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Joshua 3:4
New English Translation
Joshua 3:4
New English Translation
4 But stay about 3,000 feet behind it.[a] Keep your distance[b] so you can see[c] which way you should go, for you have not traveled this way before.”
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- Joshua 3:4 tn Heb “But there should be a distance between you and it, about 2,000 cubits in measurement.”sn The precise distance is uncertain, but the measurement designated אַמָּה (ʾammah, “cubit”) was probably equivalent to approximately 18 inches, or 45 cm) in length.
- Joshua 3:4 tn Heb “do not approach it.”
- Joshua 3:4 tn Heb “know.”
Joshua 3:4
New International Version
Joshua 3:4
New International Version
4 Then you will know which way to go, since you have never been this way before. But keep a distance of about two thousand cubits[a](A) between you and the ark; do not go near it.”
Footnotes
- Joshua 3:4 That is, about 3,000 feet or about 900 meters
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