Joshua 1:1--3:17
died <04194> [the death.]
[See on]
Joshua <03091> [Joshua.]
[See on]
[Jesus.]
Moses' minister.
Moses <04872> [Moses.]
Get <06965> [arise.]
wilderness <04057> [From the wilderness.]
That is, their utmost limits should be from the Desert of Arabia Petr‘a on the south, to Lebanon on the north; and from the Euphrates on the east, to the Great Sea, or the Mediterranean, on the west. The Israelites did not possess the full extent of this grant till the time of David.
<0376> [There shall.]
Moses <04872> [as I was.]
abandon <07503> [I will not.]
strong <02388> [Be strong.]
people <05971> [unto this people, etc. or, thou shalt cause this people to inherit the land. divide.]
promised <07650> [which I sware.]
Moses <04872> [which Moses.]
swerve ...... right <05493 03225> [turn not.]
obey ............................. successful <08104 07919> [that.]
successful <07919> [prosper. or, do wisely.]
scroll <05612> [book.]
memorize .................... prosper .... successful <01897 06743 07919> [thou shalt.]
carefully <08104> [observe.]
successful <07919> [have good success. or, do wisely.]
repeat <06680> [Have.]
strong <02388> [Be strong.]
afraid <06206> [be not.]
Lord <03068> [for the Lord.]
leaders .... people <07860 05971> [the officers of the people.]
The {shoterim,} or officers, were different from the {shophetim,} who were the judges among the people. The {shoterim} have been supposed to be subordinate officers, whose business it was to see the decisions of the {shophetim} carried into effect. Calmet conjectures, that the {shoterim} here may have been the heralds of the army.
three days <03117 07969> [three days.]
Go .................. cross <05674> [ye shall.]
Remember <02142> [Remember.]
armed for battle <02571> [armed. Heb. marshalled by five.]
warriors <01368> [the mighty.]
Lord ................. Lord .......................... Lord's <03068> [Until.]
go back <07725> [then ye shall.]
Lord <03068> [only the Lord.]
rebels <04784> [that doth rebel.]
executed <04191> [he shall be.]
strong <02388> [only be.]
sent <07971> [sent. or, had sent. Shittim.]
spies out .... secretly <07270 02791> [to spy secretly.]
Jericho <03405> [even Jericho.]
prostitute <0802 02181> [harlot's house.]
Though the word {zonah} generally denotes a prostitute, yet many very learned men are of opinion that it should be here rendered an innkeeper or hostess, from {zoon,} to furnish or provide food. In this sense it was understood by the Targumist, who renders it, {ittetha pundekeetha,} "a woman, a tavern-keeper," and so St. Chrysostome, in his second sermon on Repentance, calls her [pandokeutria.] The Greek [porn‚,] by which the LXX. render it, and which is adopted by the Apostles, is derived from [perna¢,] to sell, and is also supposed to denote a tavern keeper. Among the ancients, women generally kept houses of entertainment. Herodotus says, "Among the Egyptians, the women carry on all commercial concerns, and keep taverns, while the men continue at home and weave." The same custom prevailed among the Greeks.
[Rachab.]
spent the night <07901> [lodged. Heb. lay.]
king ...... report <04428 0559> [told the king.]
Turn over <03318> [Bring.]
spy <02658> [to search.]
shut <05462> [of shutting.]
left ........ heading <03318 01980 0582> [the men went out.]
roof ................. roof <01406> [to the roof.]
hidden ..... stalks <02934 06086> [hid them.]
fords <04569> [the fords.]
shut <05462> [they shut.]
know <03045> [I know.]
Lord <03068> [that the Lord.]
absolutely terrified <0367> [your terror.]
cringing <04127> [faint. Heb. melt.]
heard <08085> [For we.]
<06213> [what ye did.]
lost ... courage <03824> [our hearts.]
<06965> [did there remain. Heb. rose up.]
Lord <03068> [for the Lord.]
promise ..... an oath <07650> [swear.]
shown ..... show <06213> [that ye will.]
family <01> [my father's.]
Give .... solemn <05414 0571> [give me.]
father <01> [my father.]
It is observable that in this enumeration of her kindred, there is no mention made of a husband. It is most likely that she was a single woman or widow, who obtained an honest livelihood by keeping a house for the entertainment of strangers; and not a woman of ill fame, as some have supposed. The spies sent on this occasion were certainly some of the most confidential persons that Joshua had in his host, and their errand was of the greatest importance; is it then not most likely that they lodged at an inn?
[for your's. Heb. instead of you to die.]
Lord <03068> [when the Lord.]
down <03381> [she let them.]
house <01004> [for her house.]
hill country <03212 02022> [Get you.]
red rope <02339 08144> [scarlet thread.]
gather together <0622> [bring. Heb. gather. thy father.]
who .... house ...................... house <0834 01004> [whosoever.]
death ................. harmed <01818 02351> [street, his blood.]
house ........ death ............... house ... harmed <01818 01004> [house, his blood.]
report <05046> [And if thou.]
not bound <05355> [we will be quit.]
tied <07194> [And she bound.]
find <04672> [found them not.]
Surely ... Lord <03588 03068> [Truly the Lord.]
live <03427> [all the inhabitants.]
cringing <04127> [faint. Heb. melt.]
early <07925> [rose early.]
Archbishop Usher supposes, that this was upon Wednesday, the 28th of April, A.M. 2553, the fortieth year of the Exodus from Egypt. From Shittim, where the israelites had been encamped for about two months (De 1:3), to the Jordan, was, according to Josephus, about sixty stadia; that is, between seven and eight English miles.
Shittim <07851> [Shittim.]
Jordan <03383> [Jordan.]
Jordan, called by the Arabs El Sharia, takes its rise in Anti-Libanus, about twelve miles north of C‘sarea 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 <07969 03117> [three days.]
see <07200> [When ye see.]
see <07200> [See on]
priests <03548> [the priests.]
leave <05265> [ye shall remove.]
<07350> [a space.]
before <08543> [heretofore. Heb. since yesterday and the third day.]
consecrate <06942> [Sanctify.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
Pick ................. picked <05375> [Take up.]
honor ... before <01431 05869> [magnify thee.]
Moses <04872> [that, as I was.]
Instruct <06680> [command.]
wade <05975> [ye shall stand.]
listen .... words <01697 08085> [Hear the words.]
know <03045> [Hereby ye.]
living <02416> [living.]
among <07130> [among.]
drive out before <03423 06440> [drive out from.]
<0113> [the Lord.]
enter <05674> [passeth.]
<03709> [the soles.]
Lord <03068> [of the Lord.]
carrying ... ark <05375 0727> [bearing the ark.]
feet <07272> [the feet.]
Jordan .................. Jordan <04390 03383> [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.
time <03117> [all the time.]
<06965> [rose up.]
Zarethan <06891> [Zaretan.]
[Zartanah.]
[Zarthan. the salt sea.]
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.
priests <03548> [the priests.]
stood firmly <05975 03559> [stood firm.]
Israel <03478> [all the Israelites.]
