Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come here, and hear the words of Yahweh your God.
      1. He demands attention (Joshua 3:9; Joshua 3:9): "Come hither to me, as many as can come within hearing, and, before you see the works, hear the words of the Lord your God, that you may compare them together and they may illustrate each other." He had commanded them to sanctify themselves, and therefore calls them to hear the word of God, for that is the ordinary means of sanctification, John 17:17.