George Leo Haydock, on Josh 4:10

“Now the priests that carried the ark, stood in the midst of the Jordan till all things were accomplished which the Lord had commanded Josue to speak to the people, and Moses had said to him. And the people made haste and passed over.”

“To him. Moses had been dead forty days. But it seems this miraculous division of the Jordan had been revealed to him, and he had cautioned Josue to let slip no opportunity of attaching the people to God’s service, by erecting monuments of religion, as he did on this occasion. (Calmet) — Haste. Though they were assured by the divine promise, they experienced a certain fear. (Salien) — Even the most constant are liable to such impressions. (Matthew xiv. 30.)”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.