20,21; 11:19; Ps 44:1; 71:18; 78:3-8

Isa 38:19; Ac 2:39

in time to come. Heb. to-morrow.

the waters.

3:13-16

memorial.

6; Ex 12:14; 28:12; 30:16; Nu 16:40; Ps 111:4; Isa 66:3; *marg:

1Co 11:24

did so as Joshua.

2-5; 1:16-18

set up twelve.

Ex 24:12; 28:21; 1Ki 18:31; Ps 111:2-4

and they are there.These words might be written by Joshua at the close of his life, or perhaps be added by some later prophet. It seems from this verse, that there were two sorts of stones erected as a memorial of this great event: twelve at Gilgal (ver. 20,) and twelve in the bed of the Jordan; which last might have been placed on a base of strong stone work, so high as always to be visible, and serve to mark the very spot where the priests stood with the ark. Drs. Kennicott and Shuckford, however, would read here with the Syriac, {mittoch,} "from the midst," instead of {bethoch,} "in the midst;" and render, "And Joshua took up the twelve stones (taken) from the midst of Jordan," etc. But this reading is unsupported by any MS. yet collated; and it appears wholly unnecessary.

Ge 26:33; De 34:6; Jud 1:26; 1Sa 30:25; 2Sa 4:3; 2Ch 5:9; Mt 27:8

Mt 28:15

Joshua 4:20-24

3,8

When your.

6; Ps 105:2-5; 145:4-7

in time to come. Heb. to-morrow.

3:17; Ex 14:29; 15:19; Ps 66:5,6; Isa 11:15,16; 44:27; 51:10

Re 16:12

as the Lord.The parents must take that occasion to tell their children of the drying up of the Red Sea forty years before: "As the Lord your God did to the Red Sea." It greatly magnifies later mercies to compare them with those before enjoyed; for, by making the comparison, it appears that God is the same yesterday, to-day, and forever. Later blessings should also bring to remembrance former mercies, and revive thankfulness for them.

which he dried.

Ex 14:21; Ne 9:11; Ps 77:16-19; 78:13; Isa 43:16; 63:12-14

all the people.

Ex 9:16; De 28:10; 1Sa 17:46; 1Ki 8:42,43; 2Ki 5:15; 19:19

Ps 106:8; Da 3:26-29; 4:34,35; 6:26,27

that it is.

Ex 15:16; 1Ch 29:12; Ps 89:13

ye might.

Ex 14:31; 20:20; De 6:2; Ps 76:6-8; 89:7; Jer 10:6,7; 32:40

for ever. Heb. all days.

Joshua 7:26

raised.

8:29; 10:27; 2Sa 18:17; La 3:53

So the Lord.

De 13:17; 2Sa 21:14; Isa 40:2; Joe 2:13,18; Joh 3:9,10; Zec 6:8

The valley.

24; Isa 65:10; Ho 2:15

Achor. that is, Trouble.

25

2 Samuel 18:17

laid.This was the ancient method of burying, whether heroes or traitors; the heap of stones being designed to perpetuate the memory of the event, whether good or bad. The Arabs in general make use of no other monument than a heap of stones over a grave. Thus, in an Arabic poem, it is related, that Hatim the father, and Adi the grandfather of Kais, having been murdered, at a time before Kais was capable of reflection, his mother kept it a profound secret; and in order to guard him against having any suspicion, she collected a parcel of stone on two hillocks in the neighbourhood, and told her son that the one was the grave of his father, and the other of his grandfather. The ancient cairns in Ireland and Scotland, and the tumuli in England, are of this kind.

Jos 7:26; 8:29; 10:27; Pr 10:7; Jer 22:18,19

Ecclesiastes 3:5

to cast.

Jos 4:3-9; 10:27; 2Sa 18:17,18; 2Ki 3:25

a time to embrace.

Ex 19:15; 1Sa 21:4,5; So 2:6,7; Joe 2:16; 1Co 7:5

refrain from. Heb. be far from.
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