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Joshua 3:1

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Early the next morning Joshua got up and left Shittim with all the Israelites. They went as far as the Jordan, where they camped before crossing over.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Joshua rose up early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel; and they lodged there before they passed over.

KJV

And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.

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This verse in Joshua 3

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jerome

Against Jovinianus 1.21 · Written before 420.

I will pass to Joshua the son of Nun, who was previously called Ause, or better, as in the Hebrew, Hoshea, that is, Savior. For he, according to the epistle of Jude, saved the people of Israel and led them forth out of Egypt and brought them into the land of promise.

This site's exposition

and they removed from Shittim

on Joshua 3:1-2

Shittim is the camp of Numbers 25:1, where Israel went after the daughters of Moab, and Joshua 2:1 sent the spies out of that same place. The nation leaves it, lodges at the river and waits three days, which is the interval Joshua 1:11 had already named when the officers were told to prepare victuals. Micah 6:5 later treats the two ends of this move as one act of God, from Shittim unto Gilgal, so the stretch that begins in this verse was remembered whole.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
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 Jos 3:
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
“The acacia groves” (Exo 25:5 note) of Shittim on both sides of Jordan line the upper terraces of the valley (compare 2Ki 6:4). They would be in this part at some six miles distance from the river itself.

The words behind it

16 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיַּשְׁכֵּם֩and he rose early

    vaiyashkemH7925 →65 times

  • יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַJoshua

    yehoshua'H3091 →218 times

  • בַּבֹּ֜קֶרin the morning

    babokerH1242 →214 times

  • וַיִּסְע֣וּand they set out

    vaiyisuH5265 →146 times

  • מֵֽהַשִּׁטִּ֗יםfrom <the> Shittim

    mehashitimH7851 →

  • וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙and they came

    vaiyavouH935 →2568 times

  • עַד־to

    ʾad-H5704 →1261 times

  • הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ןthe Jordan

    haiyardenH3383 →182 times

  • ה֖וּאhe

    hu'H1931 →1879 times

  • וְכָל־and all

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • בְּנֵ֣י[the] people

    beneiH1121 →4930 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • וַיָּלִ֥נוּand they stayed

    vaiyalinuH3885 →84 times

  • שָׁ֖םthere

    shamH8033 →834 times

  • טֶ֥רֶםbefore

    teremH2962 →

  • יַעֲבֹֽרוּ׃they passed over

    yaavoruH5674 →556 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

15 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Joshua 2:1Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.5 worksJoshua 6:12Joshua got up early the next morning, and the priests took the ark of the LORD.4 worksMark 1:35Early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up and slipped out to a solitary place to pray.3 worksNumbers 25:1While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,3 worksProverbs 31:15She rises while it is still night to provide food for her household and portions for her maidservants.3 worksPsalms 119:60I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.2 works
The other 9 cross-references, with their words ▾
Micah 6:5My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”2 worksJeremiah 25:3“From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—twenty-three years—the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.2 worksGenesis 22:3So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.2 worksJeremiah 7:13And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but you would not answer,2 worksJeremiah 26:5and if you do not listen to the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have sent you again and again even though you did not listen,2 worksJudges 20:19The next morning the Israelites set out and camped near Gibeah.2 worksJoshua 8:10Joshua got up early the next morning and mobilized his men, and he and the elders of Israel marched before them up to Ai.2 worksJoshua 7:16So Joshua arose early the next morning and had Israel come forward tribe by tribe, and the tribe of Judah was selected.2 worksJudges 7:1Early in the morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Mark 1:35

    Early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up and slipped out to a solitary place to pray.

    it leads to

    • Luke 6:12

      In those days Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God.

    • Luke 5:16

      Yet He frequently withdrew to the wilderness to pray.

    • Luke 22:39–46

      Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed Him.

    • Ephesians 6:18

      Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.

    • Psalms 5:3

      In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice; at daybreak I lay my plea before You and wait in expectation.

  • Through

    Micah 6:5

    My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”

    it leads to

    • Numbers 25:1

      While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Joshua 5:9–10

      Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So that place has been called Gilgal to this day.

  • Through

    Joshua 2:1

    Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.

    it leads to

    • Hebrews 11:31

      By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.

About Joshua

The Israelites Cross the Jordan River — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Israelites Cross the Jordan River — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Joshua: the study guide →Read Joshua 3 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jerome, Against Jovinianus 1.21; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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