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Joshua 4:16

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“Command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, that they come up out of the Jordan.”

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Joshua 4:16 in other translations

Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan.

Joshua 4:16 · American Standard Version

Joshua 4:16 in context

  1. 14On that day, Yahweh magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.
  2. 15Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,
  3. 16“Command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, that they come up out of the Jordan.”
  4. 17Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, “Come up out of the Jordan!”
  5. 18When the priests who bore the ark of Yahweh’s covenant had come up out of the middle of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet had been lifted up to the dry ground, the waters of the Jordan returned to their place, and went over all its banks, as before.