13And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.
And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water,(for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,) …
He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-13)We may observe here how God honours Joshua, and by this wondrous work he is about to do designs to make Israel know that he is their governor, and then how Joshua honours God and endeavours by it to make Israel know that he is their God. Thus those that honour God he will honour, and those whom he has advanced should do what they can in their places to exalt him. I. God speaks to Joshua to put hon…
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