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Joshua 3:1
Early the next morning Joshua got up and left Shittim with all the Israelites. They went as far as the Jordan, where they camped before crossing over.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Joshua directs all the Israelites out of Shittim early the next morning, bringing the camp to the banks of the Jordan River.
The words — וַ/יַּשְׁכֵּם (va/i.yash.Kem) = and he rose early; בַּ/בֹּ֜קֶר (ba./Bo.ker) = in the morning.
The thread — The narrative continues in Joshua 3:2 with officers processing the camp after three days, while the early rising motif parallels Genesis 22:3 and Mark 1:35.
Why it lands — The text records Joshua’s physical departure from Shittim and the army’s encampment at the Jordan, establishing the immediate geographic and chronological proximity to the river crossing.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
Cross-references
- Joshua 2:1 Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.
- Mark 1:35 Early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up and went out to a solitary place to pray.
- Genesis 22:3 So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.
- Numbers 25:1 While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,
- Psalms 119:60 I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.
- Jeremiah 7:13 And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but you would not answer,
- Jeremiah 25:3 “From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—twenty-three years—the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.
- Jeremiah 26:5 and if you do not listen to the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have sent you again and again even though you did not listen,
- Micah 6:5 My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”