Joshua 3:2-4

Contemporary English Version

²Two days later^[a] their leaders went through the camp, ^3-4shouting, “When you see some of the priests^[b] carrying the sacred chest, you'll know it is time to cross to the other side. You've never been there before, and you won't know the way, unless you follow the chest. But don't get too close! Stay about a kilometer back.”

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Footnotes

3.2 Two days later: The Hebrew text has “At the end of three days,” two days after they had set up camp.
3.3,4 the priests: The Hebrew text has “the priests, the Levites”; priests belonged to the tribe of Levi.

Joshua 3:2-4

King James Version

²And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host;

³And 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.

⁴Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

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Josue 3:2-4

Ang Dating Biblia (1905)

²At nangyari pagkatapos ng tatlong araw, na ang mga pinuno ay napasa gitna ng kampamento;

³At sila'y nagutos sa bayan, na sinasabi, Pagka inyong nakita ang kaban ng tipan ng Panginoon ninyong Dios, at dinadala ng mga saserdote na Levita, ay kikilos nga kayo sa inyong dako at susunod doon.

⁴Gayon ma'y magkakapagitan sa inyo at sa kaban ng may dalawang libong siko ang sukat: huwag ninyong lapitan, upang alamin ang daan na inyong marapat paroonan; sapagka't hindi pa ninyo nararaanan ang daang ito ng una.

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Joshua 3:2-4

New International Version

²After three days^(A) the officers^(B) went throughout the camp,^(C) ³giving orders to the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant^(D) of the Lord your God, and the Levitical^(E) priests^(F) carrying it, you are to move out from your positions and follow it. ⁴Then 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]^(G) between you and the ark; do not go near it.”