Joshua 3:4

so that you can learn the ford by which you are to cross, because you have never crossed here before. Only, you must not come close to the ark. Between it and you there must be a space kept of two thousand cubits.”

Open English Bible (US)

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 gave this order to the nation: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God being carried by the priestly Levites, then set out and follow it,

5Then Joshua said to the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.”

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Cross References

Genesis 31:2Now Jacob observed that Laban was not so favorably inclined to him as formerly.

Psalms 89:7A God held in awe in the holy assembly, awful and great above all who are round him.

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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