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Joshua 4:17
17So Joshua told the priests, ‘Come up out of the Jordan.’
Joshua 4:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.
- New International Version (NIV)So Joshua commanded the priests, “Come up out of the Jordan.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)So Joshua commanded the priests, "Come up out of the Jordan."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, “Come up from the Jordan.”
Context of Joshua 4:17
15Then the Lord said to Joshua, 16‘Tell the priests who are carrying the Covenant Box to come up out of the Jordan River.’ So Joshua told the priests, ‘Come up out of the Jordan.’ 18So the priests came up from the middle of the river. They were carrying the Lord's Covenant Box. As soon as their feet touched the dry ground on the shore, the water of the Jordan ran again. There was so much water that it made a flood, like before. 19On the tenth day of the first month, the people left the shore of the Jordan River. They put up their tents at a place called Gilgal. That was on the east side of Jericho city.
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וַיְצַ֣ו יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ אֶת־הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים לֵאמֹ֑ר עֲל֖וּ מִן־הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Joshua 4:17
- Genesis 8:16‘Come out of the ship. Bring your wife, your sons and their wives with you.
- Daniel 3:26King Nebuchadnezzar went near to the door of the oven where the very hot fire was. He shouted aloud to the men inside, ‘Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, I see that you are servants of the powerful God who rules over everything. Now come out here!’ So Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego came out of the fire.
- Acts 16:23The soldiers hit Paul and Silas many times. Then they took hold of them and they pushed them into the prison. The officers said to the prison guard, ‘Lock the prison door carefully so that these men cannot get free.’
Commentaries on Joshua 4:17
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-19Verses 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.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-2414-17. 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.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Joshua 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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