Joshua 3:6 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁶ Then he said to the priests, ‘Carry 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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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Joshua said to the priests, Take up the ark of the covenant and pass over before the people. And they took it up and went on before the people.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ 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.

Common English Bible

⁶ Then Joshua said to the priests, “Lift up the covenant chest. Go along in front of the people.” So they lifted up the covenant chest and went in front of the people.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ And he said to the priests: "Take up the ark of the covenant, and go before the people." And they fulfilled the orders, and they took it and walked before them.

Joshua 3:6 Cross References

Micah 2:13

One who breaks open the way will advance before them; they will break out, pass through the city gate, and leave by it. Their King will pass through before them, the Lord as their leader.

Joshua 3:3

and commanded the people, ‘When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God carried by the Levitical priests,  you are to break camp and follow it.

Numbers 14:15

If you kill this people with a single blow,  , the nations that have heard of your fame  will declare,

Numbers 10:33

They set out from the mountain of the Lord on a three-day journey with the ark of the Lord’s covenant travelling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them.

Hebrews 6:20

Jesus has entered there on our behalf as a forerunner,  because he has become a high priest for ever according to the order of Melchizedek.

Joshua 3:5

Joshua told the people, ‘Consecrate yourselves,  because the Lord will do wonders  among you tomorrow.’

Joshua 3:7

The Lord spoke to Joshua: ‘Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel,  so they will know that I will be with you just as I was with Moses.

1 Kings 8:3

All the elders  of Israel came, and the priests  picked up the ark.

2 Chronicles 5:4

All the elders of Israel came, and the Levites picked up the ark.

Joshua 6:6

So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and said to them, ‘Take up the ark of the covenant and have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark of the Lord.’