Joshua said to the children of Israel, “Come here, and hear the words of Yahweh your God.”

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  • WEB World English Bible

    Joshua said to the children of Israel, “Come here, and hear the words of Yahweh your God.”

  • KJV King James Version

    And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    And Joshua said unto the children of Israel: 'Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God.'

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Cross-references (2)

Passages linked to Joshua 3:9 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Deuteronomy 4:1 Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and to the ordinances which I teach you, to do them; that you may live, and go in and possess the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, gives you.
  • Deuteronomy 12:8 You shall not do all the things that we do here today, every man whatever is right in his own eyes;

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Explain this verse (11 sources)

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jos 3:9 And Joshua said unto the children of…

Jos 3:9 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God.

Ver. 9. Come hither, and hear the words of the Lord your God.] For miracles do but excite men; they do but as the bells that call us to the sermon, they cannot work faith in us: but faith cometh by hearing.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Come hither, to the ark or tabernacle, the place…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, come…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Jos 3:9-10. Come hither — To the ark or…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Hither, probably to the door of the tabernacle, where…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain JOSHUA ENCOURAGES THE PEOPLE. (Jos 3:9-13)
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 9. Unto the children of Israel — The objection…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 9. And Joshua said] Jos_3:9-13 contain the substance of…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain Come hither, and hear the words of the Lord.
Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain The Miraculous Wall of Water
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