Joshua 3:5
in Joshua 3Then Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves; for to-morrow Jehovah will do wonders among you.
KJV
And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the Lord will do wonders among you.
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This verse in Joshua 3
Commentary
6 notes on this verseSanctify yourselves - What was implied in this command we are not informed; but it is likely that it was the same as that given by Moses, Exo 19:10-14. They were to wash themselves and their garments, and abstain from every thing that might indispose their minds from a profitable attention to the miracle about to be wrought in their behalf.
This site's exposition
for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you
on Joshua 3:5-6
At Exodus 19:10-11 Moses consecrates the people for the day the LORD came down on the mountain. The same word is paired with tomorrow here. Priests carry the ark in place of the Kohathites of Numbers 4:15, and Adam Clarke notes that they carry it again at Jericho in 6:6.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
A commentator
Origen of AlexandriaCOMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 6.228-30 · Written before 253.
proposed
In the spirit of this passage let us also pray that we may receive from God to understand the spiritual meaning of Joshua's passage through Jordan. Of it, also, Paul would have said, "I would not, brethren, have you ignorant, that all our fathers went through Jordan, and were all baptized into Jesus in the spirit and in the river." And Joshua, who succeeded Moses, was a type of Jesus Christ, who succeeds the dispensation through the law, and replaces it by the preaching of the Gospel.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
And Joshua said - Or rather, had said, the day before their passage; for it follows, tomorrow. Sanctify yourselves - Both in soul and body, that you may be meet to receive such a favour, and with more reverence observe this great work, and fix it in your hearts.
And Joshua said unto the people,....
The people of Israel were now entering into the holy land, and therefore must sanctify themselves. God was about to give them uncommon instances of his favour, which by meditation and prayer they must compose their minds to a very careful observation of, that they might give God the glory, and take to themselves the comfort, of these appearances.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֧אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ | yehoshua' | Joshua | H3091 → | 218 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הָעָ֖ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| הִתְקַדָּ֑שׁוּ | hitkadashu | consecrate yourselves | H6942 → | 171 times |
| כִּ֣י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| מָחָ֗ר | machar | tomorrow | H4279 → | 52 times |
| יַעֲשֶׂ֧ה | yaaseh | he will do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| יְהוָ֛ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| בְּקִרְבְּכֶ֖ם | bekirbekhem | in midst your | H7130 → | 227 times |
| נִפְלָאֽוֹת׃ | niflaot | wonders | H6381 → |
וַיֹּ֧אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַJoshua
yehoshua'H3091 →218 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הָעָ֖םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
הִתְקַדָּ֑שׁוּconsecrate yourselves
hitkadashuH6942 →171 times
כִּ֣יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
מָחָ֗רtomorrow
macharH4279 →52 times
יַעֲשֶׂ֧הhe will do
yaasehH6213 →2628 times
יְהוָ֛הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
בְּקִרְבְּכֶ֖םin midst your
bekirbekhemH7130 →227 times
נִפְלָאֽוֹת׃wonders
niflaotH6381 →
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
Leviticus 20:7Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.
it leads to
- Leviticus 11:44
For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.
- Leviticus 19:2
“Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
- 1 Peter 1:15–16
But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,
- Ephesians 1:4
For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
- Colossians 3:12
Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
- Leviticus 11:44
Through
John 17:19For them I sanctify Myself, so that they too may be sanctified by the truth.
it leads to
- Titus 2:14
He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
- Hebrews 2:11
For both the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.
- John 17:17
Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.
- Titus 2:14
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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 6.228-30.