Charles Ellicott Commentary Joshua 3:1

"And Joshua rose up early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel; and they lodged there before they passed over." — Joshua 3:1 (ASV)

Joshua 3:1–6, preliminaries; Joshua 3:4–7:14, the passage of the people and Joshua 4:15–18, the passage of the ark itself.

They removed from Shittim. —See Note on Joshua 2:1. Shittim may be called the last stage of the Exodus of Israel, their journeyings according to their goings out (Numbers 33:2). The march from Shittim to Jordan is their first march under Joshua—the first stage of their Eisodus or coming in.