Yosua 4:18

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Ketika para imam, pengangkat tabut perjanjian TUHAN itu, keluar dari tengah-tengah sungai Yordan, dan baru saja kaki para imam itu dijejakkan di tanah yang kering, maka berbaliklah air sungai Yordan itu ke tempatnya dan mengalir seperti dahulu dengan meluap sepanjang tepinya.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Ketika para imam, pengangkat tabut perjanjian TUHAN itu, keluar dari tengah-tengah sungai Yordan, dan baru saja kaki para imam itu dijejakkan di tanah yang kering, maka berbaliklah air sungai Yordan itu ke tempatnya dan mengalir seperti dahulu dengan meluap sepanjang tepinya.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Maka sesungguhnya serta segala imam yang mengusung tabut perjanjian Tuhan itu telah keluar dari dalam Yarden, dan baharu tapak kaki segala imam itu menjejakkan darat, maka kembalilah air Yarden itu kepada tempatnya serta mengalir seperti kelemarin dan kelemarin dahulu pada segala tepinya.

Contextual Overview

¹⁰ For the priestes whiche bare the arke stoode in the middes of Iordane, vntyll all was finished that the Lorde commaunded Iosuah to saye vnto the people, accordyng to all that Moyses charged Iosuah: And the people hasted, & went ouer. ¹¹ And when all the people were cleane passed ouer, the arke of the Lord went ouer also, and the priestes before the people. ¹² And the chyldren of Ruben, and the chyldren of Gad, and halfe the tribe of Manasse, went before the chyldren of Israel armed, as Moyses charged the. ¹³ Euen fourtie thousande prepared for warre, went before the Lorde vnto battayl, through the plaine of Iericho. ¹⁴ That day the Lorde magnified Iosuah in the syght of all Israel: and they feared hym, as they feared Moyses all dayes of his lyfe. ¹⁵ And the Lorde spake vnto Iosuah, saying: ¹⁶ Commaunde the priestes that beare the arke of the testimonie to come vp out of Iordane. ¹⁷ Iosuah therefore commaunded the priestes, saying: Come ye vp out of Iordane. ¹⁸ And when the priestes that bare the arke of the couenaunt of the Lorde, were come vp out of the middes of Iordane, and assoone as the soles of the priestes feete were set on ye drie land, the waters of Iordane returned vnto their place, and went ouer all their bankes as they dyd before. ¹⁹ And the people came vp out of Iordane the tenth [day] of the first moneth, and pitched in Gilgal, euen in the east border of the citie Iericho.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the soles: Joshua 3:13, Joshua 3:15

lifted up: Heb. plucked up

that the waters: As soon as the priests and the ark were come up out of Jordan, the waters of the river, which had stood on a heap, flowed down according to their natural and usual course, and again soon filled the channel. This make it abundantly evident, that the miraculous change which had been given to the river was not from any secret natural cause, but solely by the power of God, and for the sake of his chosen people; for when Israel's host had passed through, and the token of his presence was removed, immediately the waters went forward again, so that if it be asked, "What aileth thee, O Jordan, that thou wast driven back?" it must be answered, it was in obedience to the God of Israel, and in kindness to the Israel of God. Exodus 14:26-28

and flowed: Heb. went, Joshua 3:15, 1 Chronicles 12:15, Isaiah 8:8

Reciprocal: Exodus 14:27 - and the sea Joshua 4:11 - that the ark Joshua 8:33 - priests Habakkuk 3:10 - the overflowing Matthew 2:13 - until

Cross-References

Genesis 5:21
Henoch lyued sixtie and fiue yeres, & begate Methuselah.

Genesis 36:2
Esau toke his wiues of ye daughters of Chanaan: Ada ye daughter of Ebon an Hethite, and Aholibama the daughter of Ana, the daughter of Sibeon an Heuite,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord were come up out of the midst of Jordan,.... According to the command of Joshua in the name of the Lord:

[and] the soles of the priests' feet were lift up upon the dry land; and set upon it, on the bank of Jordan, and shores of the land of Canaan:

that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place; those that came from above, and had stood on an heap, gradually came down into the channel, and those below that were cut off returned:

and flowed over all his banks, as [they did] before; and usually did at this time of the year, see Joshua 3:15; so that there was no decrease or loss of the waters by their failing, and being cut off.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 4:18. The waters of Jordan returned unto their place — It is particularly remarked by the sacred historian, that as soon as the soles of the priests' feet touched the water, the stream of the Jordan was cut off, Joshua 3:15, and the course of the river continued to be inverted all the time they continued in its channel; and that as soon as the soles of their feet had touched the dry land, on their return from the bed of the river, the waters immediately resumed their natural course. All this was done by the sovereign influence of that God whose presence was represented by the ark of the covenant.