Joshua 4:16
“Command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, that they come up out of the Jordan.”
World English Bible Catholic
In The King James Version
Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.
In Context
15The LORD spoke to Joshua, saying,
17Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, “Come up out of the Jordan!”
Cross References
Exodus 25:16You shall put the covenant which I shall give you into the ark.
Revelation 11:19God’s temple that is in heaven was opened, and the ark of the Lord’s covenant was seen in his temple. Lightnings, sounds, thunders, an earthquake, and great hail followed.
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 →