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Joshua 4:17

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15 Then the LORD said to Joshua,

16 “Command the priests who carry the ark of the Testimony to come up from the Jordan.”

So Joshua commanded the priests, “Come up from the Jordan.”

18 When the priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up out of the Jordan and their feet touched the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned to their course and overflowed all the banks as before.

19 On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.

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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.

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BSB
So Joshua commanded the priests, “Come up from the Jordan.”
KJV
Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.
WEB
Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, “Come up out of the Jordan!”
ASV
Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of the Jordan.
DARBY
And Joshua commanded the priests, saying, Come up out of the Jordan.
BLB
And Joshua commanded the priests, saying, “Come up from the Jordan.”
ÅB
Og Josva befalte prestene og sa: Stig opp av Jordan!
OTB
Så instruerte Josva prestene: "Kom opp fra Jordan."
B1930
Og Josva bød prestene og sa: Stig op av Jordan!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Genesis 8:16–18

    “Come out of the ark, you and your wife, along with your sons and their wives.

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  • Acts 16:35–39

    When daylight came, the magistrates sent their officers with the order: “Release those men.”

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  • Acts 16:23

    And after striking them with many blows, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to guard them securely.

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  • Daniel 3:26

    Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the door of the blazing fiery furnace and called out, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out!” So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire,

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