And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the Lord,.... Which they were bid to take up and carry, Jos 3:6;the Lord of all the earth; this shows that not the ark, but the Lord, is called "the Lord of all the earth", See Gill on "Jos 3:11":shall rest in the waters of Jordan; the meaning is, as soon as their feet should touch them, or they should set their feet in them, when they came to the brink of them:[that] the waters of Jordan shall be cut off [from] the waters that come down from above; from above the place where the priests came, and the children of Israel after passed over:and they shall stand upon an heap; or one heap; stop and rise up high, as if piled up one upon another, and stand unmoved.
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Joshua 3:13
Joshua 3:13
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Israel…Joshua 3:13Joshua 3:13 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgethe soles: Joshua 3:15-16; Exodus 14:19-22
of the Lord: Joshua 3:11
stand upon: Joshua 3:16; Exodus 15:8; Psalms 33:7, Psalms 78:13, Psalms 114:3-5; Habakkuk 3:15
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