Joshua 3:1 (KJV)
And Joshuarose earlyin the morningand they removedfrom Shittimand cameto Jordanhe and all the childrenof Israeland lodgedthere before they passed over
Cross-references
rose early.Archbishop Usher supposes, that this was upon Wednesday, the 28th of April, A.M. 2553, the fortieth year of the Exodus from Egypt. From Shittim, where the israelites had been encamped for about two months (De 1:3), to the Jordan, was, according to Josephus, about sixty stadia; that is, between seven and eight English miles. Ge 22:3 Ps 119:60 Jer 7:13 Jer 25:3 Jer 26:5 Mr 1:35
Shittim. Jos 2:1 Nu 25:1 Mic 6:5
14 The water of Jordan are divided. Jordan.Jordan, called by the Arabs El Sharia, takes its rise in Anti-Libanus, about twelve miles north of Cæsarea Philippi, now Banias; and, having run about twelve miles southward, it receives a considerable stream, which is now called the Moiet Hasbeia. About 15 miles farther, it forms the waters of Merom or Semechon, now Houle; and, after running about 28 miles more, it passes through the lake of Gennesareth, and thence runs southward till it loses itself in the Dead Sea; its whole course being about 160 miles.
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