Joshua 3:2
in Joshua 3After three days the officers went through the camp
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the midst of the camp;
KJV
And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host;
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This verse in Joshua 3
Commentary
2 notes on this verseAfter three days - These three days are probably to be thus understood: As soon as Joshua took the command of the army, he sent the spies to ascertain the state of Jericho; as we have seen Jos 1:12. They returned at the end of three days, or rather on the third day, and made their report. It was at this time, immediately on the return of the spies, that he made the proclamation mentioned here; in consequence of which the people immediately struck their tents, and marched forward to Jordan.
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 words behind it
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֕י | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| מִקְצֵ֖ה | miktzeh | from [the] end of | H7097 → | 97 times |
| שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת | sheloshet | three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| יָמִ֑ים | yamim | days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| וַיַּעַבְר֥וּ | vaiyaavru | and they passed | H5674 → | 556 times |
| הַשֹּׁטְרִ֖ים | hashoterim | the officers | H7860 → | 25 times |
| בְּקֶ֥רֶב | bekerev | in [the] midst of | H7130 → | 227 times |
| הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃ | hamachaneh | the camp | H4264 → | 215 times |
וַיְהִ֕יand it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
מִקְצֵ֖הfrom [the] end of
miktzehH7097 →97 times
שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁתthree
sheloshetH7969 →432 times
יָמִ֑יםdays
yamimH3117 →2304 times
וַיַּעַבְר֥וּand they passed
vaiyaavruH5674 →556 times
הַשֹּׁטְרִ֖יםthe officers
hashoterimH7860 →25 times
בְּקֶ֥רֶבin [the] midst of
bekerevH7130 →227 times
הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃the camp
hamachanehH4264 →215 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About Joshua
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.