Joshua 4:11 - Easy To Read Version The people finished crossing the river. After that, the priests carried the Box of the Lord to the front of the people. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When all the people had passed over, the ark of the Lord and the priests went over in the presence of the people. American Standard Version (1901) And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of Jehovah passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people. Common English Bible As soon as all the people had finished crossing, the LORD’s chest crossed over. The priests then moved to the front of the people. Catholic Public Domain Version And when they had all crossed, the ark of the Lord also crossed, and the priests advanced before the people. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when they had all passed over: the ark also of the Lord passed over, and the priests went before the people. |
You will leave Babylon.\par But they will not force you to leave\par in a hurry.\par You will not be forced to run away.\par You will walk out,\par \{and the Lord will walk with you\}.\par The Lord will be in front of you,\par and the God of Israel will be behind you. {\cf2\super [426]} \par
Then you went across the Jordan River to the city of Jericho. The people in Jericho fought against you. Also, the Amorite people, the Perizzite people, the Canaanite people, the Hittite people, the Girgashite people, the Hivite people, and the Jebusite people fought against you. But I allowed you to defeat all of them.
The ground at that place became dry, and the priests carried the Box of the Agreement [13] of the Lord to the middle of the river and stopped. The priests waited there while all the people of Israel walked across the Jordan River on dry land.
The priests will carry the Box of the Agreement. [9] Tell the priests this, ‘Walk to the shore of the Jordan River and stop just before you step into the water.’”
The Lord had commanded Joshua to tell the people what to do. Those were the things Moses had said Joshua must do. So the priests carrying the Holy Box [16] continued standing in the middle of the river until all those things were done. The people hurried across the river.
The men from the family groups of Reuben, Gad, and half of the family group of Manasseh obeyed Moses. These men crossed the river in front of the other people. These men were prepared for war. They were going to help the rest of the people of Israel {take the land God had promised to give them}.
The priests obeyed Joshua. They carried the Box with them and came out of the river. When the priests’ feet touched the land on the other side of the river, the water in the river began flowing again. The water again overflowed its banks as it had before the people crossed.