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Joshua 3:6

And he said to the priests, “Take the ark of the covenant and go on ahead of the people.” So they carried the ark of the covenant and went ahead of them.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ye.ho.Shu.a'JoshuaH3091 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
הַכֹּהֲנִ֣יםha.ko.ha.Nimthe priestsH3548 →
לֵאמֹ֔רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
שְׂאוּ֙se.'Ulift upH5375 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
אֲר֣וֹן'a.Ron[the] ark ofH727 →
הַבְּרִ֔יתha.be.Ritthe covenantH1285 →
וְעִבְר֖וּve.'iv.Ruand pass overH5674 →
לִפְנֵ֣יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440 →
הָעָ֑םha.'Amthe peopleH5971 →
וַיִּשְׂאוּ֙vai.yis.'Uand they lifted upH5375 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
אֲר֣וֹן'a.Ron[the] ark ofH727 →
הַבְּרִ֔יתha.be.Ritthe covenantH1285 →
וַיֵּלְכ֖וּvai.ye.le.Khuand they wentH1980 →
לִפְנֵ֥יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440 →
הָעָֽם׃ סha.'Amthe peopleH5971 →

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1 Kings 8:3When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark,2 Chronicles 5:4When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the Levites took up the ark,Joshua 3:3and 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.Micah 2:13One who breaks open the way will go up before them; they will break through the gate, and go out by it. Their King will pass through before them, the LORD as their leader.Numbers 14:15If You kill this people as one man, the nations who have heard of Your fame will say,Numbers 10:33So they set out on a three-day journey from the mountain of the LORD, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them.John 14:2–3In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?Deuteronomy 9:1Hear, O Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the heavens.Joshua 3:14So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carried the ark of the covenant ahead of them.Joshua 6:6So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and said, “Take up the ark of the covenant and have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark of the LORD.”Numbers 4:33This is the service of the Merarite clans according to all their work at the Tent of Meeting, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.”2 Samuel 15:24Zadok was also there, and all the Levites with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and Abiathar offered sacrifices until the people had passed out of the city.Hebrews 6:20where Jesus our forerunner has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.Joshua 8:33All Israel, foreigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded earlier, to bless the people of Israel.

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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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