Joshua 3:1

“Joshua rose early in the morning, and they set out from Shittim and came to the Jordan, he and all the sons of Israel, and they spent the night there before they crossed.”

Joshua 3:1 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Joshua 3:1, word by word

Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַyehoshua

Joshua

Joshua, the helper and successor of Moses. The name means "YHWH saves"; in Greek it is the same name as "Jesus". Other men bore it, among them the high priest after the exile (Haggai 1:1).

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rose earlyיַּשְׁכֵּםyashkem

rise early

To get up early to do something.

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in the morningבֹּקֶרboker

morning

Morning, dawn.

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and they set outיִּסְעוּyisu

set out

To break camp and set out for another place.

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from Shittimשִּׁטִּיםshitim

Shittim

Shittim, a place east of the Jordan where Israel camped before crossing it. The name means "acacias."

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and cameיָּבֹאוּyavou

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

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the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden

Jordan

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the sonsבְּנֵיbene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

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of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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and they spent the nightיָּלִנוּyalinu

spend the night

To stay in a place through the night, to sleep or to keep watch.

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beforeטֶרֶםterem

not yet, before

Not yet; before.

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they crossedיַעֲבֹרוּyaavoru

pass

To get over a river, or go through a land.

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Places in this verse

JerusalemJordan
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • Jordan

    Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea

    Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.

    Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).

    Joshua 3:172 Kings 5:14Matthew 3:13Mark 1:9

The context

1 · This verse (above)

2And it came about, at the end of three days, that the supervisors passed through the middle of the camp

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