Joshua 3:2
1 Early the next morning Joshua got up and left Shittim with all the Israelites. They went as far as the Jordan, where they camped before crossing over.
After three days the officers went through the camp
3 and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, you are to set out from your positions and follow it.
4 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.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- After three days the officers went through the camp
- KJV
- And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host;
- WEB
- After three days, the officers went through the middle of the camp;
- ASV
- And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the midst of the camp;
- DARBY
- And it came to pass at the end of three days, that the officers went through the camp;
- BLB
- And it came to pass after three days that the officers passed over in the midst of the camp,
- ÅB
- Og da tre dager var til ende, gikk tilsynsmennene gjennom leiren,
- OTB
- Etter tre dager gikk offiserene gjennom leiren;
- B1930
- Og da tre dager var til ende, gikk tilsynsmennene gjennem leiren,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 1:10–11
Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people:
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