Jos 4:16-24 - Commentary

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Text -- Joshua 4:16-24 (NET)

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4:16 “Instruct the priests carrying the ark of the covenantal laws to come up from the Jordan.” 4:17 So Joshua instructed the priests, “Come up from the Jordan!” 4:18 The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord came up from the middle of the Jordan, and as soon as they set foot on dry land, the water of the Jordan flowed again and returned to flood stage. 4:19 The people went up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month and camped in Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho. 4:20 Now Joshua set up in Gilgal the twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan. 4:21 He told the Israelites, “When your children someday ask their fathers, ‘What do these stones represent?’ 4:22 explain to your children, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan River on dry ground.’ 4:23 For the Lord your God dried up the water of the Jordan before you while you crossed over. It was just like when the Lord your God dried up the Red Sea before us while we crossed it. 4:24 He has done this so all the nations of the earth might recognize the Lord’s power and so you might always obey the Lord your God.”

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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:

· Gilgal a place where Israel encamped between Jericho and the Jordan,a town between Dor and Tirza in the territory of Ephraim (YC),a town just north of Joppa, originally a military base (YC),a place 12 miles south of Shechem now called Jiljiliah (YC)

· Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel

· Jericho a town five miles west of the Jordan and 15 miles northeast of Jerusalem,a town of Benjamin 11 km NW of the mouth of the Jordan River

· Jordan the river that flows from Lake Galilee to the Dead Sea,a river that begins at Mt. Hermon, flows south through Lake Galilee and on to its end at the Dead Sea 175 km away (by air)

· Joshua a son of Eliezer; the father of Er; an ancestor of Jesus,the son of Nun and successor of Moses,son of Nun of Ephraim; successor to Moses,a man: owner of the field where the ark stopped,governor of Jerusalem under King Josiah,son of Jehozadak; high priest in the time of Zerubbabel

· Red Sea the ocean between Egypt and the Sinai Peninsula,the sea between Egypt and Arabia

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NET Notes: Jos 4:16 Traditionally, “the ark of the testimony,” another name for the ark of the covenant. The Hebrew term עֵדוּ&#...

NET Notes: Jos 4:18 Verses 15-18 give a more detailed account of the priests’ crossing that had been briefly described in v. 11.

NET Notes: Jos 4:19 For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

NET Notes: Jos 4:20 Heb “these,” referring specifically to the twelve stones mentioned in vv. 3-7.

NET Notes: Jos 4:21 Heb “What are these stones?”

NET Notes: Jos 4:22 Heb “crossed this Jordan”; the word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied to clarify the meaning.

NET Notes: Jos 4:23 Heb “just as the Lord your God did to the Red Sea when he dried [it] up before us while we crossed over.”

NET Notes: Jos 4:24 Heb “fear.”

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