Joshua 3

Joshua 3:2

THree dayes] It seemeth they are the same three dayes that are spoken of, Joshua 1:11.

Joshua 3:3

When ye see] See Numbers 10:33.

Joshua 3:4

That ye may know] This hath a relation to what was spoken in the precedent verse, concerning the following of the Arke, which questionlesse was still guided by the pillar of cloud, as Numbers chap. 9. verse 17.

Joshua 3:5

Sanctifie] Namely by spirituall, and ceremoniall purifications: by abstinences, religious mindes, and acts of devotion, for a preparative to see a miraculous effect of Gods presence: See Exodus 19:10. Numbers 11:18. Ios. 7. 13.

Joshua 3:6

Take up] See Numbers 4:15.

Joshua 3:7

Magnifie thee] Accompanying thy ministery with my miraculous power.

Joshua 3:13

And the waters] The course of the river being cut off, the water below will all run away, leaving the bottome dry to make a large passage for the people, and the waters above shall stand still, standing up in an heape for a time without overflowing the countrey.

Joshua 3:15

Over floweth] Ordinarily every yeare, through the melting of the snow from the neighbouring mountaines, or by some other meanes. Now this makes the miracle so much the greater in this place: The time] which was the time of this passing over, see Jos. 4. 19. and 5. 10. For harvest in that countrey began at Easter: See Leviticus 23:10. Deuteronomy 16:9.

Joshua 3:16

Zaretan] A City of the Tribe of Ephraim, 1 King. 4. 12. and 7. 46 The salt sea] That is the lake of Sodom, see Genesis 14:3. Numbers 34:3.

Joshua 3:17

were passed] This second passage through the waters dried up by miracle, after them of the read sea, is a figure of the faithfuls last passage into the Kingdome of heaven, through corporall death, which is no way dangerous for them, after they have gone through the first, in which through baptisme and the regenerationthereof, they have renounced the world, and are entred into the Communion of Christ and his Church.