Joshua 3:10
in Joshua 3He continued, “This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that He will surely drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite.
KJV
And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
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This verse in Joshua 3
Commentary
8 notes on this verse(2.) A sure pledge of the conquest of Canaan. "If the living God is among you, expelling he will expel (so the Hebrew phrase is) from before you the Canaanites. " He will do it certainly, and do it effectually. What can stand in his way before whom rivers are divided and dried up?
This site's exposition
Come hither, and hear the words
on Joshua 3:9-11
The living God has fallen once before in Scripture, at Deuteronomy 5:26 of the voice out of the fire, and the next man to use the title is David in front of Goliath at 1 Samuel 17:26. The seven nations listed here are the seven of Deuteronomy 7:1 in a different order, so the list is a standing formula rather than a survey of who was waiting across the river. The Lord of all the earth is rarer still: it falls twice in this chapter, at verses 11 and 13, and only once more in the whole King James Bible, at Zechariah 6:5.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
A commentator
Origen of AlexandriaCOMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 6.231-32 · Written before 253.
proposed
And he commands the priests to go before the people with the ark of the covenant.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Ye shall know - By experience and sensible evidence. The living God - Not a dull, dead, senseless God, such as the gods of the nations are; but a God of life, and power, and activity to watch over you, and work for you. Among you - Is present with you to strengthen and help you.
And Joshua said,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
The premonitory address of Joshua, taken in connection with the miraculous result exactly as he had described it, would tend to increase and confirm their faith in the God of their fathers as not a dull, senseless, inanimate thing like the idols of the nations, but a Being of life, power, and activity to defend them and work for them. THE WATERS OF JORDAN ARE DIVIDED.
Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you - The Israelites were apt to be discouraged, and to faint at even the appearance of danger; it was necessary, therefore, that they should have the fullest assurance of the presence and assistance of God in the important enterprise on which they were now entering.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The living God - Compare the marginal reference. The gods of the pagan are “dead idols.” On the names of the seven nations, see Gen 10:16, etc., note.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
With this you will know. By virtue of actually seeing that all of you are compressed here.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
23 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ | yehoshua' | Joshua | H3091 → | 218 times |
| בְּזֹאת֙ | bezot | by this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| תֵּֽדְע֔וּן | tedeun | you will know ! | H3045 → | 945 times |
| כִּ֛י | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אֵ֥ל | ʾel | God | H410 → | 241 times |
| חַ֖י | chai | living | H2416 → | 498 times |
| בְּקִרְבְּכֶ֑ם | bekirbekhem | [is] in midst your | H7130 → | 227 times |
| וְהוֹרֵ֣שׁ | vehoresh | and certainly <to dispossess> | H3423 → | 231 times |
| יוֹרִ֣ישׁ | yorish | he will dispossess | H3423 → | 231 times |
| מִ֠פְּנֵיכֶם | mipeneikhem | from before you | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַכְּנַעֲנִ֨י | hakenaani | the Canaanite[s] | H3669 → | 73 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַחִתִּ֜י | hachiti | the Hittite[s] | H2850 → | 48 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַחִוִּ֗י | hachivi | the Hivite[s] | H2340 → | 25 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַפְּרִזִּי֙ | haperizi | the Perizzite[s] | H6522 → | 23 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַגִּרְגָּשִׁ֔י | hagirgashi | the Girgashite[s] | H1622 → | |
| וְהָאֱמֹרִ֖י | vehaemori | and the Amorite[s] | H567 → | 87 times |
| וְהַיְבוּסִֽי׃ | vehayvusi | and the Jebusite[s] | H2983 → | 41 times |
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַJoshua
yehoshua'H3091 →218 times
בְּזֹאת֙by this
bezotH2063 →603 times
תֵּֽדְע֔וּןyou will know !
tedeunH3045 →945 times
כִּ֛יthat
kiH3588 →4482 times
אֵ֥לGod
ʾelH410 →241 times
חַ֖יliving
chaiH2416 →498 times
בְּקִרְבְּכֶ֑ם[is] in midst your
bekirbekhemH7130 →227 times
וְהוֹרֵ֣שׁand certainly <to dispossess>
vehoreshH3423 →231 times
יוֹרִ֣ישׁhe will dispossess
yorishH3423 →231 times
מִ֠פְּנֵיכֶםfrom before you
mipeneikhemH6440 →2123 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַכְּנַעֲנִ֨יthe Canaanite[s]
hakenaaniH3669 →73 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַחִתִּ֜יthe Hittite[s]
hachitiH2850 →48 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַחִוִּ֗יthe Hivite[s]
hachiviH2340 →25 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַפְּרִזִּי֙the Perizzite[s]
haperiziH6522 →23 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַגִּרְגָּשִׁ֔יthe Girgashite[s]
hagirgashiH1622 →
וְהָאֱמֹרִ֖יand the Amorite[s]
vehaemoriH567 →87 times
וְהַיְבוּסִֽי׃and the Jebusite[s]
vehayvusiH2983 →41 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Hebrews 10:31It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
it leads to
- Matthew 10:28
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
- Luke 12:5
But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after you have been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear Him!
- Hebrews 12:29
“For our God is a consuming fire.”
- Isaiah 33:14
The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”
- Psalms 76:7
You alone are to be feared. When You are angry, who can stand before You?
- Matthew 10:28
Through
Deuteronomy 7:1When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 31:3
The LORD your God Himself will cross over ahead of you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you will dispossess them. Joshua will cross ahead of you, as the LORD has said.
- Deuteronomy 31:3
Through
1 Samuel 17:26David asked the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he…
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 11:2
But Nahash the Ammonite replied, “I will make a treaty with you on one condition, that I may put out everyone’s right eye and bring reproach upon all Israel.”
- Deuteronomy 5:26
For who of all flesh has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire, as we have, and survived?
- 1 Samuel 11:2
About Joshua
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Origen of Alexandria, COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 6.231-32.