Joshua 4:16

Modern

“Command the priests who carry the ark of the Testimony to come up from the Jordan.”

Traditional

Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.

Literal

“Command the priests who bear the ark of the Testimony to come up from the Jordan.”

Latin

Præcipe sacerdotibus, qui portant arcam fœderis, ut ascendant de Jordane.

Hebrew

English

“Command the priests who carry the ark of the Testimony to come up from the Jordan.”

Theme notes and profiles

Joshua 3:3–6
…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.
Exodus 25:16–22
And place inside the ark the Testimony, which I will give you.
Revelation 11:19
Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.

Jordan: A river and region, significant in Israel's history