Jordan

How Nave’s arranged it

• (A river in Palestine)
• Empties into the Dead SeaJoshua 15:5
• Fords ofGenesis 32:10Joshua 2:7Judges 3:28Judges 7:24Judges 8:4Judges 10:9Judges 12:5Judges 12:62 Samuel 2:292 Samuel 17:222 Samuel 17:242 Samuel 19:152 Samuel 19:311 Chronicles 19:17
• Swelling of, at harvest timeJoshua 3:15Jeremiah 12:5
• Swelling of, in the early spring1 Chronicles 12:15
• The waters of, miraculously separated for the passage
• Of the IsraelitesJoshua 3Joshua 4Joshua 5:1Psalms 114:3
• Of Elijah2 Kings 2:6–8
• Of Elisha2 Kings 2:14
• Crossed by a ferry boat2 Samuel 19:18
• Naaman washes in, for the healing of his leprosy2 Kings 5:10–14
• John the Baptist immerses inMatthew 3:6Mark 1:5

The passages, in Bible order (36)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 13:10–12

   And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

   ›Commentary on Genesis 13:10–121 voice

   “Haughtiness is the companion of those who deviate from the truth. In fact, as Abraham was quite humble in that he offered the choice, so Lot was rather insolent in presuming to choose. Virtue humbles itself, whereas wickedness becomes arrogant. Lot should rather have relied on one more wise than he, to be on the safe side. Indeed, he did not have the knowledge to make a choice.

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2. Genesis 32:10

   I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 32:102 voices

   "With only his staff he crossed the Jordan." It was a wondrous symbol Jacob held in his hand in anticipation—the sign of the cross of the great prophet. He lifted up his feet on to the land of the people of the east, because it was from there that "a light shone out to the peoples."

   “(Verse 9 and 10.) And Jacob said, O God of my father Isaac, Lord, who said to me, Return to your land and I will bless you: I am less than all your mercies, and all your truth, which you have shown to your servant. For because of what we have done, I am less, something else I do not know, which disturbs the meaning, is contained in the Greek and Latin codices.

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3. Numbers 22:1

   Then the Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab near the Jordan, across from Jericho.

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   “And the children of Israel set forward,....

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4. Numbers 26:3

   So on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, Moses and Eleazar the priest issued the instruction,

   ›Commentary on Numbers 26:31 voice

   “And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them,....

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5. Numbers 26:63

   These were the ones numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest when they counted the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho.

   ›Commentary on Numbers 26:631 voice

   “These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest,.... That is, these were the Levites, their families, and the number of males in them, which was taken by Moses and Eleazar, who might be only concerned in numbering the Levites, of which tribe they were: and who also numbered the children of Israel; all the tribes of them, with the assistance of their princes: in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, near Jericho; as they were commanded by the Lord.

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6. Joshua 2:7

   So the king’s men set out in pursuit of the spies along the road to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as they had gone out, the gate was shut.

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   “And the men pursued after them,....

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7. 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.

   ›Commentary on Joshua 3:11 voice

   “I will pass to Joshua the son of Nun, who was previously called Ause, or better, as in the Hebrew, Hoshea, that is, Savior. For he, according to the epistle of Jude, saved the people of Israel and led them forth out of Egypt and brought them into the land of promise.

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8. Joshua 3:15

   Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge,

   ›Commentary on Joshua 3:152 voices

   “And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan,....

   “And do not imagine that these deeds are only in former times and nothing so great as this is brought forth in you who are now the hearer of them. For all things are fulfilled in you according to a mystical reckoning. Indeed you who long to draw near to the hearing of the divine law have recently forsaken the darkness of idolatry and are now for the first time forsaking Egypt.

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9. Joshua 4:1

   When the whole nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the LORD said to Joshua,

   ›Commentary on Joshua 4:11 voice

   “And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan,.... As related, Jos 3:17, that the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying: as follows.

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10. Joshua 5:1

    Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until they had crossed over, their hearts melted and their spirits failed for fear of the Israelites.

    ›Commentary on Joshua 5:11 voice

    “And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward,.... On the side the Israelites were now on; and this is observed, to distinguish them from the other kings of the Amorites beyond Jordan, on the eastern side, who were already conquered by the Israelites, Sihon and Og, who seem to be a colony that went over from the Amorites in Canaan, and possessed themselves of that part of the land of Moab.

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11. Joshua 15:5

    The eastern border was the Salt Sea as far as the mouth of the Jordan.

    ›Commentary on Joshua 15:51 voice

    “Everyone, therefore, who wants to enter into the portion of the children of Judah must first pass through the Salt Sea. That is to say, he must surmount the waves and billows of this life and escape from all things in this world that, by virtue of their own uncertainty and hazardousness, are compared with the waves of the sea. Then he may be able to reach the land of Judah and to approach the fountain of the sun. But what is the fountain of the sun, or of which sun?

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12. Judges 3:28

    “Follow me,” he told them, “for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they followed him down and seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and did not allow anyone to cross over.

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    “And he said unto them, follow after me,....

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13. Judges 7:24

    Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim to say, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan ahead of them as far as Beth-barah.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they captured the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth-barah.

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    “And Gideon sent messengers throughout all Mount Ephraim,....

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14. Judges 8:4

    Then Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit.

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    “And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over.....

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15. Judges 10:9

    The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim, and Israel was in deep distress.

    ›Commentary on Judges 10:91 voice

    “Moreover, the children of Ammon passed over Jordan,....

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16. Judges 12:5

    The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a fugitive from Ephraim would say, “Let me cross over,” the Gileadites would ask him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he answered, “No,”

    ›Commentary on Judges 12:51 voice

    “And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites,....

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