Joshua 4:17

THE MESSAGE

Joshua commanded the priests, "Come up out of the Jordan."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So Joshua commanded the priests, “Come up from the Jordan.”

Hebrew Names Version
Yehoshua therefore commanded the Kohanim, saying, Come up out of the Yarden.

King James Version
Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.

Lexham English Bible
So Joshua commanded the priests, saying, "Come up from the Jordan."

English Standard Version
So Joshua commanded the priests, "Come up out of the Jordan."

New Century Version
So Joshua commanded the priests, "Come up out of the Jordan."

New English Translation
So Joshua instructed the priests, "Come up from the Jordan!"

Amplified Bible
So Joshua commanded the priests, saying, "Come up out of the Jordan."

New American Standard Bible
So Joshua commanded the priests, saying, "Come up from the Jordan."

Geneva Bible (1587)
Ioshua therefore commanded the Priests, saying, Come ye vp out of Iorden.

Legacy Standard Bible
So Joshua commanded the priests, saying, "Come up from the Jordan."

Complete Jewish Bible
So Y'hoshua ordered the cohanim, "Come up out of the Yarden!"

Darby Translation
And Joshua commanded the priests, saying, Come up out of the Jordan.

Easy-to-Read Version
So Joshua commanded the priests, "Come out of the Jordan River."

George Lamsa Translation
Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come up out of the Jordan.

Good News Translation
Joshua did so,

Literal Translation
And Joshua commanded the priests, saying, Rise out of the Jordan.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So Iosua comaunded the prestes, & sayde: Come vp out of Iordane.

American Standard Version
Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of the Jordan.

Bible in Basic English
So Joshua gave orders to the priests, saying, Come up now out of Jordan.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Iosuah therefore commaunded the priestes, saying: Come ye vp out of Iordane.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying: 'Come ye up out of the Jordan.'

King James Version (1611)
Ioshua therefore commaunded the Priests, saying, Come yee vp out of Iordan.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Joshua charged the priests, saying, Go up out of Jordan.

English Revised Version
Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.

Berean Standard Bible
So Joshua commanded the priests, "Come up from the Jordan."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Josue comaundide to hem, and seide, Stie ye fro Jordan.

Young's Literal Translation
And Joshua commandeth the priests, saying, `Come ye up out of the Jordan.'

Update Bible Version
Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come up out of the Jordan.

Webster's Bible Translation
Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.

World English Bible
Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come you up out of the Jordan.

New King James Version
Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, "Come up from the Jordan."

New Living Translation
So Joshua gave the command.

New Life Bible
So Joshua told the religious leaders to come up from the Jordan.

New Revised Standard
Joshua therefore commanded the priests, "Come up out of the Jordan."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So Joshua commanded the priests, saying, - Come ye up out of the Jordan.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he commanded them, saying: Come ye up out of the Jordan.

Revised Standard Version
Joshua therefore commanded the priests, "Come up out of the Jordan."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Joshua commanded the priests, saying, "Come up from the Jordan."

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
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Come ye up: Genesis 8:16-18, Daniel 3:26, Acts 16:23, Acts 16:35-39

Cross-References

Genesis 5:18
When Jared was 162 years old, he had Enoch. After he had Enoch, he lived another 800 years, having more sons and daughters. Jared lived a total of 962 years. And he died.

Genesis 11:4
Then they said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city and a tower that reaches Heaven. Let's make ourselves famous so we won't be scattered here and there across the Earth."

2 Samuel 18:18
While alive, Absalom had erected for himself a pillar in the Valley of the King, "because," he said, "I have no son to carry on my name." He inscribed the pillar with his own name. To this day it is called "The Absalom Memorial."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Joshua therefore commanded the priests,.... In obedience to the Lord, and sent them an order:

saying; as follows:

come ye up out of Jordan; from the midst of the river to the bank of it, which was properly an ascent.