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New Century Version

Joshua 4:11

After they finished crossing the river, the priests carried the Ark of the Lord to the other side as the people watched.

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 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

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

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

Cross-References

Genesis 3:14
The Lord God said to the snake, "Because you did this, a curse will be put on you. You will be cursed as no other animal, tame or wild, will ever be. You will crawl on your stomach, and you will eat dust all the days of your life.
Genesis 4:14
Today you have forced me to stop working the ground, and now I must hide from you. I must wander around on the earth, and anyone who meets me can kill me."
Genesis 4:15
The Lord said to Cain, "No! If anyone kills you, I will punish that person seven times more." Then the Lord put a mark on Cain warning anyone who met him not to kill him.
Genesis 4:16
So Cain went away from the Lord and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
Genesis 4:19
Lamech married two women, Adah and Zillah.
Genesis 4:20
Adah gave birth to Jabal, who became the first person to live in tents and raise cattle.
Genesis 4:21
Jabal's brother was Jubal, the first person to play the harp and flute.
Genesis 4:26
Seth also had a son, and they named him Enosh. At that time people began to pray to the Lord .
Job 16:18
"Earth, please do not cover up my blood. Don't let my cry ever stop being heard!
Isaiah 26:21
The Lord will leave his place to punish the people of the world for their sins. The earth will show the blood of the people who have been killed; it will not cover the dead any longer.

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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