Joshua 3:6

To the priests he said, “Lift the ark of the covenant and go in front of the people.” So they lifted the ark of the covenant and went in front of the people.

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In The King James Version

And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.

In Context

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

7And the Lord said to Joshua, “This day I begin to exalt you in the sight of Israel, to let them see that as I was with Moses so I will be with you.

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Cross References

Joshua 3:3and 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,

Micah 2:13“The one who breaks out goes first. They have broken forth and passed by the gate and through it have they gone out. Their king leads before them, the Lord at their head.”

Hebrews 6:20where Jesus, our forerunner, has entered on our behalf, after being made for all time a high priest of the order of Melchizedek.

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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