King James Version
Joshua 4:13 in the King James Version says “About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho. prepared: or, r...” — study this verse from Joshua chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho. prepared: or, ready armed”
Joshua 4:13 · KJV
And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people.
And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them:
About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho. prepared: or, ready armed
On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.
And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,
KJV Study — Public Domain
“thousand”
H505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
“prepared”
H2502to pull off; hence (intensively) to strip, (reflexive) to depart; by implication, to deliver, equip (for fight); present, strengthen
“for war”
H6635a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (speci
“passed over”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
“before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“unto battle”
H4421a battle (i.e., the engagement); generally, war (i.e., war-fare)
“to the plains”
H6160a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the jordan and its continuation to the red sea
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