Joshua 3:11

“Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth, etc.] Some both Jewish and Christian interpreters, because there is a distinguishing accent on the word “covenant”, read the words “the ark of the covenant, even the Lord of all the earth”; so in some copies of our English Bible, as if the ark was called the Lord of all the earth, because of his presence and dwelling there; but, as Kimchi observes, either the word “ark” is wanting, or the word “covenant”, and may be supplied either thus, “the ark of the covenant, the ark (I say) of the Lord of all the earth;” or thus, “the ark of the covenant, which is the covenant of the Lord of all the earth:” the true meaning is what Abarbinel…”

“3:11 Because the Ark of the Covenant went ahead of the Israelites, they knew that the Lord of the whole earth was leading them into Canaan. Their God was not a limited local deity.”

“the Lord: Jos 3:13; Psa 24:1; Isa 54:5; Jer 10:7; Mic 4:13; Zep 2:11; Zac 4:14, Zac 6:5; Zac 14:9 passeth: Jos 3:3-6; Isa 3:12 Joshua 3:12”

“After this inspiriting promise, Joshua informed the people what the Lord intended to do first: "Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of the whole earth will go before you into Jordan." כּל־הארץ 'adown is a genitive dependent upon הברית ארון, the strict subordination of the construct state being loosened in this case by the article before the nomen regens. The punctuators have therefore separated it from the latter by sakeph-katon, without thereby explaining it as in opposition or giving any support to the mistaken exposition of Buxtorff and Drusius, that "the ark of the covenant is called the ruler of the whole earth." The description of Jehovah as "Lord of the whole earth," which is…”