Joshua 3:10

Joshua 3:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
• New International Version (NIV)This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that he will certainly drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites and Jebusites.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Joshua said, "Here is how you shall know that the living God is among you and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Hivites, the Perizzites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Joshua said, “By this you shall know that the living God is among you, and that He will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Hivites and the Perizzites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Jebusites:

Context of Joshua 3:10

8Command the priests carrying the ark of the covenant: When you reach the edge of the water, stand in the Jordan.” 9Then Joshua told the Israelites, “Come closer and listen to the words of the Lord your God.” He said, “You will know that the living God is among you and that he will certainly dispossess before you the Canaanites, Hethites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites 11when the ark of the covenant of the Lord of the whole earth goes ahead of you into the Jordan. 12Now choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one man for each tribe.

Joshua 3:10 word by word

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ בְּזֹאת֙ תֵּֽדְע֔וּן כִּ֛י אֵ֥ל חַ֖י בְּקִרְבְּכֶ֑ם וְהוֹרֵ֣שׁ יוֹרִ֣ישׁ מִ֠פְּנֵיכֶם אֶת־הַכְּנַעֲנִ֨י וְאֶת־הַחִתִּ֜י וְאֶת־הַחִוִּ֗י וְאֶת־הַפְּרִזִּי֙ וְאֶת־הַגִּרְגָּשִׁ֔י וְהָאֱמֹרִ֖י וְהַיְבוּסִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Joshuaיְהוֹשׁוּעַyehôshûa‛ yehôshûa‛ · JoshuaH3091
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Hereby ye shall knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• that the livingחַיchay · aliveH2416
• Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
• amongקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
• he will without failיָרַשׁyârash yârêsh · to possess: takeH3423
• from beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• you the Canaanitesכְּנַעֲנִיkena‛anîy · CanaaniteH3669
• and the Hittitesחִתִּיchittîy · HittiteH2850
• and the Hivitesחִוִּיchivvîy · HiviteH2340
• and the Perizzitesפְּרִזִּיperizzîy · PerizziteH6522
• and the Girgashitesגִּרְגָּשִׁיgirgâshîy · GirgashiteH1622
• and the Amoritesאֱמֹרִי'ĕmôrîy · AmoriteH567
• and the Jebusitesיְבוּסִיyebûsîy · JebusiteH2983

Cross-references for Joshua 3:10

• Numbers 15:28The priest will then make atonement before the Lord on behalf of the person who acts in error sinning unintentionally, and when he makes atonement for him, he will be forgiven.
• 1 Kings 18:36At the time for offering the evening sacrifice, the prophet Elijah approached the altar and said, “Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, today let it be known that you are God in Israel and I am your servant, and that at your word I have done all these things.
• 1 Kings 22:28But Micaiah said, “If you ever return safely, the Lord has not spoken through me.” Then he said, “Listen, all you people!”
• Psalms 9:16The Lord has made himself known; he has executed justice, snaring the wicked by the work of their hands.Higgaion. Selah
• Isaiah 7:14Therefore, the Lord himself will give you a sign: See, the virgin will conceive, have a son, and name him Immanuel.
• 2 Corinthians 13:2I gave a warning when I was present the second time, and now I give a warning while I am absent to those who sinned before and to all the rest: If I come again, I will not be lenient,
• Deuteronomy 5:26For who out of all humanity has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the fire, as we have, and lived?
• 1 Samuel 17:26David spoke to the men who were standing with him: “What will be done for the man who kills that Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?”
• 2 Kings 19:4Perhaps the Lord your God will hear all the words of the royal spokesman, whom his master the king of Assyria sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke him for the words that the Lord your God has heard. Therefore, offer a prayer for the surviving remnant.’”
• Jeremiah 10:10But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at his wrath, and the nations cannot endure his fury.
• Hosea 1:10Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And in the place where they were told: You are not my people, they will be called: Sons of the living God.
• Matthew 16:16Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
• John 6:69We have come to believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.”
• 1 Thessalonians 1:9for they themselves report what kind of reception we had from you: how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God
• Hebrews 10:31It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
• Joshua 22:31Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest said to the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh, “Today we know that the Lord is among us, because you have not committed this treachery against him. As a result, you have rescued the Israelites from the Lord’s power.”

Commentaries on Joshua 3:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you - The Israelites were apt to be discouraged, and to faint at even the appearance of danger; it was necessary, therefore, that they should have the fullest assurance of the presence and assistance of God in the important enterprise on which they were now entering. They are to combat idolaters, who have nothing to trust in and help them but gods of wood, stone, and metal: whereas they are to have the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10The living God - Compare the marginal reference. The gods of the pagan are “dead idols.” On the names of the seven nations, see Genesis 10:16, etc., note.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-13Verses 7-13 The waters of Jordan shall be cut off. This must be done in such a way as never was done, but in the dividing of the Red sea. That miracle is here repeated; God has the same power to finish the salvation of his people, as to begin it; the WORD of the Lord was as truly with Joshua as with Moses. God's appearances for his people ought to encourage faith and hope. God's work is perfect, he will keep his people. Jordan's flood cannot keep out…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10This is how you will know: The adults who left Egypt with Moses had died. The people now entering Canaan with Joshua replaced them. The coming events would show God's presence and his promise to them. In Canaan, the Israelites would live among neighbors who worshiped false gods. So Israel might feel tempted to worship their gods and goddesses. None of these false gods deserved worship. By contrast, the Lord is the living God, and he was present among the…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-139-13. Come hither, and hear the words of the Lord--It seems that the Israelites had no intimation how they were to cross the river till shortly before the event. The premonitory address of Joshua, taken in connection with the miraculous result exactly as he had described it, would tend to increase and confirm their faith in the God of their fathers as not a dull, senseless, inanimate thing like the idols of the nations, but a Being of life, power, and…Read the comment

Topics related to Joshua 3:10

• Amorites
• Girgashites
• Miracles

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• God
• Joshua
• Girgashites
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Brim
• Canaanites
• Clean
• Fail
• Heshbon
• Kenizzite

Commentaries on Joshua 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings