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**the LORD. Hebrew** *Jehovah* . App-4 .
**children** = sons.
**we.** So written, but read "they". Some codices have "they", both written and read, with three early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate.
**melted.** See note on [Joshua 2:9](../../../kjv/joshua/2/9) , [Joshua 2:11](../../../kjv/joshua/2/11) .
**spirit.** Hebrew. *ruach.* App-9 .

**said.** See note on [Joshua 3:7](../../../kjv/joshua/3/7) .
**again** . the second time. Not repeated as an act on the *person,* but on the nation on a second occasion (compare for this usage [Isaiah 11:11](../../../kjv/isaiah/11/11) and [Jude 1:5](../../../kjv/jude/1/5) , implying that the rite was performed in Egypt. See verses: [Joshua 5:4-7](../../../kjv/joshua/5/4-7) .

**men.** Hebrew, plural of *'ish or 'enosh.* App-14 .

**People** = nation. Some codices, with two early printed editions, read "generation",
**obeyed not** = hearkened not unto.

**abode.** 11th to 13th Abib.

**rolled away** = Hebrew gallothi. Hence Gilgal = rolling.

**kept the passover.** Some codices, with two early printed editions, and Manuscript of Aramaic, add "in the first [month]". The second of the ten Passovers recorded. See note on [Exodus 12:28](../../../kjv/exodus/12/28) .

**the morrow** . Feast of unleavened bread ended 21st Abib at even, exactly forty years from [Exodus 12:41](../../../kjv/exodus/12/41) .

**fruit.** produce.

**when.** Between 16th and 21st Abib.
**a Man.** Hebrew. *'ish.* App-14 .

**Captain,** or Prince.
**host** = Israel as Jehovah's host. Compare [Exodus 12:41](../../../kjv/exodus/12/41) .
**worship.** Therefore Divine. Compare [Revelation 19:10](../../../kjv/revelation/19/10) ; [Revelation 22:9](../../../kjv/revelation/22/9) .
**my Lord** = A *donai.* App-4 .

**Loose thy shoe.** Compare [Exodus 3:5](../../../kjv/exodus/3/5) . The origin of a solemn Eastern custom of reverence observed to this day. Compare [Exodus 3:5](../../../kjv/exodus/3/5) .
**is holy.** Hebrew "it [is] holy". See note on [Exodus 3:5](../../../kjv/exodus/3/5) .

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