Joshua 3:4
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And let there be between you and the ark the space of two thousand cubits: that you may see it afar off, and know which way you must go: for you have not gone this way before: and take care you come not near the ark.

a space

Exodus 3:5 And he said: Come not nigh hither, put off the shoes from thy feet; for the place, whereon thou standest, is holy ground.

Exodus 19:12 And thou shalt appoint certain limits to the people round about, and thou shalt say to them: Take heed ye go not up into the mount, and that ye touch not the borders thereof: every one that toucheth the mount, dying he shall die.

Psalm 89:7 God, who is glorified in the assembly of the saints: great and terrible above all them that are about him.

Hebrews 12:28,29 Therefore, receiving an immoveable kingdom, we have grace: whereby let us serve, pleasing God, with fear and reverence. . . .

Genesis 31:2 And perceiving also, that Laban's countenance was not towards him as yesterday and the other day.

Exodus 4:10 Moses said: I beseech thee, Lord, I am not eloquent from yesterday and the day before; and since thou hast spoken to thy servant, I have more impediment and slowness of tongue.

1 Chronicles 11:2 Yesterday also, and the day before when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: for the Lord thy God said to thee: Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over them.

Isaiah 30:33 For Topheth is prepared from yesterday, prepared by the king, deep, and wide. The nourishment thereof is fire and much wood: the breath of the Lord as a torrent of brimstone kindling it.

Context
Crossing the Jordan
3And began to proclaim: When you shall see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and the priests of the race of Levi carrying it, rise you up also, and follow them as they go before: 4And let there be between you and the ark the space of two thousand cubits: that you may see it afar off, and know which way you must go: for you have not gone this way before: and take care you come not near the ark.5And Joshua said to the people: Be ye sanctified: for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.…
Cross References
Joshua 3:3
And began to proclaim: When you shall see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and the priests of the race of Levi carrying it, rise you up also, and follow them as they go before:

Joshua 3:5
And Joshua said to the people: Be ye sanctified: for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.

Lexicon
But
אַ֣ךְ ׀ (’aḵ)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 389: A particle of affirmation, surely

keep a distance
רָח֣וֹק (rā·ḥō·wq)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7350: Remote, of place, time, precious

of about two thousand
כְּאַלְפַּ֥יִם (kə·’al·pa·yim)
Preposition-k | Number - md
Strong's Hebrew 505: A thousand

cubits
אַמָּ֖ה (’am·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base

between yourselves
בֵּֽינֵיכֶם֙ (bê·nê·ḵem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 996: An interval, space between

and the ark.
ובינו (ū·ḇê·nōw)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

Do not
אַֽל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

go near it,
תִּקְרְב֣וּ (tiq·rə·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7126: To come near, approach

so that
לְמַ֤עַן (lə·ma·‘an)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 4616: Purpose -- intent

you can see
תֵּֽדְעוּ֙ (tê·ḏə·‘ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know

the way
הַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ (had·de·reḵ)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

to go,
תֵּֽלְכוּ־ (tê·lə·ḵū-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

since
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

you have never
לֹ֧א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

traveled
עֲבַרְתֶּ֛ם (‘ă·ḇar·tem)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on

this way
בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ (bad·de·reḵ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

before.”
מִתְּמ֥וֹל (mit·tə·mō·wl)
Preposition-m | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8543: Ago, a, time since, yesterday, day before yesterday


Additional Translations
But keep a distance of about two thousand cubits between yourselves and the ark. Do not go near it, so that you can see the way to go, since you have never traveled this way before.”Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near to it, that you may know the way by which you must go: for you have not passed this way heretofore.

Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

But let there be a distance between you and it; ye shall stand as much as two thousand cubits from it. Do not draw nigh to it, that ye may know the way which ye are to go; for ye have not gone the way before.

yet there shall be a distance between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure. Ye shall not come near it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near to it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure. Don't come near to it, that you may know the way by which you must go; for you have not passed this way before."

only, a distance is between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure; ye do not come near unto it, so that ye know the way in which ye go, for ye have not passed over in the way heretofore.'
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