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Joshua 4:16

"Instruct the priests carrying the ark of the covenantal laws to come up from the Jordan."

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."
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.
Easy-to-Read Version
"Command the priests carrying the Box that holds the Agreement to come out of the river."
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 Now the priests carrying the ark of the covenant were standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything the Lord had commanded Joshua to tell the people was accomplished, in accordance with all that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people went across quickly, 11 and when all the people had finished crossing, the ark of the Lord and the priests crossed as the people looked on. 12 The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over armed for battle ahead of the Israelites, just as Moses had instructed them. 13 About forty thousand battle-ready troops marched past the Lord to fight on the plains of Jericho. 14 That day the Lord brought honor to Joshua before all Israel. They respected him all his life, just as they had respected Moses. 15 The Lord told Joshua, 16 "Instruct the priests carrying the ark of the covenantal laws to come up from the Jordan." 17 So Joshua instructed the priests, "Come up from the Jordan!" 18 The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord came up from the middle of the Jordan, and as soon as they set foot on dry land, the water of the Jordan flowed again and returned to flood stage. 19 The people went up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month and camped in Gilgal on the eastern border 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
Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God moving about in the orchard at the breezy time of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the orchard.
Genesis 4:14
Look! You are driving me off the land today, and I must hide from your presence. I will be a homeless wanderer on the earth; whoever finds me will kill me."
Exodus 20:18
All the people were seeing the thundering and the lightning, and heard the sound of the horn, and saw the mountain smoking—and when the people saw it they trembled with fear and kept their distance.
2 Kings 13:23
But the Lord had mercy on them and felt pity for them. He extended his favor to them because of the promise he had made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He has been unwilling to destroy them or remove them from his presence to this very day.
2 Kings 24:20
What follows is a record of what happened to Jerusalem and Judah because of the Lord 's anger; he finally threw them out of his presence. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
Job 1:12
So the Lord said to Satan, "All right then, everything he has is in your power. Only do not extend your hand against the man himself!" So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord .
Job 2:7
So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord , and he afflicted Job with a malignant ulcer from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.
Job 20:17
He will not look on the streams, the rivers, which are the torrents of honey and butter.
Psalms 5:11
But may all who take shelter in you be happy! May they continually shout for joy! Shelter them so that those who are loyal to you may rejoice!
Psalms 68:2
As smoke is driven away by the wind, so you drive them away. As wax melts before fire, so the wicked are destroyed before God.

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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