Joshua 4:15

THE MESSAGE

God told Joshua, "Command the priests carrying the Chest of The Testimony to come up from the Jordan."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord told Joshua,

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD spoke to Yehoshua, saying,

King James Version
And the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying,

Lexham English Bible
Then Yahweh said to Joshua, saying,

English Standard Version
And the Lord said to Joshua,

New Century Version
Then the Lord said to Joshua,

New English Translation
The Lord told Joshua,

Amplified Bible
Now the LORD said to Joshua,

New American Standard Bible
Now the LORD said to Joshua,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Lord spake vnto Ioshua, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Yahweh said to Joshua,

Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai said to Y'hoshua,

Darby Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Joshua, saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
Then the Lord said to Joshua,

George Lamsa Translation
And the LORD said to Joshua,

Good News Translation
Then the Lord told Joshua

Literal Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Joshua, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the LORDE sayde vnto Iosua:

American Standard Version
And Jehovah spake unto Joshua, saying,

Bible in Basic English
Then the Lord said to Joshua,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde spake vnto Iosuah, saying:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD spoke unto Joshua, saying:

King James Version (1611)
And the Lord spake vnto Ioshua, saying,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying,

English Revised Version
And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Joshua,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord seide to Josue,

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah speaketh unto Joshua, saying,

Update Bible Version
And Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying,

World English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,

New King James Version
Then the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying,

New Living Translation
The Lord had said to Joshua,

New Life Bible
The Lord said to Joshua,

New Revised Standard
The Lord said to Joshua,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then spake Yahweh unto Joshua, saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to him:

Revised Standard Version
And the LORD said to Joshua,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now the LORD said to Joshua,

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.'

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Cross-References

Leviticus 26:18
"And if none of this works in getting your attention, I'll discipline you seven times over for your sins. I'll break your strong pride: I'll make the skies above you like a sheet of tin and the ground under you like cast iron. No matter how hard you work, nothing will come of it: No crops out of the ground, no fruit off the trees.

Leviticus 26:21
"If you defy me and refuse to listen, your punishment will be seven times more than your sins: I'll set wild animals on you; they'll rob you of your children, kill your cattle, and decimate your numbers until you'll think you are living in a ghost town.

1 Kings 16:7
That's the way it was with Baasha: Through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani, God 's word came to him and his regime because of his life of open evil before God and his making God so angry—a chip off the block of Jeroboam, even though God had destroyed him.

Psalms 59:11
Don't make quick work of them, God , lest my people forget. Bring them down in slow motion, take them apart piece by piece. Let all their mean-mouthed arrogance catch up with them, Catch them out and bring them down —every muttered curse —every barefaced lie. Finish them off in fine style! Finish them off for good! Then all the world will see that God rules well in Jacob, everywhere that God's in charge.

Hosea 1:4
Then God told him: "Name him Jezreel. It won't be long now before I'll make the people of Israel pay for the massacre at Jezreel. I'm calling it quits on the kingdom of Israel. Payday is coming! I'm going to chop Israel's bows and arrows into kindling in the valley of Jezreel."

Matthew 26:52
Jesus said, "Put your sword back where it belongs. All who use swords are destroyed by swords. Don't you realize that I am able right now to call to my Father, and twelve companies—more, if I want them—of fighting angels would be here, battle-ready? But if I did that, how would the Scriptures come true that say this is the way it has to be?"

Revelation 14:9
A third Angel followed, shouting, warning, "If anyone worships the Beast and its image and takes the mark on forehead or hand, that person will drink the wine of God's wrath, prepared unmixed in his chalice of anger, and suffer torment from fire and brimstone in the presence of Holy Angels, in the presence of the Lamb. Smoke from their torment will rise age after age. No respite for those who worship the Beast and its image, who take the mark of its name."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord spake unto Joshua,.... When all the people had passed over jordan:

saying; as follows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The passage of the priests to the further bank had been already referred to, Joshua 4:11; but the writer, in observance of his general plan (compare introductory remarks to Joshua 3:0), re-introduces it here as the leading feature in the concluding section of his account, and (as before) with mention of God’s special direction about it. The statement that on the removal of the ark the waters of Jordan at once returned to their former level Joshua 4:18, heightens the impression which is especially inculcated throughout - that the whole transaction was extraordinary and miraculous. The details and incidents of the passage are no doubt open to manifold discussion: but all such discussion will be futile unless it proceed throughout on the admission that we have here before us the record of a distinctly supernatural interposition: compare the introduction to the Book of Joshua.