1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Joshua 3:15

And as soon as they came into the Jordan, and their feet were dipped in part of the water, (now the Jordan, *it being harvest time, had filled the banks of its channel,)

Ecclesiasticus 24:36.

Water. Thus they manifested the strength of their faith. (Calmet) --- Immediately the obedient waters divided, and the gravel or sand was left dry, ver. 17. (Haydock) --- Channel. The barley harvest was ready about the 30th of April, Leviticus 23:10. On other occasions this overflowing of the Jordan is noticed, 1 Paralipomenon 12:15., and Ecclesiasticus 24:36. Doubdan says that when he visited these parts, at the same season of the year, the Jordan was quite full, on account of the melted snow, and ready to leave its banks. It was about a stone throw across, and very rapid. See Josue 1:2. The rains which fall in spring, serve to increase the inundation, (Deuteronomy 11:14,) as well as the snow which melts at that time on Libanus, though a great part resists the violent heats. Mirum dictu, says Tacitus v., tantos inter ardores opacum fidumque nivibus. (Jeremias 18:14., and 49:19.