Joshua 4:17

Easy-to-Read Version

So Joshua commanded the priests, "Come out of the Jordan River."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So Joshua commanded the priests, “Come up from the Jordan.”

Hebrew Names Version
Yehoshua therefore commanded the Kohanim, saying, Come up out of the Yarden.

King James Version
Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.

Lexham English Bible
So Joshua commanded the priests, saying, "Come up from the Jordan."

English Standard Version
So Joshua commanded the priests, "Come up out of the Jordan."

New Century Version
So Joshua commanded the priests, "Come up out of the Jordan."

New English Translation
So Joshua instructed the priests, "Come up from the Jordan!"

Amplified Bible
So Joshua commanded the priests, saying, "Come up out of the Jordan."

New American Standard Bible
So Joshua commanded the priests, saying, "Come up from the Jordan."

Geneva Bible (1587)
Ioshua therefore commanded the Priests, saying, Come ye vp out of Iorden.

Legacy Standard Bible
So Joshua commanded the priests, saying, "Come up from the Jordan."

Complete Jewish Bible
So Y'hoshua ordered the cohanim, "Come up out of the Yarden!"

Darby Translation
And Joshua commanded the priests, saying, Come up out of the Jordan.

George Lamsa Translation
Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come up out of the Jordan.

Good News Translation
Joshua did so,

Literal Translation
And Joshua commanded the priests, saying, Rise out of the Jordan.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So Iosua comaunded the prestes, & sayde: Come vp out of Iordane.

American Standard Version
Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of the Jordan.

Bible in Basic English
So Joshua gave orders to the priests, saying, Come up now out of Jordan.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Iosuah therefore commaunded the priestes, saying: Come ye vp out of Iordane.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying: 'Come ye up out of the Jordan.'

King James Version (1611)
Ioshua therefore commaunded the Priests, saying, Come yee vp out of Iordan.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Joshua charged the priests, saying, Go up out of Jordan.

English Revised Version
Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.

Berean Standard Bible
So Joshua commanded the priests, "Come up from the Jordan."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Josue comaundide to hem, and seide, Stie ye fro Jordan.

Young's Literal Translation
And Joshua commandeth the priests, saying, `Come ye up out of the Jordan.'

Update Bible Version
Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come up out of the Jordan.

Webster's Bible Translation
Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.

World English Bible
Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come you up out of the Jordan.

New King James Version
Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, "Come up from the Jordan."

New Living Translation
So Joshua gave the command.

New Life Bible
So Joshua told the religious leaders to come up from the Jordan.

New Revised Standard
Joshua therefore commanded the priests, "Come up out of the Jordan."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So Joshua commanded the priests, saying, - Come ye up out of the Jordan.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he commanded them, saying: Come ye up out of the Jordan.

Revised Standard Version
Joshua therefore commanded the priests, "Come up out of the Jordan."

THE MESSAGE
Joshua commanded the priests, "Come up out of the Jordan."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Joshua commanded the priests, saying, "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
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Come ye up: Genesis 8:16-18, Daniel 3:26, Acts 16:23, Acts 16:35-39

Cross-References

Genesis 5:18
After Jared was 162 years old, he had a son named Enoch.

Genesis 5:22
After Methuselah was born, Enoch walked with God for 300 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:4
Then the people said, "Let's build ourselves a city and a tower that will reach to the sky. Then we will be famous. This will keep us together so that we will not be scattered all over the earth."

2 Samuel 18:18
While Absalom was alive he put up a memorial stone in King's Valley. He said, "I have no son to keep my name alive." So he named that monument after himself. It is called "Absalom's Monument" even today.

Psalms 49:11
The grave will be their new home forever. And how much land they owned will not make any difference.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Joshua therefore commanded the priests,.... In obedience to the Lord, and sent them an order:

saying; as follows:

come ye up out of Jordan; from the midst of the river to the bank of it, which was properly an ascent.