Joshua 3:6

Translations

Modern

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.

Traditional

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.

Literal

And Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, “Take up the ark of the covenant and pass over before the faces of the people.” And they took up the ark of the covenant and went before the faces of the people.

Latin

Et ait ad sacerdotes: Tollite arcam fœderis, et præcedite populum. Qui jussa complentes, tulerunt, et ambulaverunt ante eos.

Original

Hebrew

English

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.

Notes

Theme notes and profiles

Joshua The Ark of the Covenant

Events

Crossing the Jordan into Canaan

Related verses

Micah 2:13
One 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 10:33
So 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.
Numbers 14:15
If You kill this people as one man, the nations who have heard of Your fame will say,
Joshua 3:3
…and 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.
John 14:2–3
In 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?
Hebrews 6:20
…where Jesus our forerunner has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.

People

Joshua: Moses' assistant who led Israel into Canaan

Glossary

Conquest and Allotment of the Land Joshua, Book of Judges, Book of Numbers, Book of Rahab (Person) Tribe of Dan

Topics

Ark of the Covenant was Carried: Before the Israelites in Their Journeys Ark: in the Tabernacle--Called the Ark of the Covenant: On Special Occasions Carried by Priests: Crossing Jordan Priests: Services of Carrying the Ark Tabernacle: Carried in Front of the People of Israel in the Line of March The Ark of Covenant the River Jordan: Passage of Israel Over in an Appointed Order the River Jordan: Passage of Israel Over: Preceded by Priests with the Ark

Joshua 3:6

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