Joshua 3:10 Meaning and Explanation
“And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Joshua declares the coming miracle will prove the living God is among them and will surely drive out the nations before them.
What Does Joshua 3:10 Mean?
Joshua tells the people why God will part the waters: so they may know the living God is among them and will without fail drive out the peoples who hold the land. He names the seven nations one by one, naming the full scope of what God has pledged to do.
The crossing is a pledge of all that follows. The same power that opens the river will go before them against every obstacle in the land. God's presence is not a distant idea but a living reality that acts on behalf of His people. Where the living God is among us, no opposing power has the final word; what He promises, He brings to pass.
Joshua 3:10 in the Original Language
chay (חַי), 'living' -- the living God, alive and active, set against lifeless idols that cannot save.
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What does Joshua 3:10 mean?
Joshua declares the coming miracle will prove the living God is among them and will surely drive out the nations before them.