Joshua 4:16
Command the priests who bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.
In Context
15And LORD spoke to Joshua, saying,
17Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of the Jordan.
Cross References
Exodus 25:16And thou shall put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.
Revelation 11:19And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of the covenant of the Lord was seen in his temple. And there occurred lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and great hail.
Matthew Henry on Joshua 4:11-20
10 For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the Lord commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over. 11 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. 12 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the… Read the whole commentary →