thou didfſt let us down by : andthou thaltf bring thy Fa-.
: may be coubred ; for thoſe who encamped neareſt the Ark, wers ! at that diſtance from it,and came ſo far ; but the moſt were further
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3 The blame of his Gedth thall reſt who! mpcn himſelf, as being occaſioned by hisown negle& or contempt of the means of ſafery. o Weare willing to bear the fin, and ſhame, and punifhment of zr. p Towit, ſoasto kill him, as this Phraſe is uſed,Efth.6.2. Job 1412.
20 And if thou utter this our buſineſs, then we will be quit ofthine oath, which thou haſt made us to {wear.
21 And ſhe faid, According unto your words, fo be it. And ſhe ſent them away, and they departed: and ſhe bound the ſcarlet line in the window g.
q Forthwith, partly that the Spies might ſee it hung cut before their departure, and fo the better know it at ſome diſtance ; partly leſt ſome accident might occaſion a miſtake or negl:& about it 3 and partly for her own comfort, it b<ingpleaſant andencouraging to her to have in her eye the pledge of her deliverance.
22 Andthey went,and came unto the mountain, and abode there three daysr, until the purſuers were return- ed. And the purſuers ſought hem throughout all the ways s, but found them not. |
r Supporting th-mſelves there with the Proviſions which after the manner of thoſe times and places they carried with them,which Rahab furniſhed them with. 7. e. In the 10d to Jordan, and the plaa ces near it, but notin the Mountains.
23 Sotke twomen returned, and deſcended from the mountain, and paſſed over z, and came to Joſhua the ſon of Nun, and told him « all zh3»gs that befel them.
#5 5 - OY unto Joſhua, u Him alone, not the people,as they |
24 And they ſaid unto Joſhua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into ourhand all the land: for eyen all the Inhabitants of the ceuntry do + faint becauſe of us.
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Joſbua comes with the Iſraelites to Jordan, 1. The officers inftruF the pecpls and prieſts for the paſſage, 2-<6. G.d encourages Joſhua, and he encourax geth the people, giving them for a ſign, the dividing the waters of Jordan till the Ark and people ſh;uld paſs over, 7--13. The people paſs over ; the priefts ſtanding all the time in the midſt of Jordan, 14-17.
A ND Joſhua roſe early in the morning a, andthey removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he, and all the children of 1ſrael, and lodged there b before
they patled over.
a Not after the return of the Spies, as may ſeem at firſt view + bur after the three days, as it foliows, wv. 2. 6 That night,thar they might goover in the day time, partly that the Miracle might be more cvident and unqueſtionable ; and paitly to ſtrike the greater terror into their Enemies. |
2 And it came to pals afcerthree days c, that the offi= cers went through the hoſt 4 ;
c Either, 7. at the ens of the three days mentioned; Jof. 1. 112 or upon the laſt of them, as th's Phraſe is uſed. See on Vent. 15. 1. Or 2. after thoſe days were expired. Sce on Jof. F. 11. d The ſea cond time to give them more particular Dire&ions, as they had gis ven them a general notic:, Joſ. r. -10, 11. ;
And they commanded the people e, ſaying, When ye ſee theark of the covenant of the LORD your God, . and the prieſts the Levites f bearing ic, then ye ſhal re- move from your piace, and go after it g.
In Joſbua's name, and by his Authority. f Who were not only Levites, but Prieſts alſo. For although the Levires were to carry the Ark, Numb. g. yet the Prieſts might p:i1furm that Office,and did ſo upon ſome ſolemn occaſions, a+ here, and Joſ. 6. 6. ch 2.3. g Tos wards Jordan, to go over it in ſuch manner as I am about to de« ſcribe. Till this time the Ark went in the middle of the cloudy Pils lar, probably being now vaniſhed ; now it goes in the Front.
4 Yer tuere wal be a ſpace berween you and it, about two thouſand cubirs þ by meaſure: come not near unto | it z, that ye may know the way by which ye muſt go &; | for ye have nor paſled :his way Þ heretcfore. + Heb.
h Which make a thouſand yards, and at which diſtance from it efterday the 1/raelites ſeem to have been encamped in the Wilderneſs. And _ the becauſe they generally went f: cm their Tents ro the Ark to worſhi hird « God, eſpecially on the Sabbath-cays; hence it hat!, been concei-e _ that a Sabbath-aays journey reached only to 2000 Cubits. Rut that
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from ir, and their Sabbath-days journey was cor:\iderably longer. partly for the following reaſ:n & Thar the Ark marching fo far before you into the River,and ſtanding till there till you paſs over, may give you the greater aſſurance of your ſafe. paſſage.
5 And Joſhua faid / unto the people, * SanRifie your
ſelves m: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders "Exod.r
" T4, 34 among you. | | 2 1 Or rather, had ſaid, to wit, the day before their paſſage ; for Le
it follows, ro morrow, Mm Both in Soul and Body, that you' may be 18. ch. meet to receive ſuch a favour, and with more Attention and Reve. Ny 1 Sari rence obſerve and ponder this great Work, and fix itin your Hearts 16.5. Jodi) and Memories : See on Exod. 19. 10. Lev. 20. 7, 2.16, i
6 And Joihuaſpake unto the prietis, ſaving, Take up [| z the ark af the covenant, and paſs over before the peo- ple . And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the yeople.
n To wir, upon your ſhoulders ; for ſo they were to carry it, Numb..7. 9g. 0 Not in the middle of them, as you uſed to do.
7 Andthe LORD faid unto Jolhna, This day will I begin to magnifie.thee in the ſight of all Iſrael p, that | they may know. that * as I was with Moſes, /o I will be * 5h. r.
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