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New Century Version

Joshua 4:17

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Miracles;   Priest;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Ark;   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;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Ark of the covenant;  

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 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.
Easy-to-Read Version
So Joshua commanded the priests, "Come out of the Jordan River."
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 priests carrying the Ark continued standing in the middle of the river until everything was done that the Lord had commanded Joshua to tell the people, just as Moses had told Joshua. The people hurried across the river. 11 After they finished crossing the river, the priests carried the Ark of the Lord to the other side as the people watched. 12 The men from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh obeyed what Moses had told them. They were dressed for war, and they crossed the river ahead of the other people. 13 About forty thousand soldiers prepared for war passed before the Lord as they marched across the river, going toward the plains of Jericho. 14 That day the Lord made Joshua great in the opinion of all the Israelites. They respected Joshua all his life, just as they had respected Moses. 15 Then the Lord said to Joshua, 16 "Command the priests to bring the Ark of the Agreement out of the river." 17 So Joshua commanded the priests, "Come up out of the Jordan." 18 Then the priests carried the Ark of the Agreement with the Lord out of the river. As soon as their feet touched dry land, the water began flowing again. The river again overflowed its banks, just as it had before they crossed. 19 The people crossed the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month and camped at Gilgal, east of Jericho.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Come ye up: Genesis 8:16-18, Daniel 3:26, Acts 16:23, Acts 16:35-39

Cross-References

Genesis 4:4
Abel brought the best parts from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord accepted Abel and his gift,
Genesis 4:11
And now you will be cursed in your work with the ground, the same ground where your brother's blood fell and where your hands killed him.
Genesis 5:18
When Jared was 162 years old, he had a son named Enoch.
Genesis 5:22
After Methuselah was born, Enoch walked with God 300 years more and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:4
Then they said to each other, "Let's build a city and a tower for ourselves, whose top will reach high into the sky. We will become famous. Then we will not be scattered over all the earth."
2 Samuel 18:18
When Absalom was alive, he had set up a pillar for himself in the King's Valley. He said, "I have no son to keep my name alive." So he named the pillar after himself, and it is called Absalom's Monument even today.
Psalms 49:11
Their graves will always be their homes. They will live there from now on, even though they named places after themselves.
Daniel 4:30
he said, "I have built this great Babylon as my royal home. I built it by my power to show my glory and my majesty."

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.


 
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