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Book of Joshua
Chapter 3  -  Read Chapter
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:14 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:14 JFB -> Commentary on 3:14 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:14 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:14 TSK -> Commentary on 3:14 TSK -> Entry for 3:14 WEN -> Notes on 3:14 NTB -> Ark; Miracles; Water TTT -> Ark of the Covenant; Jordan, The River; Miracles wrought through Servants of God SBD -> Tabernacle 3:14 - [In Context] The priests carried the Box of the Agreement F12 and the people left the place they had camped. The people started going across the Jordan River.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:15 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:15 JFB -> Commentary on 3:15 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:15 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:15 TSK -> Commentary on 3:15 TSK -> Entry for 3:15 WEN -> Notes on 3:15 NTB -> Jordan; Miracles; Water TTT -> Jordan, The River; Miracles wrought through Servants of God; Rivers EBD -> Ark SBD -> Jordan; Tabernacle 3:15 - [In Context] (During harvest time the Jordan River overflows its banks. So the river was at its fullest.) The priests who were carrying the Box came to the shore of the river. They stepped into the water.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:16 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:16 JFB -> Commentary on 3:16 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:16 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:16 TSK -> Commentary on 3:16 TSK -> Entry for 3:16 WEN -> Notes on 3:16 NTB -> Adam; Dead Sea; Miracles; Salt; Water; Zaretan TTT -> Jordan, The River; Miracles wrought through Servants of God; Water EBD -> Adam, the city of; Arabah; Ark; Jericho; Salt Sea; Zaretan; Zereda SBD -> Adam; Jericho; Tabernacle; Zaretan, or Zarthan 3:16 - [In Context] And immediately, the water stopped flowing. {The water filled behind that place like a dam.} The water piled high a long way up the river--all the way to Adam (a town near Zarethan). The people crossed the river near Jericho.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:17 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:17 JFB -> Commentary on 3:17 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:17 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:17 TSK -> Commentary on 3:17 TSK -> Entry for 3:17 WEN -> Notes on 3:17 NTB -> Miracles; Water TTT -> Jews, The; Jordan, The River; Miracles wrought through Servants of God; Priests EBD -> Israel; Jordan; Zaretan 3:17 - [In Context] The ground at that place became dry, and the priests carried the Box of the Agreement F13 of the Lord to the middle of the river and stopped. The priests waited there while all the people of Israel walked across the Jordan River on dry land.
FOOTNOTES: F12: Box of the Agreement   Or, "ark of the Covenant," the box containing the flat stones with the Ten Commandments written on them and other things that proved God was with the people of Israel during their time in the Sinai desert. F13: Box of the Agreement   Or, "ark of the Covenant," the box containing the flat stones with the Ten Commandments written on them and other things that proved God was with the people of Israel during their time in the Sinai desert.

Abbreviations Legend: GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.