What Does Joshua 3:1 Mean?

“rose early”

literally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e., to start early in the morning

“And Joshua”

jehoshua (i.e., joshua), the jewish leader

“in the morning”

properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning

“and they removed”

properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e., start on a journey

“from Shittim”

shittim, a place east of the jordan

“and came”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)

“to Jordan”

jarden, the principal river of palestine

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“he and all the children”

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or

“of Israel”

he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

“and lodged”

to stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain)

there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence

properly, non-occurrence; used adverbially, not yet or before

“there before they passed over”

to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in