Joshua 4:7 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

2 The children of Ruben also and Gad, and half the tribe of Manasses, went armed before the children of Israel as Moses had commanded them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Then you shall tell them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord; when it passed over the Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off. So these stones shall be to the Israelites a memorial forever.

American Standard Version (1901)

then ye shall say unto them, Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah; when it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.

Common English Bible

Then you will tell them that the water of the Jordan was cut off before the LORD’s covenant chest. When it crossed over the Jordan, the water of the Jordan was cut off. These stones will be an enduring memorial for the Israelites.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

you shall respond to them: 'The waters of the Jordan failed before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, when the ark crossed over it. For this reason, these stones were placed as a monument for the sons of Israel, even forever.' "

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

You shall answer them: The waters of the Jordan ran off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, when it passed over the same. Therefore were these stones set for a monument of the children of Israel for ever.

Joshua 4:7 Cross References

Psalm 111:4

Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord: he shall delight exceedingly in his commandments.

Exodus 12:14

7 And you shall observe the feast of the unleavened bread: for in this same day I will bring forth your army out of the land of Egypt, and you shall keep this day in your generations by a perpetual observance.

Exodus 28:12

5 And thou shalt make the rational of judgment with embroidered work of divers colours, according to the workmanship of the ephod, of gold, violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine twisted linen.

Exodus 30:16

9 Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and feet in it:

Isaiah 66:3

1 That you may suck, and be filled with the breasts of her consolations: that you may milk out, and flow with delights, from the abundance of her glory.

Numbers 16:40

5 Get you out from the midst of this multitude, this moment will I destroy them. And as they were lying on the ground,

Numbers 17:5

0 And the Lord said to Moses: Carry back the rod of Aaron into the tabernacle of the testimony, that it may be kept there for a token of the rebellious children of Israel, and that their complaints may cease from me lest they die.

1 Corinthians 11:24

3 Wherefore, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

Deuteronomy 16:3

Six days shalt thou eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day, because it is the assembly of the Lord thy God, thou shalt do no work.

Joshua 4:6

1 And when they had all passed over, the ark also of the Lord passed over, and the priests went before the people.