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Jordan, the River
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- Eastern boundary of Canaan
Numbers 34:12 - Often overflowed
Joshua 3:15 ; 1 Chronicles 12:15 - Overflowing of, called the swelling of Jordan
Jeremiah 12:5 ; 49:19 - Empties itself into the Dead Sea
Numbers 34:12 - THE PLAINS OF
- Thickly wooded
2 Kings 6:2
- Exceeding fertile
Genesis 13:10
- Infested with lions
Jeremiah 49:19 ; 50:44
- Afforded clay for moulding brass, &c
1 Kings 7:46 ; 2 Chronicles 4:17
- Chosen by Lot for a residence
Genesis 13:11
- Thickly wooded
- Fordable in some places
Joshua 2:7 ; Judges 12:5,6 - Ferry boats often used on
2 Samuel 19:18 - REMARKABLE EVENTS CONNECTED WITH
- Division of its waters to let Israel pass over
Joshua 3:12-16 ; 5:1
- Return of its waters to their place
Joshua 4:18
- Slaughter of Moabites
Judges 3:28,29
- Slaughter of the Ephraimites
Judges 12:4-6
- Its division by Elijah
2 Kings 2:8
- Its division by Elisha
2 Kings 2:14
- Healing of Naaman the leper
2 Kings 5:10,14
- Baptism of multitudes by John the Baptist
Matthew 3:6 ; Mark 1:5 ; John 1:28
- Baptism of our Lord
Matthew 3:13,15 ; Mark 1:9
- Division of its waters to let Israel pass over
- PASSAGE OF ISRAEL OVER
- Promised
Deuteronomy 4:22 ; 9:1 ; 11:31
- In an appointed order
Joshua 3:1-8
- Preceded by priests with the ark
Joshua 3:6,11,14
- Successfully effected
Joshua 3:17 ; 4:1,10,11
- Commemorated by a pillar of stones raised in it
Joshua 4:9
- Commemorated by a pillar of stones in Gilgal
Joshua 4:2-8,20-24
- Alluded to
Psalm 74:15 ; 114:3,5
- A pledge that God would drive the Canaanites, &c out of Their land
Joshua 3:10
- Promised
- The Jews had great pride in
Zechariah 11:3 - Despised by foreigners
2 Kings 5:12 - Moses not allowed to cross
Deuteronomy 3:27 ; 31:2
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Torrey, Reuben Archer. Entry for 'Jordan, the River'. Torrey's Topical Textbook. https://www.studylight.org/concordances/ttt/j/jordan-the-river.html. 1897.