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Let us go, we pray you, to the Jordan, and take there every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. He answered, Go you.
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Faith and Practical Work
Commentators like Spurgeon and Gill note that the 'sons of the prophets' were not idle scholars but were willing to engage in manual labor. They took the initiative to fell timber and build. This serves as a powerful reminder that spiritual life is not separate from practical, everyday tasks. A robust faith, as Spurgeon notes, must be able to handle the 'wear and tear of common life.'
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Take every man a beam - Trees were rare in most parts of Palestine but were plentiful in the Jordan Valley. Jericho was known in early times…
19th Century
Anglican
Take thence every man a beam. —The Jordan valley was well wooded. Its present bed is still “overarched by oleanders, acac…
Baptist
Let us go, we pray thee, to Jordan, and take from there every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell.
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Let us go, we pray you, unto Jordan Which, according to Josephus F1, was fifty furlongs, or upwards of si…
There is a certain pleasantness in the conversation of God's servants, which can make those who listen to them forget the pain and weariness of lab…
