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New Century Version

Joshua 4:1

After all the people had finished crossing the 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 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,
Bible in Basic English
Now when all the nation had come to the other side of Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua,
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 After all the people had finished crossing the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua, 2 "Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe. 3 Tell them to get twelve rocks from the middle of the river, from where the priests stood. Carry the rocks and put them down where you stay tonight." 4 So Joshua chose one man from each tribe. Then he called the twelve men together 5 and said to them, "Go out into the river where the Ark of the Lord your God is. Each of you bring back one rock, one for each tribe of Israel, and carry it on your shoulder. 6 They will be a sign among you. In the future your children will ask you, ‘What do these rocks mean?' 7 Tell them the water stopped flowing in the Jordan when the Ark of the Agreement with the Lord crossed the river. These rocks will always remind the Israelites of this." 8 So the Israelites obeyed Joshua and carried twelve rocks from the middle of the Jordan River, one rock for each of the twelve tribes of Israel, just as the Lord had commanded Joshua. They carried the rocks with them and put them down where they made their camp. 9 Joshua also put twelve rocks in the middle of the Jordan River where the priests had stood while carrying the Ark of the Agreement. These rocks are still there today.

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
I will make you and the woman enemies to each other. Your descendants and her descendants will be enemies. One of her descendants will crush your head, and you will bite his heel."
Genesis 4:25
Adam had sexual relations with his wife Eve again, and she gave birth to a son. She named him Seth and said, "God has given me another child. He will take the place of Abel, who was killed by Cain."
Genesis 5:29
Lamech named his son Noah and said, "He will comfort us in our work, which comes from the ground the Lord has cursed."
Numbers 31:17
Kill all the Midianite boys, and kill all the Midianite women who have had sexual relations.
1 John 3:12
Do not be like Cain who belonged to the Evil One and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because the things Cain did were evil, and the things his brother did 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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