Now. Hebrew "And". Linked on to Pentateuch as the books of Pentateuch are thus linked on to each other; and as the four books of earlier Prophets are linked on to Joshua. See App-1. Joshua not necessarily the author, but doubtless is so, as asserted by Talmud. Book referred to in Old and New Testament: Judges 18:31. 1 Samuel 1:3, 1 Samuel 1:9, 1 Samuel 1:24; 1 Samuel 3:21. Psalms 44:2, Psalms 44:3; Psalms 68:12, Psalms 68:13; Psalms 78:54, Psalms 78:55; Psalms 114:1-8. Isaiah 28:1. Habakkuk 3:11-13. Acts 7:45; Acts 13:19. Hebrews 11:32. James 2:25. No MS. of the five books yet found with Joshua bound up with them, making a sixth (or a so-called and hitherto unheard of " Hexateueh "). after the death of Moses, in the eleventh month of fortieth year. Compare Deuteronomy 1:3, Deuteronomy 1:38; Deuteronomy 34:5, Deuteronomy 34:9, and see App-50. Compare tho beginning of the Book of Judges. Moses the servant of the LORD. See note on Deuteronomy 34:5, and ere Hebrews 3:5. the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. the LORD spake = Jehovah spoke. When Moses is dead. Moses is a type of Law, Joshua of the Messiah. The Law is "until Christ", Galatians 1:3, Galatians 1:24. Jehovah spake at four sundry times, and in three divers manners: To Joshua 1:1; Joshua 4:4, Joshua 4:1. To Joshua to command the priests, Joshua 4:15. To Joshua to speak to the sons of Israel, Joshua 20:1. minister. Compare Exodus 24:13. Numbers 11:28. Deuteronomy 1:38. Moses My servant. See note on Numbers 12:7, Numbers 12:8. is dead. Compare John 1:17. Romans 7:1-6. I do give = I, even I, am giving. children = sons. as = according as. Compare Deuteronomy 11:24. said unto Moses. Compare Deuteronomy 11:24. Deuteronomy 14:9. From. For these boundaries, compare Genesis 15:18, Exodus 23:31. Numbers 34:3-12, Deuteronomy 11:24. coast = border or boundary. man. Hebrew. ’ish. See App-14. I will be. Hebrew. ’ehyeh. Compare Exodus 3:14, part of title Jehovah. not fail thee. This promise first made to. Jacob, Genesis 28:11. Passed on by Moses, Deuteronomy 31:6. See note on Deuteronomy 4:31. thou. Emphatic. This is the great subject of the book. observe = take heed. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate read "observe and do". prosper = deal wisely. This book of the law i.e. the five books referred to as one throughout the Old Testament. See App-47. mouth. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), for what is spoken by it (App-6), i.e. Joshua is to continually speak of it, meditate = talk to thyself. Compare Psalms 1:2 = audible musing. way. Some codices with one early printed edition, read "ways". Have not I? Figure of speech Erotesis (App-6), for emphasis. God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4. with thee. Compare Exodus 3:12. within three days = after three days. Spoken 6th or 7th of Abib. Compare Joshua 4:19. Spies probably already sent (Joshua 2:16, Joshua 2:22; Joshua 3:1, Joshua 3:2.) the word. Compare Numbers 32:20-24. your. Some codices, with Sept Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and your". Hence note Figure of speech Polysgndeton (App-6). armed. Hebrew = marshalled by fives (see App-10). Compare Exodus 13:18, where it is rendered "harnessed". them. Aspecial various reading called Sevir (App-34) reads "you", as in next clause, with many codices, and three early printed editions. All = whatsoever, as in Joshua 1:18. be with thee. Compare Exodus 3:14. doth = shall. commandment. Hebrew "mouth", put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), for what is uttered by it. See App-6. commandest = shalt command. Joshua. He had been one of the twelve spies himself. Numbers 13:8, Numbers 13:16. sent = had sent. See Joshua 1:11. Compare Joshua 1:2. men. Hebrew, plural of ish or enosh. See App-14. view, Some codices, with one early printed edition, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "and view". Jericho. In Num. eleven times Yerecho. Here Yericho. Showing difference of authorship. came. The Septuagint preserves the primitive text by adding "to Jericho and came". Omitted by Figure of speech Homuotelenton. See App-6. harlot’s. Word to be taken in usual sense. Rahab. See Matthew 1:5. Hebrews 11:31. James 2:25. Behold. Figure of speech Asteriemos. App-6. children = sons. all. Some codices, with Septuagint and Syriac, omit "all". wist not. Anglo-Saxon for "knew not". It is this record that is inspired, not the act and words of Rahab. whither. Some codices, with one early printed edition, read "and whither". wot. Anglo-Saxon "know". stalks of flax. Hebrew = flax of stalks. Figure of speech Hypallage, App-6. Flax now ripe: just before the Passover. Compare Exodus 9:31 with Joshua 4:19; Joshua 5:10. I know. Faith’s conclusion, from what she had heard, verses: Joshua 2:11, Joshua 2:12. Corresponds with Sarah’s "she judged" in Hebrews 11:11. the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. faint. Hebrew = have melted. Compare Joshua 2:11. heard. This is the "ground" (Hebrews 11:1,) of faith, Compare Romans 10:17. dried up. Compare Exodus 14:21. other side. This written in the Land. Compare Numbers 21:31. melt. Compare Exodus 15:14, Exodus 15:15. Prophecy fulfilled. remain. Hebrew = rise up. courage. Hebrew. ruach, spirit. See App-9. any man. Hebrew. ish. See App-14, God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4. and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton (App-6) here and Joshua 2:13, showing the earnestness of the appeal. lives. Hebrew "souls". See App-13. ye. Some codices, with one early printed edition, and Vulgate, read "thou". kindly and truly = in lovingkindness and faithfulness. Perhaps Figure of speech Hendiadys (App-6), "in true loving-kindness". cord = the rope. Compare Septuagint here with Acts 9:25, and 2 Corinthians 11:33. Compare 1 Corinthians 11:10. upon the town wall = [built] into thehomah; i.e. the outer or lower wall. upon the wall = in the kir; i. e. the inner or higher wall. Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6. line. Hebrew "hope", put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for the line which was the token of it. by = through: referring to the window. Compare o. 21. bring = gather. home = unto the hour. The "line" was outside, for Joshua to see; not for the inmates. Compare Exodus 12:13, When I see, &c. So the ground of our assurance is not experience within, but the token without. early in the morning: i.e. after the command in Joshua 1:2. children = sons. after = at the end of. host = camp. the ark. Not the cloud, but the ark; as from Sinai. Compare Numbers 10:33. the LORD your God = Jehovah your Elohim. App-4. the Levites. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Septuagint, and Syriac, reed "and the Levites". bearing it. Supply the Ellipsis (App-6.) by adding "[going before]" from next clause. a space. This is very significant. Compare Exodus 19:12, Exodus 13:22. Leviticus 10:3. cubits. See App-51. About Joshua 1:5 miles. the LORD (Hebrew. Jehovah. said unto Joshua (or him), at nine sundry times: Joshua 3:7; Joshua 5:2; Joshua 6:2; Joshua 7:10, Joshua 8:1, Joshua 8:18; Joshua 10:8; Joshua 11:6; Joshua 13:1. as = according as. living. This title always has a latent reference to idols. Here, to the gods of the idolatrous nations named. GOD. Hebrew. ’el. App-4. and. Note the Figure of speech Polysendeton (App-6), to emphasise the seven nations. Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6. the Lord of all the earth. Hebrew the Adon. of all the earth. A title connected with sovereignty in the earth. Compare Joshua 3:11, Joshua 3:13. Zechariah 6:5, the only three occurrences of this full title. See App-4.; and compare Psalms 97:5. Micah 4:3. Zechariah 4:14. twelve. The number of governmental perfection See App-10. men. Hebrew. ’ish. See App-14. the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. cut off. Three times here, for Israel; 2 Kings 2:8, for Elijah; and 2 Kings 2:14, for Elisha. an heap one heap. Compare Psalms 114:3. for. Note the parenthesis. overfloweth. So to the present day. banks. Hebrew found only four times in O.T.; here, Joshua 4:18. 1 Chronicles 12:15. Isaiah 8:7. All but the last, of the Jordan. harvest = barley harvest. Compare note on Joshua 2:6. Adam. The waters were divided at (or near) the city "Adam", and they were heaped up at (or near) "Zaretun", another city far off from "Adam". Zaretan in the land of Manasseh. Called Zartanah in 1 Kings 4:12. The brazen vessels of the temple were cast there in the plain of Jordan (1 Kings 7:46. sea of the plain: i.e. the Dead Sea. salt sea. Figure of speech. Polyonymia. App-6. the People passed over. A way cleft through the sea (Exodus 14), through the river (Joshua 3), and in the future through the air Philippians 3:14, 1 Thessalonians 4:17). all the Israelites: better = all Israel. were passed clean over = finished passing over. were clean passed over = were finished passing over. the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. spake. See note on Joshua 1:1. men. PI of ’ish or ’enosh. See App-14. man. Hebrew. ’lsh. App-14. children = sons. before = in the presence of. God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4. their fathers. These words are read in some codices, with four early printed editions, as in Joshua 4:21. as = according as. took up. Four things said of these memorial stones in Joshua 4:8 and Joshua 4:9, (1) taken up; (2) carried over; (3) laid down; (4) set up. there. See note on Joshua 8:30. twelve. Septuagint has "other twelve". There were two twelves. Reuben. Compare Numbers 32:27. Compare Joshua 1:12. armed = by fives. Compare Joshua 6:7, Joshua 6:9. These formed the van. prepared for war = ready armed. On that day. Compare Joshua 3:7. took out. Compare verses: Joshua 4:8, Joshua 4:9. which He dried up. Exodus 14:21. People = Peoples. the LORD. Hebrew Jehovah. App-4. children = sons. we. So written, but read "they". Some codices have "they", both written and read, with three early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate. melted. See note on Joshua 2:9, Joshua 2:11. spirit. Hebrew. ruach. App-9. said. See note on Joshua 3:7. again . the second time. Not repeated as an act on the person, but on the nation on a second occasion (compare for this usage Isaiah 11:11 and Jude 1:5, implying that the rite was performed in Egypt. See verses: Joshua 5:4-7. men. Hebrew, plural of ’ish or ’enosh. App-14. People = nation. Some codices, with two early printed editions, read "generation", obeyed not = hearkened not unto. abode. 11th to 13th Abib. rolled away = Hebrew gallothi. Hence Gilgal = rolling. kept the passover. Some codices, with two early printed editions, and Manuscript of Aramaic, add "in the first [month]". The second of the ten Passovers recorded. See note on Exodus 12:28. the morrow. Feast of unleavened bread ended 21st Abib at even, exactly forty years from Exodus 12:41. fruit. produce. when. Between 16th and 21st Abib. a Man. Hebrew. ’ish. App-14. Captain, or Prince. host = Israel as Jehovah’s host. Compare Exodus 12:41. worship. Therefore Divine. Compare Revelation 19:10; Revelation 22:9. my Lord = A donai. App-4.