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**were clean passed over** = were finished passing over.
**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah* . App-4 .
**spake.** See note on [Joshua 1:1](../../../kjv/joshua/1/1) .

**men.** PI of *'ish* or *'enosh.* See App-14 .
**man.** Hebrew. *'lsh* . App-14 .

**children** = sons.

**before** = in the presence of.
**God.** Hebrew. *Elohim* . App-4 .

**their fathers.** These words are read in some codices, with four early printed editions, as in [Joshua 4:21](../../../kjv/joshua/4/21) .

**as** = according as.
**took up.** Four things said of these memorial stones in [Joshua 4:8](../../../kjv/joshua/4/8) and [Joshua 4:9](../../../kjv/joshua/4/9) , (1) taken up; (2) carried over; (3) laid down; (4) set up.
**there.** See note on [Joshua 8:30](../../../kjv/joshua/8/30) .

**twelve** . Septuagint has "other twelve". There were two twelves.

**Reuben.** Compare [Numbers 32:27](../../../kjv/numbers/32/27) . Compare [Joshua 1:12](../../../kjv/joshua/1/12) .
**armed** = by fives. Compare [Joshua 6:7](../../../kjv/joshua/6/7) , [Joshua 6:9](../../../kjv/joshua/6/9) . These formed the van.

**prepared for war** = ready armed.

**On that day.** Compare [Joshua 3:7](../../../kjv/joshua/3/7) .

**took out.** Compare verses: [Joshua 4:8](../../../kjv/joshua/4/8) , [Joshua 4:9](../../../kjv/joshua/4/9) .

**which He dried up.** [Exodus 14:21](../../../kjv/exodus/14/21) .

**People** = Peoples.

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