Click
here to show/hide instructions.
Instructions on how to use the page:
The commentary for the selected verse is is displayed below.
All commentary was produced against the King James, so the same verse from that translation may appear as well. Hovering your mouse over a commentary's scripture reference attempts to show those verses.
Use the browser's back button to return to the previous page.
Or you can also select a feature from the Just Verses menu appearing at the top of the page.
Selected Verse: Joshua 4:10 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jos 4:10 |
Strong Concordance |
For the priests [03548] which bare [05375] the ark [0727] stood [05975] in the midst [08432] of Jordan [03383], until every thing [01697] was finished [08552] that the LORD [03068] commanded [06680] Joshua [03091] to speak [01696] unto the people [05971], according to all that Moses [04872] commanded [06680] Joshua [03091]: and the people [05971] hasted [04116] and passed over [05674]. |
| |
King James |
For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
THE PEOPLE PASS OVER. (Jos 4:10-13)
the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan--This position was well calculated to animate the people, who probably crossed below the ark, as well as to facilitate Joshua's execution of the minutest instructions respecting the passage (Num 27:21-23). The unfaltering confidence of the priests contrasts strikingly with the conduct of the people, who "hasted and passed over." Their faith, like that of many of God's people, was, through the weakness of nature, blended with fears. But perhaps their "haste" may be viewed in a more favorable light, as indicating the alacrity of their obedience, or it might have been enjoined in order that the the whole multitude might pass in one day. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Commanded Joshua - Not particularly, but in general; because he commanded Joshua to observe and do all that God had commanded him by Moses, and all that he should command him any other way. Hasted - That is, passed over with haste, an argument of their fear, or weakness of their faith; as on the contrary, the priests are commended that they stood firm, and settled in their minds, as well as in the posture of their bodies. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| And the people hasted and passed over - How very natural is this circumstance! The people seeing the waters divided, and Jordan running back, might be apprehensive that it would soon resume its wonted course; and this would naturally lead them to hasten to get over, with as much speed as possible. The circumstance itself thus marked is a proof that the relater was an eyewitness of this miraculous passage. |
21 And he shall stand [05975] before [06440] Eleazar [0499] the priest [03548], who shall ask [07592] counsel for him after the judgment [04941] of Urim [0224] before [06440] the LORD [03068]: at his word [06310] shall they go out [03318], and at his word [06310] they shall come in [0935], both he, and all the children [01121] of Israel [03478] with him, even all the congregation [05712].
22 And Moses [04872] did [06213] as the LORD [03068] commanded [06680] him: and he took [03947] Joshua [03091], and set [05975] him before [06440] Eleazar [0499] the priest [03548], and before [06440] all the congregation [05712]:
23 And he laid [05564] his hands [03027] upon him, and gave him a charge [06680], as the LORD [03068] commanded [01696] by the hand [03027] of Moses [04872].
10 For the priests [03548] which bare [05375] the ark [0727] stood [05975] in the midst [08432] of Jordan [03383], until every thing [01697] was finished [08552] that the LORD [03068] commanded [06680] Joshua [03091] to speak [01696] unto the people [05971], according to all that Moses [04872] commanded [06680] Joshua [03091]: and the people [05971] hasted [04116] and passed over [05674].
11 And it came to pass, when all the people [05971] were clean [08552] passed over [05674], that the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068] passed over [05674], and the priests [03548], in the presence [06440] of the people [05971].
12 And the children [01121] of Reuben [07205], and the children [01121] of Gad [01410], and half [02677] the tribe [07626] of Manasseh [04519], passed over [05674] armed [02571] before [06440] the children [01121] of Israel [03478], as Moses [04872] spake [01696] unto them:
13 About forty [0705] thousand [0505] prepared [02502] for war [06635] passed over [05674] before [06440] the LORD [03068] unto battle [04421], to the plains [06160] of Jericho [03405].