Joshua 4:16
Give orders to the priests who take up the ark of witness, to come up out of Jordan.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.
In Context
15Then the Lord said to Joshua,
17So Joshua gave orders to the priests, saying, Come up now out of Jordan.
Cross References
Exodus 25:16Inside the ark you are to put the record which I will give you.
Revelation 11:19And the house of God which is in heaven was open; and the ark of his agreement was seen in his house, and there were flames and voices and thunders and an earth-shock and a rain of ice.
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 →