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Joshua 4:11

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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ark;   Instruction;   Thompson Chain Reference - Ark;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Jordan, the River;  

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;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ark of the Covenant;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and after everyone had finished crossing, the priests with the ark of the Lord crossed in the sight of the people.
Hebrew Names Version
It happened, when all the people had completely passed over, that the ark of the LORD passed over, with the Kohanim, in the presence of the people.
King James Version
And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the Lord passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people.
Lexham English Bible
And it happened, when all the people had finished crossing, the ark of Yahweh and the priests crossed over in front of the people.
English Standard Version
And when all the people had finished passing over, the ark of the Lord and the priests passed over before the people.
New Century Version
After they finished crossing the river, the priests carried the Ark of the Lord to the other side as the people watched.
New English Translation
and when all the people had finished crossing, the ark of the Lord and the priests crossed as the people looked on.
Amplified Bible
and when all the people had finished crossing, the ark of the LORD and the priests crossed over in the presence of the people.
New American Standard Bible
and when all the people had finished crossing, then the ark of the LORD and the priests crossed in front of the people.
Geneva Bible (1587)
When all the people were cleane passed ouer, the Arke of the Lord went ouer also, and the Priests before the people.
Legacy Standard Bible
And it happened when all the people had completed crossing, that the ark of Yahweh and the priests crossed before the people.
Complete Jewish Bible
When all the people had finished crossing, the ark of Adonai passed on, and the cohanim, ahead of the people.
Darby Translation
And it came to pass, when all the people had completely gone over, that the ark of Jehovah went over, and the priests, in the presence of the people.
Easy-to-Read Version
After the people finished crossing the river, the priests carried the Lord 's Holy Box to the front of the people.
George Lamsa Translation
And when all the people had finished passing over, the ark of the LORD and the priests passed over before the people.
Good News Translation
When they were all on the other side, the priests with the Lord 's Covenant Box went on ahead of the people.
Literal Translation
And it happened, when the people had finished crossing over, the ark of Jehovah and the priests crossed over before the people.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Now whan all the people was gone ouer, the Arke of the LORDE wente ouer also, and the prestes wente before the people.
American Standard Version
And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of Jehovah passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people.
Bible in Basic English
And when all the people had come to the other side, the ark of the Lord went over, and the priests, before the eyes of the people.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when all the people were cleane passed ouer, the arke of the Lord went ouer also, and the priestes before the people.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the LORD passed on, and the priests, before the people.
King James Version (1611)
And it came to passe when all the people were cleane passed ouer, that the Arke of the Lord passed ouer, and the Priests in the presence of the people.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it came to pass when all the people had passed over, that the ark of the covenant of the Lord passed over, and the stones before them.
English Revised Version
And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people.
Berean Standard Bible
and after everyone had finished crossing, the priests with the ark of the LORD crossed in the sight of the people.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne alle men hadden passid, also the arke of the Lord passide, and the preestis yeden bifor the puple.
Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass when all the people have completed to pass over, that the ark of Jehovah passeth over, and the priests, in the presence of the people;
Update Bible Version
And it came to pass, when all the people had clean passed over, that the ark of Yahweh and the priests moved up before the people.
Webster's Bible Translation
And it came to pass, when all the people had quite passed over, that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests in the presence of the people.
World English Bible
It happened, when all the people had completely passed over, that the ark of Yahweh passed over, with the priests, in the presence of the people.
New King James Version
Then it came to pass, when all the people had completely crossed over, that the ark of the LORD and the priests crossed over in the presence of the people.
New Living Translation
And when everyone was safely on the other side, the priests crossed over with the Ark of the Lord as the people watched.
New Life Bible
When all the people were over, they watched the religious leaders carry the special box of the agreement to the other side.
New Revised Standard
As soon as all the people had finished crossing over, the ark of the Lord , and the priests, crossed over in front of the people.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And so it was, as soon as all the people had made an end of passing over, - then passed over the ark of Yahweh, and the priests, in presence of the people.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when they had all passed over, the ark also of the Lord passed over, and the priests went before the people.
Revised Standard Version
and when all the people had finished passing over, the ark of the LORD and the priests passed over before the people.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and when all the people had finished crossing, the ark of the LORD and the priests crossed before the people.

Contextual Overview

10The priests carrying the Chest continued standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything God had instructed Joshua to tell the people to do was done (confirming what Moses had instructed Joshua). The people crossed; no one dawdled. When the crossing of all the people was complete, they watched as the Chest of the Covenant and the priests crossed over. 12The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had crossed over in battle formation in front of the People of Israel, obedient to Moses' instructions. All told, about forty thousand armed soldiers crossed over before God to the plains of Jericho, ready for battle. 14 God made Joshua great that day in the sight of all Israel. They were in awe of him just as they had been in awe of Moses all his life. 15 God told Joshua, "Command the priests carrying the Chest of The Testimony to come up from the Jordan." 17 Joshua commanded the priests, "Come up out of the Jordan." 18 They did it. The priests carrying God 's Chest of the Covenant came up from the middle of the Jordan. As soon as the soles of the priests' feet touched dry land, the Jordan's waters resumed their flow within the banks, just as before. 19The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month. They set up camp at The Gilgal (The Circle) to the east of Jericho. Joshua erected a monument at The Gilgal, using the twelve stones that they had taken from the Jordan. And then he told the People of Israel, "In the days to come, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What are these stones doing here?' tell your children this: ‘Israel crossed over this Jordan on dry ground.'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

that the ark: Joshua 4:18, Joshua 3:8, Joshua 3:17

Cross-References

Genesis 3:14
God told the serpent: "Because you've done this, you're cursed, cursed beyond all cattle and wild animals, Cursed to slink on your belly and eat dirt all your life. I'm declaring war between you and the Woman, between your offspring and hers. He'll wound your head, you'll wound his heel."
Genesis 4:15
God told him, "No. Anyone who kills Cain will pay for it seven times over." God put a mark on Cain to protect him so that no one who met him would kill him.
Genesis 4:16
Cain left the presence of God and lived in No-Man's-Land, east of Eden.
Genesis 4:19
Lamech married two wives, Adah and Zillah. Adah gave birth to Jabal, the ancestor of all who live in tents and herd cattle. His brother's name was Jubal, the ancestor of all who play the lyre and flute. Zillah gave birth to Tubal-Cain, who worked at the forge making bronze and iron tools. Tubal-Cain's sister was Naamah.
Job 16:18
"O Earth, don't cover up the wrong done to me! Don't muffle my cry! There must be Someone in heaven who knows the truth about me, in highest heaven, some Attorney who can clear my name— My Champion, my Friend, while I'm weeping my eyes out before God. I appeal to the One who represents mortals before God as a neighbor stands up for a neighbor. "Only a few years are left before I set out on the road of no return."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass, when the people were clean passed over,.... Every one of them, as in Joshua 3:17;

that the ark of the Lord passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people; that is, the priests bearing the ark came out of the midst of Jordan in the sight of all the people, who were on the banks of it, on the other side, where they had been stationed during the passage of the people; though this motion of them was not until they received an order for it, of which there is an after mention. The Septuagint version reads, "and the stones before them"; see Joshua 4:8.


 
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