Joshua 4:13 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 4:13

About 40,000 troops armed for battle crossed over before the LORD into the plains of Jericho.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

About 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.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כְּאַרְבָּעִ֥ים	ke.'ar.ba.'Im	about forty	H705 →
אֶ֖לֶף	'E.lef	thousand	H505 →
חֲלוּצֵ֣י	cha.lu.Tzei	<the> armed [men] of	H2502 →
הַצָּבָ֑א	ha.tza.Va'	<the> war	H6635 →
עָבְר֞וּ	'a.ve.Ru	they passed over	H5674 →
לִפְנֵ֤י	lif.Nei	<to> before	H6440 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
לַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה	la.mil.cha.Mah	for <the> battle	H4421 →
אֶ֖ל	'el	to	H413 →
עַֽרְב֥וֹת	ar.Vot	[the] plains of	H6160 →
יְרִיחֽוֹ׃ ס	ye.ri.Cho	Jericho	H3405 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ephesians 6:11
Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.
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.
Through
Jeremiah 39:5
But 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…
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 independent 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.

About Joshua

The Walls of Jericho Fall Down — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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PlaceJordan valleyJerichoThe city of palms whose walls fell flat at the seventh trumpet-circuit; Rahab's city, later rebuilt under a curse, and the road do…

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