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14 That day the Lord brought honor to Joshua before all Israel. They respected[a] him all his life,[b] just as they had respected[c] Moses.

15 The Lord told Joshua, 16 “Instruct the priests carrying the ark of the covenantal laws[d] to come up from the Jordan.”

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 4:14 tn Heb “feared.”
  2. Joshua 4:14 tn Heb “all the days of his life.”
  3. Joshua 4:14 tn Heb “had feared.”
  4. Joshua 4:16 tn Traditionally, “the ark of the testimony,” another name for the ark of the covenant. The Hebrew term עֵדוּת (ʿedut, “testimony” or “witness”) here refers to the Mosaic covenant and the body of stipulations contained within it (see HALOT 791 s.v. 2).