Joshua 4:16
in Joshua 4“Command the priests who carry the ark of the Testimony to come up from the Jordan.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan.
KJV
Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.
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This verse in Joshua 4
Commentary
4 notes on this verseCommand the priests that bear the ark of the testimony,.... In all places before, in this history, the ark is called the ark of the covenant, here the ark of the testimony, which signifies the same thing, the law; which was both the covenant between God and the people, and a testimony of his will unto them; the Septuagint version has both words: that they come up out of Jordan; where they stayed until all the people passed over, for the encouragement of them, and until they received this order.
This site's exposition
Command the priests who carry the ark of the Testimony
on Joshua 4:16-18
The chest is called “the ark of the Testimony” here and the ark of the covenant elsewhere, the names Exodus 25:16 and 25:22 give it. The water answers to the priests’ feet both ways, cut off at 3:15 and returned at verse 18.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
How low a condition soever God may at any time bring his priests or people to, let them patiently wait, till by his providence he shall call them up out of it, as the priests here were called to come up out of Jordan, and let them not be weary of waiting, while they have the tokens of God's presence with them, even the ark of the covenant, in the depth of their adversity.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
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.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| צַוֵּה֙ | tzaveh | command | H6680 → | 494 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים | hakohanim | the priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| נֹשְׂאֵ֖י | noseei | [the] bearers of | H5375 → | 656 times |
| אֲר֣וֹן | ʾaron | [the] ark of | H727 → | 202 times |
| הָעֵד֑וּת | haedut | the testimony | H5715 → | |
| וְיַעֲל֖וּ | veyaalu | so they may come up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃ | haiyarden | the Jordan | H3383 → | 182 times |
צַוֵּה֙command
tzavehH6680 →494 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔יםthe priests
hakohanimH3548 →750 times
נֹשְׂאֵ֖י[the] bearers of
noseeiH5375 →656 times
אֲר֣וֹן[the] ark of
ʾaronH727 →202 times
הָעֵד֑וּתthe testimony
haedutH5715 →
וְיַעֲל֖וּso they may come up
veyaaluH5927 →890 times
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃the Jordan
haiyardenH3383 →182 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
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,…
it leads to
- Revelation 16:21
And great hailstones weighing almost a hundred pounds each rained down on them from above. And men cursed God for the plague of hail, because it was so horrendous.
- Revelation 15:5–8
After this I looked, and the temple—the tabernacle of the Testimony—was opened in heaven.
- Ezekiel 38:22
I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrents of rain, hailstones, fire, and sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.
- Revelation 4:5
From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven Spirits of God.
- Revelation 8:5
Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth; and there were peals of thunder, and rumblings, and flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.
- Revelation 16:21
Where this verse is studied
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About Joshua
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.