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Joshua 4:16

"Command the priests carrying the Box that holds the Agreement to come out of the river."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Miracles;   Priest;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Testimony;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jericho;   Joshua;   Quarry;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jordan ;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Joshua, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ark of the Covenant;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Command the priests who carry the ark of the testimony to come up from the Jordan.”
Hebrew Names Version
Command the Kohanim who bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Yarden.
King James Version
Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.
Lexham English Bible
"Command the priests carrying the ark of the testimony to come up from the Jordan."
English Standard Version
"Command the priests bearing the ark of the testimony to come up out of the Jordan."
New Century Version
"Command the priests to bring the Ark of the Agreement out of the river."
New English Translation
"Instruct the priests carrying the ark of the covenantal laws to come up from the Jordan."
Amplified Bible
"Order the priests carrying the ark of the Testimony to come up out of the Jordan."
New American Standard Bible
"Command the priests who carry the ark of the testimony that they come up from the Jordan."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Commande the Priests that beare ye Arke of the testimonie, to come vp out of Iorden.
Legacy Standard Bible
"Command the priests who carry the ark of the testimony that they come up from the Jordan."
Complete Jewish Bible
"Order the cohanim carrying the ark for the testimony to come up out of the Yarden."
Darby Translation
Command the priests who bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan.
George Lamsa Translation
Command the priests who bear the ark of the testimony to come up out of the Jordan.
Good News Translation
to command the priests carrying the Covenant Box to come up out of the Jordan.
Literal Translation
Order the priests who carry the ark of the testimony, that they rise out of the Jordan.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Commaunde the prestes which beare the Arke of witnesse, that they come vp out of Iordane.
American Standard Version
Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan.
Bible in Basic English
Give orders to the priests who take up the ark of witness, to come up out of Jordan.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Commaunde the priestes that beare the arke of the testimonie to come vp out of Iordane.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
'Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan.'
King James Version (1611)
Command the Priests that beare the Arke of the Testimony, that they come vp out of Iordan.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Charge the priests that bear the ark of the covenant of the testimony of the Lord, to go up out of Jordan.
English Revised Version
Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.
Berean Standard Bible
"Command the priests who carry the Ark of the Testimony to come up from the Jordan."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Comaunde thou to the preestis that beren the arke of boond of pees, that thei stie fro Jordan.
Young's Literal Translation
`Command the priests bearing the ark of the testimony, and they come up out of the Jordan.'
Update Bible Version
Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan.
Webster's Bible Translation
Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.
World English Bible
Command the priests who bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan.
New King James Version
"Command the priests who bear the ark of the Testimony to come up from the Jordan."
New Living Translation
"Command the priests carrying the Ark of the Covenant to come up out of the riverbed."
New Life Bible
"Tell the religious leaders who carry the special box of the agreement to come up from the Jordan."
New Revised Standard
"Command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, to come up out of the Jordan."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Command the priests who are bearing the ark of testimony, - that they come up out of the Jordan.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Command the priests, that carry the ark of the covenant, to come up out of the Jordan.
Revised Standard Version
"Command the priests who bear the ark of the testimony to come up out of the Jordan."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Command the priests who carry the ark of the testimony that they come up from the Jordan."

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.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Joshua 3:3-6, Exodus 25:16-22, Revelation 11:19

Reciprocal: Genesis 8:16 - General 2 Samuel 15:24 - bearing Daniel 3:26 - come forth

Cross-References

Genesis 3:8
During the cool part of the day, the Lord God was walking in the garden. The man and the woman heard him, and they hid among the trees in the garden.
Genesis 4:14
You are forcing me to leave the land, and I will not be able to be near you or have a home! Now I must wander from place to place, and anyone I meet could kill me."
Exodus 20:18
During all this time, the people in the valley heard the thundering and saw the lightning on the mountain. They saw smoke rising from the mountain and heard the sound of the trumpet. They were afraid and shook with fear. They stood away from the mountain and watched.
2 Kings 13:23
But the Lord was kind to the Israelites. He had mercy and showed his care for them because of his agreement with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He did not want them to be destroyed. He has never completely left them.
2 Kings 24:20
The Lord became so angry with Jerusalem and Judah that he threw them away. Zedekiah rebelled and refused to obey the king of Babylon.
Job 1:12
The Lord said to Satan, "All right, do whatever you want with anything that he has, but don't hurt Job himself." Then Satan left the meeting.
Job 2:7
So Satan left the meeting with the Lord and gave Job painful sores all over his body, from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head.
Job 20:17
He will never again enjoy so much wealth— rivers flowing with honey and cream.
Psalms 5:11
But let those who trust in you be happy forever. Protect and strengthen those who love your name.
Psalms 68:2
May your enemies be scattered like smoke blown away by the wind. May your enemies be destroyed like wax melting in a fire.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony,.... In all places before, in this history, the ark is called the ark of the covenant, here the ark of the testimony, which signifies the same thing, the law; which was both the covenant between God and the people, and a testimony of his will unto them; the Septuagint version has both words:

that they come up out of Jordan; where they stayed until all the people passed over, for the encouragement of them, and until they received this order.


 
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