Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “Command the priests carrying the ark of the covenant law to come up out of the Jordan.” New Living Translation “Command the priests carrying the Ark of the Covenant to come up out of the riverbed.” English Standard Version “Command the priests bearing the ark of the testimony to come up out of the Jordan.” Berean Standard Bible “Command the priests who carry the ark of the Testimony to come up from the Jordan.” King James Bible Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan. New King James Version “Command the priests who bear the ark of the Testimony to come up from the Jordan.” New American Standard Bible “Command the priests who carry the ark of the testimony that they come up from the Jordan.” NASB 1995 “Command the priests who carry the ark of the testimony that they come up from the Jordan.” NASB 1977 “Command the priests who carry the ark of the testimony that they come up from the Jordan.” Legacy Standard Bible “Command the priests who carry the ark of the testimony that they come up from the Jordan.” Amplified Bible “Order the priests carrying the ark of the Testimony to come up out of the Jordan.” Christian Standard Bible “Command the priests who carry the ark of the testimony to come up from the Jordan.” Holman Christian Standard Bible Command the priests who carry the ark of the testimony to come up from the Jordan.” American Standard Version Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan. Aramaic Bible in Plain English “Command the Priests who bear the ark of the testimony and they shall offer up from within the Jordan.” Brenton Septuagint Translation Charge the priests that bear the ark of the covenant of the testimony of the Lord, to go up out of Jordan. Douay-Rheims Bible Command the priests, that carry the ark of the covenant, to come up out of the Jordan. English Revised Version Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan. GOD'S WORD® Translation "Order the priests who carry the ark of the testimony to come out of the Jordan River." Good News Translation to command the priests carrying the Covenant Box to come up out of the Jordan. International Standard Version "Command the priests who carry the Ark of the Testimony to come up from the Jordan River." JPS Tanakh 1917 Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan.' Literal Standard Version “Command the priests carrying the Ark of the Testimony, and they come up out of the Jordan.” Majority Standard Bible “Command the priests who carry the ark of the Testimony to come up from the Jordan.” New American Bible Command the priests carrying the ark of the covenant to come up from the Jordan. NET Bible "Instruct the priests carrying the ark of the covenantal laws to come up from the Jordan." New Revised Standard Version “Command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, to come up out of the Jordan.” New Heart English Bible "Command the priests who bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan." Webster's Bible Translation Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan. World English Bible “Command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, that they come up out of the Jordan.” Young's Literal Translation 'Command the priests bearing the ark of the testimony, and they come up out of the Jordan.' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Twelve Stones from the Jordan…15Then the LORD said to Joshua, 16“Command the priests who carry the ark of the Testimony to come up from the Jordan.” 17So Joshua commanded the priests, “Come up from the Jordan.”… Cross References Exodus 25:16 And place inside the ark the Testimony, which I will give you. Joshua 4:15 Then the LORD said to Joshua, Joshua 4:17 So Joshua commanded the priests, "Come up from the Jordan." Treasury of Scripture Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan. Joshua 3:3-6 And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it… Exodus 25:16-22 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee… Revelation 11:19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail. Jump to Previous Ark Bear Bearing Carry Carrying Command Jordan Orders Priests Testimony WitnessJump to Next Ark Bear Bearing Carry Carrying Command Jordan Orders Priests Testimony WitnessJoshua 4 1. Twelve men are appointed to take twelve memorial stones from Jordan9. Twelve other stones are set up in the midst of Jordan 10. The people pass over 14. God magnifies Joshua 15. The priests commanded to come out of Jordan 20. The twelve stones are pitched in Gilgal (16) Command the priests . . . that they come up out of Jordan.--Observe that the removal of the priests and the ark of the covenant from their station in Jordan is made the subject of a distinct section, and treated as a distinct event. It need not have been so for the purpose of the mere historical narrative. We might have taken it for granted. But the significance of the event is so marked as to receive a separate notice. We are not suffered to forget by what means Jordan was driven back, and held in check; and the check was not meant to be perpetual. We are reminded that the suspension of the power of death for men has its limits. When the day of grace is over, the waters will "return unto their place and flow over all the banks as before." (Comp. Isaiah 28:16-18; Isaiah 28:20.)Verse 16. - The testimony. The word עֵדוּת though derived from the same root as עֵד witness, would seem rather to have the sense of precept, from the idea of repetition contained in the root. Compare the well known Hebrew particle עוד again. It must refer to the two tables of the law which (Hebrews 10:4) were placed in the ark (see Deuteronomy 10:5, and comp. Exodus 25:16, 21, 40, Numbers 17:10, where this is said to be the testimony). Other things were placed in the ark, such as the manna, Aaron's rod, and these, no doubt, were for a witness to the facts of the Mosaic record. The LXX., however, consistently render this word by μαρτύρια μαρτύριον. The Vulgate here has arcam foederis. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew “Commandצַוֵּה֙ (ṣaw·wêh) Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order the priests הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים (hak·kō·hă·nîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3548: Priest who carry נֹשְׂאֵ֖י (nō·śə·’ê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take the ark אֲר֣וֹן (’ă·rō·wn) Noun - common singular construct Strong's 727: A chest, ark of the Testimony הָעֵד֑וּת (hā·‘ê·ḏūṯ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5715: Testimony to come up וְיַעֲל֖וּ (wə·ya·‘ă·lū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively from מִן־ (min-) Preposition Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of the Jordan.” הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃ (hay·yar·dên) Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 3383: Jordan -- the principal river of Palestine Links Joshua 4:16 NIVJoshua 4:16 NLT Joshua 4:16 ESV Joshua 4:16 NASB Joshua 4:16 KJV Joshua 4:16 BibleApps.com Joshua 4:16 Biblia Paralela Joshua 4:16 Chinese Bible Joshua 4:16 French Bible Joshua 4:16 Catholic Bible OT History: Joshua 4:16 Command the priests who bear the ark (Josh. 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