Joshua 4:16
Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.
Joshua 4:16 in other translations
| BSB | “Command the priests who carry the ark of the Testimony to come up from the Jordan.” |
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| WEB | “Command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, that they come up out of the Jordan.” |
| ASV | Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan. |
| YLT | ‘Command the priests bearing the ark of the testimony, and they come up out of the Jordan.' |
| DARBY | Command the priests who bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan. |
| BBE | Give orders to the priests who take up the ark of witness, to come up out of Jordan. |
| Webster | Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan. |
What does Joshua 4:16 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 4:14-17
Jos 4:14-24. God Magnifies Joshua. 14-17. On that day the Lord magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel--It appeared clear from the chief part he acted, that he was the divinely appointed leader; for even the priests did not enter the river or quit their position, except at his command; and thenceforward his authority was as firmly established as that of his predecessor.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 4:10-19
The priests with the ark did not stir till ordered to move. Let none be weary of waiting, while they have the tokens of God's presence with them, even the ark of the covenant, though it be in the depths of adversity. Notice is taken of the honour put upon Joshua. Those are feared in the best manner, and to the best purpose, who make it appear that God is with them, and that they set him before them.
Joshua 4:16 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Joshua 4:16
- 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. 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. And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the Lord will do wonders among you. And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
- 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.
- Exodus 25:16-22
And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee. And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat. And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof. …
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Context
- Joshua 4:15
And the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying,
- Joshua 4:16
Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.
- Joshua 4:17
Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.
Joshua 4:16 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Manda á los sacerdotes que llevan el arca del testimonio, que suban del Jordán. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Commande aux sacrificateurs qui portent l’arche du témoignage, qu’ils montent hors du Jourdain. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Gebiete den Priestern, welche die Lade des Zeugnisses tragen, daß sie aus dem Jordan heraufsteigen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Præcipe sacerdotibus, qui portant arcam fœderis, ut ascendant de Jordane. |