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• Jordan River

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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