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Joshua 3:4

But let there be a distance between you and it; you⌃ shall stand as much as two thousand cubits from it. Do not draw near to it, that you⌃ may know the way which you⌃ are to go; for you⌃ have not gone the way + 3:4 Gr. from yesterday and the third day. A frequent Hebraism. before.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

In Context

3and they charged the people, saying, When you⌃ shall see the ark of the covenant of the Lord our God, and our priests and the Levites bearing it, you⌃ shall depart from your places, and you⌃ shall go after it.

5And Joshua said to the people, Sanctify yourselves against to-morrow, for to-morrow the Lord will do wonders among you.

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Cross References

Genesis 31:2And Jacob saw the countenance of Laban, and behold it was not toward him as + 31:2 Gr. yesterday and the day before. Hebraism. before.

Exodus 4:10And Moses said to the Lord, I pray, Lord, I have not been sufficient in + 4:10 Gr. before yesterday, neither before the third day. former times, neither from the time that you have begun to speak to your servant: I am weak in speech, and slow-tongued.

1 Chronicles 11:2And heretofore when Saul was king, you were he that led Israel in and out, and the Lord of Israel said to you, You shall feed my people Israel, and you shall be for a ruler over Israel.

Psalms 89:7For we have perished in your anger, and in your wrath we have been troubled. 1

Isaiah 48:17Thus says the Lord that delivered you, the Holy One of Israel; I am your God, I have shown you how you should find the way wherein you should walk.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 3:2-7

Preparation for Passing over the Jordan. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over. 2 And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host; 3 And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it. 4 Yet there shall be… Read the whole commentary →

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