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Joshua 3:17

The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, while all Israel crossed over the dry ground, until the entire nation had crossed the Jordan.

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ASV

And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan; and all Israel passed over on dry ground, until all the nation were passed clean over the Jordan.

KJV

And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיַּעַמְד֣וּvai.ya.'am.Duand they stoodH5975 →
הַכֹּהֲנִ֡יםha.ko.ha.Nimthe priestsH3548 →
נֹ֠שְׂאֵיNo.se.'ei[the] bearers ofH5375 →
הָאָר֨וֹןha.'a.Ronthe arkH727 →
בְּרִית־be.rit-[the] covenant ofH1285 →
יְהוָ֜הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
בֶּחָֽרָבָ֛הbe.cha.ra.Vahon the dry groundH2724 →
בְּת֥וֹךְbe.Tokhin [the] middle ofH8432 →
הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ןhai.yar.Denthe JordanH3383 →
הָכֵ֑ןha.KhenfirmlyH3559 →
וְכָל־ve.kholand allH3605 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
עֹֽבְרִים֙'oe.Rim[were] passing overH5674 →
בֶּחָ֣רָבָ֔הbe.Cha.ra.Vahon the dry groundH2724 →
עַ֤ד'aduntilH5704 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-thatH834 →
תַּ֙מּוּ֙ta.muthey had finishedH8552 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
הַגּ֔וֹיha.Goythe nationH1471 →
לַעֲבֹ֖רla.'a.Vorto pass overH5674 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃hai.yar.Denthe JordanH3383 →

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Exodus 14:29But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.Exodus 14:22and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.Matthew 2:13When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”Psalms 66:6He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the waters on foot; there we rejoiced in Him.Numbers 33:51“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,Isaiah 25:8He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.Joshua 4:22you are to tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’Joshua 4:3and command them: ‘Take up for yourselves twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan where the priests were standing, carry them with you, and set them down in the place where you spend the night.’”2 Kings 2:8And Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up, and struck the waters, which parted to the right and to the left, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground.Joshua 3:8Command the priests carrying the ark of the covenant: ‘When you reach the edge of the waters, stand in the Jordan.’”Hebrews 11:29By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.Joshua 4:1When the whole nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the LORD said to Joshua,Genesis 8:16“Come out of the ark, you and your wife, along with your sons and their wives.Daniel 3:26Then 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,Joshua 4:11and after everyone had finished crossing, the priests with the ark of the LORD crossed in the sight of the people.Joshua 9:1Now when news of this reached all the kings west of the Jordan—those in the hill country, the foothills, and all along the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon (the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites)—Joshua 12:7And these are the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered beyond the Jordan to the west, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir (according to the allotments to the tribes of Israel, Joshua gave them as an inheritanceDeuteronomy 12:10When you cross the Jordan and live in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and He gives you rest from all the enemies around you and you dwell securely,

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The Israelites Cross the Jordan River — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Israelites Cross the Jordan River — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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