Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of Jehovah.
Joshua got up early the next morning, and the priests took the ark of the LORD.
And Joshua riseth early in the morning, and the priests bear the ark of Jehovah,
And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests carried the ark of Jehovah.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJoshua — The entry narrative — Israel crosses the Jordan, takes the Land through three conquest campaigns, and renews covenant at Shechem. The hinge between Torah's promises and the historical record of those promises unfolding.
- Author
- Joshua himself at least in part (24:26 — ‘Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God’); later editorial framing traditional
- Date
- Events c. 1400 BC (early) or 1230 BC (late); compilation across the early-monarchy period