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Joshua 3:4-6
International Standard Version
Joshua 3:4-6
International Standard Version
4 Be sure to keep a distance of about 2,000 cubits[a] between you and it. Don’t come near it, so you can be certain where you’re going, since you haven’t passed this way before.”
5 Then Joshua addressed the people: “Consecrate yourselves, because tomorrow the Lord will do marvelous things among you.”
6 After this, Joshua[b] instructed the priests, “Take up the Ark of the Covenant and cross over ahead of the people.” So they took up the Ark of the Covenant and went on ahead of the people.
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- Joshua 3:4 I.e. about 1,000 yards
- Joshua 3:6 Lit. He
Joshua 3:4-6
New International Version
Joshua 3:4-6
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.”
5 Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves,(B) for tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things(C) among you.”
6 Joshua said to the priests, “Take up the ark of the covenant and pass on ahead of the people.” So they took it up and went ahead of them.
Footnotes
- Joshua 3:4 That is, about 3,000 feet or about 900 meters
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