Verse 18

Joshua 4:18

Geneva Bible

18 And when the Priests that bare the Arke of the couenant of ye Lord were come vp out of the middes of Iorden, and assoone as the soles of the Priests feete were set on the dry land, the waters of Iorde returned vnto their place, and flowed ouer all the bankes thereof, as they did before.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ֠/יְהִי ב/עלות כַּ/עֲל֨וֹת הַ/כֹּהֲנִ֜ים נֹשְׂאֵ֨י אֲר֤וֹן בְּרִית יְהוָה֙ מִ/תּ֣וֹךְ הַ/יַּרְדֵּ֔ן נִתְּק֗וּ כַּפּוֹת֙ רַגְלֵ֣י הַ/כֹּהֲנִ֔ים אֶ֖ל הֶ/חָרָבָ֑ה וַ/יָּשֻׁ֤בוּ מֵֽי הַ/יַּרְדֵּן֙ לִ/מְקוֹמָ֔/ם וַ/יֵּלְכ֥וּ כִ/תְמוֹל שִׁלְשׁ֖וֹם עַל כָּל גְּדוֹתָֽי/ו
English Translation
And it was when the priests bearing the Ark of the Covenant of Yahweh ascended from the Jordan, the soles of the priests' feet were drawn to the dry ground, and the waters of the Jordan returned to their place, and they went as before on all its banks.
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Chapter 4 Context
1 And when all the people were wholy gone ouer Iorden, (after the Lord had spoken vnto Ioshua, saying, Focus ↗
2 Take you twelue me out of the people, out of euery tribe a man, Focus ↗
3 And command you them, saying, Take you hence out of the middes of Iorden, out of the place where the... Focus ↗
4 Then Ioshua called the twelue men, whome he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of euery tri... Focus ↗
5 And Ioshua said vnto them, Go ouer before the Arke of the Lord your God (Elohim), euen through the m... Focus ↗
6 That this may bee a signe among you, that whe your children shall aske their fathers in time to come... Focus ↗
7 Then ye may answere them, That the waters of Iorden were cut off before the Arke of the couenant of... Focus ↗
8 Then ye children of Israel did euen so as Ioshua had commanded, and tooke vp twelue stones out of th... Focus ↗
9 And Ioshua set vp twelue stones in the middes of Iorden, in the place where the feete of the Priests... Focus ↗
10 So the Priests, which bare ye Arke, stoode in the middes of Iorden, vntill euery thing was finished... Focus ↗
11 When all the people were cleane passed ouer, the Arke of the Lord went ouer also, and the Priests be... Focus ↗
12 And the sonnes of Reuben, and the sonnes of Gad, and halfe the tribe of Manasseh went ouer before th... Focus ↗
13 Euen fourty thousand prepared for warre, went before the Lord vnto battel, into ye plaine of Iericho... Focus ↗
14 That day the Lord magnified Ioshua in the sight of all Israel, and they feared him, as they feared M... Focus ↗
15 And the Lord spake vnto Ioshua, saying, Focus ↗
16 Commande the Priests that beare ye Arke of the testimonie, to come vp out of Iorden. Focus ↗
17 Ioshua therefore commanded the Priests, saying, Come ye vp out of Iorden. Focus ↗
18 And when the Priests that bare the Arke of the couenant of ye Lord were come vp out of the middes of...
19 So the people came vp out of Iorden the tenth day of the first moneth, and pitched in Gilgal, in the... Focus ↗
20 Also the twelue stones, which they tooke out of Iorden, did Ioshua pitch in Gilgal. Focus ↗
21 And he spake vnto ye childre of Israel, saying, When your children shall aske their fathers in time... Focus ↗
22 Then ye shall shew your children, and say, Israel came ouer this Iorden on dry land: Focus ↗
23 For the Lord your God (Elohim) dryed vp ye waters of Iorden before you, vntill ye were gone ouer, as... Focus ↗
24 That all the people of the worlde may know that the hand of the Lord is mightie, that ye might feare... Focus ↗