约书亚记 4:18

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

抬耶和華約櫃的祭司從約旦河中間上來的時候，祭司的腳掌一提起來踏在乾地上，約旦河的水就流回原處，像以前一樣漲過兩岸。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
抬 耶 和 华 约 柜 的 祭 司 从 约 但 河 里 上 来 ， 脚 掌 刚 落 旱 地 ， 约 但 河 的 水 就 流 到 原 处 ， 仍 旧 涨 过 两 岸 。

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

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
When Enoch was 65 years old, he had a son named Methuselah.

Genesis 36:2
Esau married women from the land of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite; and Oholibamah daughter of Anah, the son of Zibeon the Hivite;

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.