Joshua 3:6 “And he said to the priests, “Take the ark of the covenant and go on ah…”

Joshua 3:6

And he said to the priests, “Take the ark of the covenant and go on ahead of the people.” So they carried the ark of the covenant and went ahead of them.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.

World English Bible

Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, “Take up the ark of the covenant, and cross over before the people.” They took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.

American Standard Version

And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.

Geneva Bible 1599

Also Ioshua spake vnto the Priestes, saying, Take vp the Arke of the couenant, and goe ouer before the people: so they tooke vp the Arke of the couenant, and went before the people.

Darby Translation

And Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and go over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.

Young's Literal Translation

And Joshua speaketh unto the priests, saying, 'Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people;' and they take up the ark of the covenant, and go before the people.

Bible in Basic English

Then Joshua said to the priests, Take up the ark of the agreement and go over in front of the people. So they took up the ark of the agreement and went in front of the people.

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Cross references

“Take up”

Joshua 3:3 Numbers 14:15 Numbers 10:33 Micah 2:13 Hebrews 6:20 John 14:2

Joshua 3:3 · BSB

and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, you are to set out from your positions and follow it.

Numbers 14:15 · BSB

If You kill this people as one man, the nations who have heard of Your fame will say,

Numbers 10:33 · BSB

So they set out on a three-day journey from the mountain of the LORD, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them.

Micah 2:13 · BSB

One who breaks open the way will go up before them; they will break through the gate, and go out by it. Their King will pass through before them, the LORD as their leader.

Hebrews 6:20 · BSB

where Jesus our forerunner has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.

John 14:2 · BSB

In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5Then Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.”

7Now the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, so they may know that I am with you just as I was with Moses.

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