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Twelve Stones from the Jordan

Joshua 4:16

In 11 translations

BSB
“Command the priests who carry the ark of the Testimony to come up from the Jordan.”That is, the ark of the covenant
KJV
Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.
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.
LSV
“Command the priests carrying the Ark of the Testimony, and 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.'
DBY
Command the priests who bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan.
DRC
Command the priests, that carry the ark of the covenant, to come up out of the Jordan.
GNV
Commande the Priests that beare ye Arke of the testimonie, to come vp out of Iorden.
JPS
'Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan.'
LXXE
Charge the priests that bear the ark of the covenant of the testimony of the Lord, to go up out of Jordan.

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Original-language editions

WLC
צַוֵּה֙ אֶת־הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים נֹשְׂאֵ֖י אֲר֣וֹן הָעֵד֑וּת וְיַעֲל֖וּ מִן־הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃
LXX-Br
ἔντειλαι τοῖς ἱερεῦσι τοῖς αἴρουσι τὴν κιβωτὸν τῆς διαθήκης τοῦ μαρτυρίου Κυρίου, ἐκβῆναι ἐκ τοῦ Ἰορδάνου.

Who and where

📍 Jordan◆ War with Canaanites

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Exodus 25:16–22And place inside the ark the Testimony, which I will give you. And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends…
  • Revelation 11:19Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.
  • Joshua 3:3–6and 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. But keep a distance of about two…

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