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Joshua 4:1

Now when all the nation had come to the other side of Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Instruction;   Pillar;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Jordan, the River;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Quarry;   Stone;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jericho;   Joshua;   Quarry;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jordan ;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gentiles;   Joshua, Book of;   Sign;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for March 28;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
After the entire nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the Lord spoke to Joshua:
Hebrew Names Version
It happened, when all the nation were clean passed over the Yarden, that the LORD spoke to Yehoshua, saying,
King James Version
And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying,
Lexham English Bible
After all the nation finished crossing the Jordan, Yahweh said to Joshua,
English Standard Version
When all the nation had finished passing over the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua,
New Century Version
After all the people had finished crossing the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua,
New English Translation
When the entire nation was on the other side, the Lord told Joshua,
Amplified Bible
So it was when all the nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the LORD said to Joshua,
New American Standard Bible
Now when the entire nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And when all the people were wholy gone ouer Iorden, (after the Lord had spoken vnto Ioshua, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Now it happened when all the nation had completed crossing the Jordan, that Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,
Contemporary English Version
After Israel had crossed the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua:
Complete Jewish Bible
After the whole nation had finished crossing the Yarden, Adonai said to Y'hoshua,
Darby Translation
And it came to pass when the whole nation had completely gone over the Jordan, that Jehovah spoke to Joshua, saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
After all the people had crossed the Jordan River, the Lord said to Joshua,
George Lamsa Translation
AND when all the people had finished passing over the Jordan, the LORD said to Joshua,
Good News Translation
When the whole nation had crossed the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua,
Literal Translation
And it happened, when all the nation had completely crossed over the Jordan, Jehovah spoke to Joshua, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And ye LORDE sayde vnto Iosua: Take you twolue men, out of euery trybe one, & comaunde them, & saye:
American Standard Version
And it came to pass, when all the nation were clean passed over the Jordan, that Jehovah spake unto Joshua, saying,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And so when the people were al gone ouer Iordane (after ye Lord had spoken vnto Iosuah, saying:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it came to pass, when all the nation were clean passed over the Jordan, that the LORD spoke unto Joshua, saying:
King James Version (1611)
And it came to passe when all the people were cleane passed ouer Iordan, that the Lord spake vnto Ioshua, saying,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And when the people had completely passed over Jordan, the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying,
English Revised Version
And it came to pass, when all the nation were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
When the whole nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the LORD said to Joshua,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne thei weren passid ouer, the Lord seide to Josue,
Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, when all the nation hath completed to pass over the Jordan, that Jehovah speaketh unto Joshua, saying,
Update Bible Version
And it came to pass, when all the nation had clean passed over the Jordan, that Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
And it came to pass, when all the people had quite passed over Jordan, that the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying,
World English Bible
It happened, when all the nation were clean passed over the Jordan, that Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,
New King James Version
And it came to pass, when all the people had completely crossed over the Jordan, that the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying:
New Living Translation
When all the people had crossed the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua,
New Life Bible
When all the nation had crossed the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua,
New Revised Standard
When the entire nation had finished crossing over the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass, when all the nation had made an end of passing over the Jordan, that Yahweh slake unto Joshua, saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when they were passed over, the Lord said to Josue:
Revised Standard Version
When all the nation had finished passing over the Jordan, the LORD said to Joshua,
THE MESSAGE
When the whole nation was finally across, God spoke to Joshua: "Select twelve men from the people, a man from each tribe, and tell them, ‘From right here, the middle of the Jordan where the feet of the priests are standing firm, take twelve stones. Carry them across with you and set them down in the place where you camp tonight.'"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now when all the nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying,

Contextual Overview

1 Now when all the nation had come to the other side of Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua, 2 Take twelve men from the people, a man for every tribe, 3 And say to them, Take up from the middle of Jordan, from the place where the feet of the priests were resting, twelve stones, and take them over with you and put them down in the place where you take your rest tonight. 4 So Joshua sent for the twelve men, whom he had ready, one man out of every tribe of the children of Israel, 5 And he said to them, Go over before the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of Jordan, and let every one of you take up a stone on his back, one for every tribe of the children of Israel: 6 So that this may be a sign among you; when your children say to you in time to come, What is the reason for these stones? 7 Then you will say to them, Because the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the Lord's agreement; when it went over Jordan the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones will be a sign for the children of Israel, keeping it in their memory for ever. 8 So the children of Israel did as Joshua gave them orders, and took twelve stones from the middle of Jordan, as the Lord had said to Joshua, one for every tribe of the children of Israel; these they took across with them to their night's resting-place and put them down there. 9 And Joshua put up twelve stones in the middle of Jordan, where the feet of the priests who took up the ark of the agreement had been placed: and there they are to this day.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

were clean passed: Joshua 3:17, Deuteronomy 27:2

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 12:10 - But when

Cross-References

Genesis 3:15
And there will be war between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed: by him will your head be crushed and by you his foot will be wounded.
Genesis 4:25
And Adam had connection with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son to whom she gave the name of Seth: for she said, God has given me another seed in place of Abel, whom Cain put to death.
Genesis 5:29
And he gave him the name of Noah, saying, Truly, he will give us rest from our trouble and the hard work of our hands, because of the earth which was cursed by God.
Numbers 31:17
So now put every male child to death, and every woman who has had sex relations with a man.
1 John 3:12
Not being of the Evil One like Cain, who put his brother to death. And why did he put him to death? Because his works were evil and his brother's works were good.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan,.... As related, Joshua 3:17;

that the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying: as follows.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER IV

When the people are passed over, Joshua commands twelve men, one

taken out of each tribe, to take up a stone on his shoulder out

of the midst of the river, and carry it to the other side, to

be set up as a memorial of this miraculous passage, 1-7.

They do so, and set up the stones in the place where they encamp

the first night, 8, 9.

The priests stand in the river, till all the people are passed

over, 10, 11.

Of the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh,

40,000 fighting men pass over with the other tribes, 12, 13.

Joshua is magnified in the sight of the people, and they fear

him as they did Moses, 14.

The priests are commanded to come up out of the river, which, on

their leaving it, immediately returns, and overflows its banks

as before, 15-18.

This miraculous passage takes place the tenth day of the first

month, 19.

The stones are set up in Gilgal, and Joshua teaches the people

what use they are to make of them, 20-24.

NOTES ON CHAP. IV


 
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