--- title: "Bullinger" description: "early in the morning : i.e. after the command in Joshua 1:2 . children = sons. after = at the end of. host = camp. the ark . Not the cloud, but the a" image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/joshua/3" --- **early in the morning** : i.e. after the command in [Joshua 1:2](../../../kjv/joshua/1/2) . **children** = sons. **after** = at the end of. **host** = camp. **the ark** . Not the cloud, but the ark; as from Sinai. Compare [Numbers 10:33](../../../kjv/numbers/10/33) . **the LORD your God** = *Jehovah your Elohim* . App-4 . **the Levites.** Some codices, with three early printed editions, Septuagint, and Syriac, reed "and the Levites". bearing it. Supply the Ellipsis ( App-6 .) by adding "[going before]" from next clause. **a space.** This is very significant. Compare [Exodus 19:12](../../../kjv/exodus/19/12) , [Exodus 13:22](../../../kjv/exodus/13/22) .[Leviticus 10:3](../../../kjv/leviticus/10/3) . **cubits.** See App-51 . About [Joshua 1:5](../../../kjv/joshua/1/5) miles. **the LORD** (Hebrew. *Jehovah.* said unto Joshua (or him), at nine sundry times: [Joshua 3:7](../../../kjv/joshua/3/7) ; [Joshua 5:2](../../../kjv/joshua/5/2) ; [Joshua 6:2](../../../kjv/joshua/6/2) ; [Joshua 7:10](../../../kjv/joshua/7/10) , [Joshua 8:1](../../../kjv/joshua/8/1) , [Joshua 8:18](../../../kjv/joshua/8/18) ; [Joshua 10:8](../../../kjv/joshua/10/8) ; [Joshua 11:6](../../../kjv/joshua/11/6) ; [Joshua 13:1](../../../kjv/joshua/13/1) . **as** = according as. **living.** This title always has a latent reference to idols. Here, to the gods of the idolatrous nations named. **GOD.** Hebrew. *'el.* App-4 . **and.** Note the Figure of speech *Polysendeton* ( App-6 ), to emphasise the seven nations. **Behold.** Figure of speech *Asterismos.* App-6 . **the Lord of all the earth.** Hebrew the *Adon.* of all the earth. A title connected with sovereignty in the earth. Compare [Joshua 3:11](../../../kjv/joshua/3/11) , [Joshua 3:13](../../../kjv/joshua/3/13) .[Zechariah 6:5](../../../kjv/zechariah/6/5) , the only three occurrences of this full title. See App-4 .; and compare [Psalms 97:5](../../../kjv/psalms/97/5) .[Micah 4:3](../../../kjv/micah/4/3) .[Zechariah 4:14](../../../kjv/zechariah/4/14) . **twelve.** The number of governmental perfection See App-10 . **men** . Hebrew. *'ish.* See App-14 . **the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah* . App-4 . **cut off** . Three times here, for Israel; [2 Kings 2:8](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/8) , for Elijah; and [2 Kings 2:14](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/14) , for Elisha. **an heap** one heap. Compare [Psalms 114:3](../../../kjv/psalms/114/3) . **for.** Note the parenthesis. **overfloweth.** So to the present day. **banks** . Hebrew found only four times in O.T.; here, Jos 4:18 . [1 Chronicles 12:15](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/12/15) .[Isaiah 8:7](../../../kjv/isaiah/8/7) . All but the last, of the Jordan. **harvest** = barley harvest. Compare note on [Joshua 2:6](../../../kjv/joshua/2/6) . **Adam.** The waters were divided at (or near) the city "Adam", and they were heaped up at (or near) "Zaretun", another city far off from "Adam". **Zaretan** in the land of Manasseh. Called Zartanah in [1 Kings 4:12](../../../kjv/1-kings/4/12) . The brazen vessels of the temple were cast there in the plain of Jordan ([1 Kings 7:46](../../../kjv/1-kings/7/46) . **sea of the plain:** i.e. the Dead Sea. **salt sea.** Figure of speech. *Polyonymia.* App-6 . **the People passed over.** A way cleft through the sea ([Exodus 14](../../../kjv/exodus/14) ), through the river ([Joshua 3](../../../kjv/joshua/3) ), and in the future through the air [Philippians 3:14](../../../kjv/philippians/3/14) , [1 Thessalonians 4:17](../../../kjv/1-thessalonians/4/17) ). **all the Israelites:** better = all Israel. **were passed clean over** = finished passing over. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/joshua/3#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/images/missing.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/images/missing.jpg","width":640,"height":370,"caption":"Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joshua 3"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/joshua/3#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/joshua/3","name":"Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joshua 3","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/joshua/3#primaryimage"},"datePublished":null,"dateModified":null,"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"early in the morning : i.e. after the command in Joshua 1:2 . children = sons. after = at the end of. host = camp. the ark . 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