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Wednesday, November 26th, 2025
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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约书亚记 3:1

約書亞率領以色列人過約旦河約書亞清早起來,和全體以色列人從什亭出發,來到約旦河,在那裡住宿,等候過河。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Israel;   Rising;   Scofield Reference Index - Jordan;   Miracles;   Thompson Chain Reference - Early Rising;   Miracles;   Rising, Early;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Early Rising;   Jordan, the River;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ark of the Covenant;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Abel-Shittim;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Joshua, the Book of;   Presence of God;   Rivers and Waterways in the Bible;   Shittim;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Abel-Shittim;   Jericho;   Joshua;   Shittim;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Shittim ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ark;   Journeyings of israel from egypt to canaan;   Lachish;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Shit'tim;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abel-Shittim;   Meadow;   Shittim;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Abel-Shittim;   Shittim;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
约 书 亚 清 早 起 来 , 和 以 色 列 众 人 都 离 开 什 亭 , 来 到 约 但 河 , 就 住 在 那 里 , 等 候 过 河 。

Contextual Overview

1 Early the next morning Joshua and all the Israelites left Acacia. They traveled to the Jordan River and camped there before crossing it. 2 After three days the officers went through the camp 3 and gave orders to the people: "When you see the priests and Levites carrying the Ark of the Agreement with the Lord your God, leave where you are and follow it. 4 That way you will know which way to go since you have never been here before. But do not follow too closely. Stay about a thousand yards behind the Ark." 5 Then Joshua told the people, "Make yourselves holy, because tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among you." 6 Joshua said to the priests, "Take the Ark of the Agreement and go ahead of the people." So the priests lifted the Ark and carried it ahead of the people.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

rose early: Archbishop Usher supposes, that this was upon Wednesday, the 28th of April, am 2553, the fortieth year of the Exodus from Egypt. From Shittim, where the israelites had been encamped for about two months - Deuteronomy 1:3, to the Jordan, was, according to Josephus, about sixty stadia; that is, between seven and eight English miles. Genesis 22:3, Psalms 119:60, Jeremiah 7:13, Jeremiah 25:3, Jeremiah 26:5, Mark 1:35

Shittim: Joshua 2:1, Numbers 25:1, Micah 6:5

Jordan: Jordan, called by the Arabs El Sharia, takes its rise in Anti-Libanus, about twelve miles north of Cesarea 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.

Reciprocal: Joshua 6:12 - Joshua rose Joshua 7:16 - rose up Joshua 8:10 - rose up Judges 7:1 - rose up Judges 20:19 - rose up Proverbs 31:15 - riseth

Cross-References

Genesis 3:13
Then the Lord God said to the woman, "How could you have done such a thing?" She answered, "The snake tricked me, so I ate the fruit."
Genesis 3:15
I will make you and the woman enemies to each other. Your descendants and her descendants will be enemies. One of her descendants will crush your head, and you will bite his heel."
Ecclesiastes 4:10
If one falls down, the other can help him up. But it is bad for the person who is alone and falls, because no one is there to help.
Isaiah 27:1
At that time the Lord will punish Leviathan, the gliding snake. He will punish Leviathan, the coiled snake, with his great and hard and powerful sword. He will kill the monster in the sea.
Matthew 4:3
The devil came to Jesus to tempt him, saying, "If you are the Son of God, tell these rocks to become bread."
Matthew 4:6
The devil said, "If you are the Son of God, jump down, because it is written in the Scriptures: ‘He has put his angels in charge of you. They will catch you in their hands so that you will not hit your foot on a rock.'" Psalm 91:11–12
Matthew 4:9
The devil said, "If you will bow down and worship me, I will give you all these things."
Matthew 10:16
"Listen, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. So be as clever as snakes and as innocent as doves.
2 Corinthians 11:14
This does not surprise us. Even Satan changes himself to look like an angel of light.
1 Peter 3:7
In the same way, you husbands should live with your wives in an understanding way, since they are weaker than you. But show them respect, because God gives them the same blessing he gives you—the grace that gives true life. Do this so that nothing will stop your prayers.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Joshua rose early in the morning,.... The morning after the spies had returned and made their report; which, as Kimchi rightly observes, was the ninth of Nisan; for on the morrow, which was the tenth, the people passed over Jordan, see Joshua 3:5. Moses, according to the Jewish writers, died on the seventh of Adar or February; the thirty days of his mourning ended the seventh of Nisan or March; two days before they were ended the spies were sent, who returned on the eighth day of the month; and the morning following Joshua rose early, which shows his readiness and alacrity to proceed in the expedition he was directed and encouraged to:

and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan; from Shittim in the plains of Moab, to the river Jordan:

he and all the children of Israel; he as their general, and they an army of six hundred thousand fighting men under him, besides women and children, and others that came along with them:

and lodged there before they passed over; lay there encamped a night before they passed over the river Jordan.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

“The acacia groves” (Exodus 25:5 note) of Shittim on both sides of Jordan line the upper terraces of the valley (compare 2 Kings 6:4). They would be in this part at some six miles distance from the river itself.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER III

The Israelitish camp removes frown Shittim to Jordan, 1.

The officers inform them how they are to pass the river, and the

distance they are to keep from the ark, 2 4.

Joshua directs the people, 5, 6;

and the Lord gives directions to Joshua, 7, 8.

He delivers the Lord's message to the people, and foretells the

miraculous passage and division of Jordan, 9-13.

The priests, bearing the ark, enter the river, and immediately

the waters are cut off, and the priests stand on dry ground,

in the bed of the river, till all the camp passes over, 14-17.

NOTES ON CHAP. III

Verse Joshua 3:1. Joshua rose early — Archbishop Usher supposes that this was upon Wednesday, the 28th of April, A. M. 2553, the fortieth year after the exodus from Egypt. From Shittim, where they had lately been encamped, to Jordan, was about sixty stadia, according to Josephus; that is, about eight English miles.


 
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