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Selected Verse: Joshua 4:15 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jos 4:15 |
Strong Concordance |
And the LORD [03068] spake [0559] unto Joshua [03091], saying [0559], |
| |
King James |
And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The passage of the priests to the further bank had been already referred to, Jos 4:11; but the writer, in observance of his general plan (compare introductory remarks to Josh. 3), re-introduces it here as the leading feature in the concluding section of his account, and (as before) with mention of God's special direction about it. The statement that on the removal of the ark the waters of Jordan at once returned to their former level Jos 4:18, heightens the impression which is especially inculcated throughout - that the whole transaction was extraordinary and miraculous. The details and incidents of the passage are no doubt open to manifold discussion: but all such discussion will be futile unless it proceed throughout on the admission that we have here before us the record of a distinctly supernatural interposition: compare the introduction to the Book of Joshua. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| Termination of the miraculous Passage through the Jordan. - As soon as the priests left their standing-place in the river with the ark of the covenant, according to the command of God made known to them by Joshua, and the soles of their feet "tore themselves loose upon the dry ground" (נתּקוּ אל החרבה, constructio praegnans, for they tore themselves loose from the soft soil of the river, and trode upon the dry or firm ground), the waters of the Jordan returned again to their place, and went over all its banks as before (vid., Jos 3:15). This affirms as clearly as possible that it was the ark which kept back the stream. |
18 And it came to pass, when the priests [03548] that bare [05375] the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of the LORD [03068] were come up [05927] out of the midst [08432] of Jordan [03383], and the soles [03709] of the priests [03548]' feet [07272] were lifted up [05423] unto the dry land [02724], that the waters [04325] of Jordan [03383] returned [07725] unto their place [04725], and flowed [03212] over all his banks [01415], as [08543] they did before [08032].
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].
15 And as they that bare [05375] the ark [0727] were come [0935] unto Jordan [03383], and the feet [07272] of the priests [03548] that bare [05375] the ark [0727] were dipped [02881] in the brim [07097] of the water [04325], (for Jordan [03383] overfloweth [04390] all his banks [01415] all the time [03117] of harvest [07105],)