Joshua 4:15

Easy-to-Read Version

Then the Lord said to Joshua,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord told Joshua,

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD spoke to Yehoshua, saying,

King James Version
And the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying,

Lexham English Bible
Then Yahweh said to Joshua, saying,

English Standard Version
And the Lord said to Joshua,

New Century Version
Then the Lord said to Joshua,

New English Translation
The Lord told Joshua,

Amplified Bible
Now the LORD said to Joshua,

New American Standard Bible
Now the LORD said to Joshua,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Lord spake vnto Ioshua, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Yahweh said to Joshua,

Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai said to Y'hoshua,

Darby Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Joshua, saying,

George Lamsa Translation
And the LORD said to Joshua,

Good News Translation
Then the Lord told Joshua

Literal Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Joshua, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the LORDE sayde vnto Iosua:

American Standard Version
And Jehovah spake unto Joshua, saying,

Bible in Basic English
Then the Lord said to Joshua,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde spake vnto Iosuah, saying:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD spoke unto Joshua, saying:

King James Version (1611)
And the Lord spake vnto Ioshua, saying,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying,

English Revised Version
And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Joshua,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord seide to Josue,

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah speaketh unto Joshua, saying,

Update Bible Version
And Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying,

World English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,

New King James Version
Then the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying,

New Living Translation
The Lord had said to Joshua,

New Life Bible
The Lord said to Joshua,

New Revised Standard
The Lord said to Joshua,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then spake Yahweh unto Joshua, saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to him:

Revised Standard Version
And the LORD said to Joshua,

THE MESSAGE
God told Joshua, "Command the priests carrying the Chest of The Testimony to come up from the Jordan."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now the LORD said to Joshua,

Contextual Overview

¹⁰ The Lord had commanded Joshua to tell the people what to do. This is what Moses had said Joshua must do. So the priests carrying the Holy Box stood in the middle of the river until everything was done. Meanwhile, the people hurried across the river. ¹¹ After the people finished crossing the river, the priests carried the Lord 's Holy Box to the front of the people. ¹² The men from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh obeyed Moses. These men crossed the river in front of the other people. These men were prepared for war. They were going to help the rest of the Israelites take the land God had promised to give them. ¹³ About 40,000 soldiers, prepared for war, passed before the Lord . They were marching toward the plains of Jericho. ¹⁴ That day the Lord made Joshua a great man to all the Israelites. From that time on, they respected Joshua just as they had Moses. ¹⁵ Then the Lord said to Joshua, ¹⁶ "Command the priests carrying the Box that holds the Agreement to come out of the river." ¹⁷ So Joshua commanded the priests, "Come out of the Jordan River." ¹⁸ The priests obeyed Joshua. They carried the Box of the Lord 's Agreement with them and came out of the river. When their feet touched the land on the other side of the river, the water in the river began flowing again. The water again overflowed its banks just as it had before the people crossed. ¹⁹ The people crossed the Jordan River on the tenth day of the first month and camped at Gilgal, east of Jericho.

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Cross-References

Genesis 4:24
The punishment for killing Cain was very bad. But the punishment for killing me will be many times worse!"

Leviticus 26:18
"After these things, if you still don't obey me, I will punish you seven times more for your sins.

Leviticus 26:21
"If you still turn against me and refuse to obey me, I will beat you seven times harder! The more you sin, the more you will be punished.

Leviticus 26:24
then I will also turn against you. I—yes, I myself—will punish you seven times for your sins.

Leviticus 26:28
then I will really show my anger! I—yes, I myself—will punish you seven times for your sins.

1 Kings 16:7
That book also has the story of the time the Lord gave the message to Jehu the prophet about Baasha and his family. Baasha did many things the Lord said were wrong, just as Jeroboam and his family had done. This and the fact that Baasha had killed everyone in Jeroboam's family made the Lord very angry.

Psalms 59:11
Don't just kill them, or my people might forget. My Lord and Protector, scatter and defeat them with your strength.

Psalms 79:12
Punish the nations around us! Pay them back seven times for what they did to us. Punish them for insulting you.

Ezekiel 9:4
Then the Lord said to him, "Go through the city of Jerusalem. Put a mark on the forehead of everyone who feels sad and upset about all the terrible things people are doing in this city."

Hosea 1:4
The Lord said to Hosea, "Name him Jezreel, because soon I will punish the family of Jehu for the people he killed at Jezreel Valley. Then I will put an end to the kingdom of the nation of Israel.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord spake unto Joshua,.... When all the people had passed over jordan:

saying; as follows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The passage of the priests to the further bank had been already referred to, Joshua 4:11; but the writer, in observance of his general plan (compare introductory remarks to Joshua 3:0), re-introduces it here as the leading feature in the concluding section of his account, and (as before) with mention of God’s special direction about it. The statement that on the removal of the ark the waters of Jordan at once returned to their former level Joshua 4:18, heightens the impression which is especially inculcated throughout - that the whole transaction was extraordinary and miraculous. The details and incidents of the passage are no doubt open to manifold discussion: but all such discussion will be futile unless it proceed throughout on the admission that we have here before us the record of a distinctly supernatural interposition: compare the introduction to the Book of Joshua.