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Joshua 5:1 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Joshua 5:1 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Joshua chapter 5 verse 1 to related passages throughout the Bible.
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“And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.”
Joshua 5:1 (KJV)
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Commentary on Joshua 5:1
And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.This verse describes the psychological impact of the Jordan miracle on Canaan's inhabitants. The Hebrew phrase wayamas levavam (וַיִּמַּס לְבָבָם, "their heart melted") uses vivid imagery of wax melting before fire, indic...
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Cross-References for Joshua 5:1
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“I know that Yahweh has given you the land, and that the fear of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you.,And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you., וַתֹּאמֶר אֶל־הָאֲנָשִׁים יָדַעְתִּי כִּי־נָתַן יְהוָה לָכֶם אֶת־הָאָרֶץ וְכִי־נָפְלָה אֵימַתְכֶם עָלֵינוּ וְכִי נָמֹגוּ כָּל־יֹשְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ מִפְּנֵיכֶם׃ ,and she said unto the men: I know that the LORD hath given you the land”
“and the Jebusite”
“and the sitting of his servants”
“the five lords of the Philistines”
“choose you this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River”
“saying”
“Og king of Bashan”
“and said to them (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel”
“you shall cut it down”
“whose height was like the height of the cedars”