Joshua 4:13
in Joshua 4About 40,000 troops armed for battle crossed over before the LORD into the plains of Jericho.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
about forty thousand ready armed for war passed over before Jehovah unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.
KJV
About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the Lord unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.
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This verse in Joshua 4
Commentary
3 notes on this verseAbout forty thousand prepared for war,.... Accoutred with proper armour to defend themselves, and their brethren, and annoy their enemies: this is to be understood of such a number of the above mentioned tribes; otherwise the number of all Israel that went over Jordan, even armed or fighting men, besides women and children, were five hundred thousand or more.
This site's exposition
And the children of Reuben
on Joshua 4:12-13
These are the tribes that already hold their land east of the river, and they cross first and armed because of the bargain struck at Numbers 32:16-32 and put to them again by Joshua at 1:12-15. The forty thousand is a portion of them rather than the whole, since the muster of Numbers 26 puts Reuben, Gad and half Manasseh near a hundred and ten thousand fighting men, and Clarke reckons the seventy thousand five hundred and eighty left behind to guard the women, children and cattle. The men with nothing further to gain go over the water in front of everybody else.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The plains of Jericho, consisting of the higher terrace of the Jordan valley, are almost seven miles broad. The mountains of Judaea here recede somewhat from the river, and leave a level and fertile space, which, at the time of Joshua’s invasion, was principally occupied by a forest of palms. Hence, the name “city of palms,” Deu 34:3.
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כְּאַרְבָּעִ֥ים | kearbaim | about forty | H705 → | 136 times |
| אֶ֖לֶף | ʾelef | thousand | H505 → | 505 times |
| חֲלוּצֵ֣י | chalutzei | <the> armed [men] of | H2502 → | 44 times |
| הַצָּבָ֑א | hatzava' | <the> war | H6635 → | 485 times |
| עָבְר֞וּ | ʾaveru | they passed over | H5674 → | 556 times |
| לִפְנֵ֤י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה | lamilchamah | for <the> battle | H4421 → | 320 times |
| אֶ֖ל | ʾel | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| עַֽרְב֥וֹת | arvot | [the] plains of | H6160 → | 61 times |
| יְרִיחֽוֹ׃ ס | yericho | Jericho | H3405 → | 57 times |
כְּאַרְבָּעִ֥יםabout forty
kearbaimH705 →136 times
אֶ֖לֶףthousand
ʾelefH505 →505 times
חֲלוּצֵ֣י<the> armed [men] of
chalutzeiH2502 →44 times
הַצָּבָ֑א<the> war
hatzava'H6635 →485 times
עָבְר֞וּthey passed over
ʾaveruH5674 →556 times
לִפְנֵ֤י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לַמִּלְחָמָ֔הfor <the> battle
lamilchamahH4421 →320 times
אֶ֖לto
ʾelH413 →5510 times
עַֽרְב֥וֹת[the] plains of
arvotH6160 →61 times
יְרִיחֽוֹ׃ סJericho
yerichoH3405 →57 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
Ephesians 6:11Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.
it leads to
- 2 Corinthians 10:4
The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
- Romans 13:12
The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
- Ephesians 6:13
Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:8
But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation.
- 1 Peter 5:8
Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
- 2 Corinthians 10:4
Through
Jeremiah 39:5But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 38:23
All your wives and children will be brought out to the Chaldeans. And you yourself will not escape their grasp, for you will be seized by the king of Babylon, and this city will…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Kings 23:33
And Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of Hamath so that he could not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and…
- Joshua 5:10
On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they kept the Passover.
- Jeremiah 38:23
About Joshua
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.