Joshua 3:14

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So when the people went out from their tents to go over Jordan, the priests who took up the ark of the agreement were in front of the people;

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  • Acts 7:44-45 : 44 Our fathers had the Tent of witness in the waste land, as God gave orders to Moses to make it after the design which he had seen. 45 Which our fathers, in their turn, took with them when, with Joshua, they came into the heritage of the nations whom God was driving out before the face of our fathers, till the time of David,
  • 1 Cor 1:24-25 : 24 But to those of God's selection, Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power and the wisdom of God. 25 Because what seems foolish in God is wiser than men; and what seems feeble in God is stronger than men.
  • Heb 9:4 : 4 Having a vessel of gold in it for burning perfumes, and the ark of the agreement, which was covered with gold and which had in it a pot made of gold for the manna, and Aaron's rod which put out buds, and the stones with the writing of the agreement;
  • Deut 31:26 : 26 Take this book of the law and put it by the ark of the Lord's agreement, so that it may be a witness against you.
  • Josh 3:3 : 3 Giving the people their orders, and saying, When you see the ark of the agreement of the Lord your God lifted up by the priests, the Levites, then get up from your places and go after it;
  • Josh 3:6 : 6 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.
  • Josh 6:6 : 6 Then Joshua, the son of Nun, sent for the priests and said to them, Take up the ark of the agreement, and let seven priests take seven horns in their hands and go before the ark of the Lord.
  • Ps 132:8 : 8 Come back, O Lord, to your resting-place; you and the ark of your strength.
  • Jer 3:16 : 16 And it will come about, when your numbers are increased in the land, in those days, says the Lord, that they will no longer say, The ark of the agreement of the Lord: it will not come into their minds, they will not have any memory of it, or be conscious of the loss of it, and it will not be made again.

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  • Josh 3:15-17
    3 verses
    89%

    15 And when those who took up the ark came to Jordan, and the feet of the priests who took up the ark were touching the edge of the water (for the waters of Jordan are overflowing all through the time of the grain-cutting),

    16 Then the waters flowing down from higher up were stopped and came together in a mass a long way back at Adam, a town near Zarethan; and the waters flowing down to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were cut off: and the people went across opposite Jericho.

    17 And the priests who took up the ark of the agreement of the Lord kept their places, with their feet on dry land in the middle of Jordan, while all Israel went over on dry land, till all the nation had gone over Jordan.

  • Josh 4:7-13
    7 verses
    88%

    7 Then you will say to them, Because the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the Lord's agreement; when it went over Jordan the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones will be a sign for the children of Israel, keeping it in their memory for ever.

    8 So the children of Israel did as Joshua gave them orders, and took twelve stones from the middle of Jordan, as the Lord had said to Joshua, one for every tribe of the children of Israel; these they took across with them to their night's resting-place and put them down there.

    9 And Joshua put up twelve stones in the middle of Jordan, where the feet of the priests who took up the ark of the agreement had been placed: and there they are to this day.

    10 For the priests who took up the ark kept there in the middle of Jordan till all the orders given to Joshua by Moses from the Lord had been done: then the people went over quickly.

    11 And when all the people had come to the other side, the ark of the Lord went over, and the priests, before the eyes of the people.

    12 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh went over armed before the children of Israel as Moses had said to them:

    13 About forty thousand armed for war went over before the Lord to the fight, to the lowlands of Jericho.

  • Josh 3:11-13
    3 verses
    86%

    11 See, the ark of the agreement of the Lord of all the earth is going over before you into Jordan.

    12 So take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, a man from every tribe.

    13 And when the feet of the priests who take up the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, come to rest in the waters of Jordan, the waters of Jordan will be cut off, all the waters flowing down from higher up, and will come together in a mass.

  • Josh 3:6
    85%

    6 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.

  • Josh 4:16-19
    4 verses
    85%

    16 Give orders to the priests who take up the ark of witness, to come up out of Jordan.

    17 So Joshua gave orders to the priests, saying, Come up now out of Jordan.

    18 And when the priests who took up the ark of the Lord's agreement came up out of Jordan and their feet came out on to dry land, the waters of Jordan went back to their place, overflowing its edges as before.

    19 So on the tenth day of the first month the people came up out of Jordan, and put up their tents in Gilgal, on the east side of Jericho.

  • Josh 3:8
    82%

    8 And you are to give orders to the priests who take up the ark of the agreement, and say, When you come to the edge of the waters of Jordan, go no further.

  • Josh 3:1-3
    3 verses
    81%

    1 Then Joshua got up early in the morning, and, moving on from Shittim, he and all the children of Israel came to Jordan and were there for the night before going over.

    2 And at the end of three days, the men in authority over the people went through the tents,

    3 Giving the people their orders, and saying, When you see the ark of the agreement of the Lord your God lifted up by the priests, the Levites, then get up from your places and go after it;

  • Josh 6:6-9
    4 verses
    78%

    6 Then Joshua, the son of Nun, sent for the priests and said to them, Take up the ark of the agreement, and let seven priests take seven horns in their hands and go before the ark of the Lord.

    7 And he said to the people, Go forward, circling the town, and let the armed men go before the ark of the Lord.

    8 So after Joshua had said this to the people, the seven priests with their seven horns went forward before the Lord, blowing on their horns: and the ark of the Lord's agreement went after them.

    9 And the armed men went before the priests who were blowing the horns, and the mass of the people went after the ark, blowing their horns.

  • Josh 4:1
    77%

    1 Now when all the nation had come to the other side of Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua,

  • Josh 4:5
    77%

    5 And he said to them, Go over before the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of Jordan, and let every one of you take up a stone on his back, one for every tribe of the children of Israel:

  • Josh 4:22-23
    2 verses
    76%

    22 Then give your children the story, and say, Israel came over this river Jordan on dry land.

    23 For the Lord your God made the waters of Jordan dry before you till you had gone across, as he did to the Red Sea, drying it up before us till we had gone across:

  • Josh 6:11-13
    3 verses
    75%

    11 So he made the ark of the Lord go all round the town once: then they went back to the tents for the night.

    12 And early in the morning Joshua got up, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord.

    13 And the seven priests with their seven horns went on before the ark of the Lord, blowing their horns: the armed men went before them, and the mass of the people went after the ark of the Lord, blowing their horns.

  • 1 Kgs 8:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3 And all the responsible men of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.

    4 They took up the ark of the Lord, and the Tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels which were in the Tent; all these the priests and the Levites took up.

  • Num 10:33
    75%

    33 So they went forward three days' journey from the mountain of the Lord; and the ark of the Lord's agreement went three days' journey before them, looking for a resting-place for them;

  • Josh 1:11
    74%

    11 Go through the tents and give orders to the people, saying, Get ready a store of food; for in three days you are to go over this river Jordan and take for your heritage the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

  • Num 33:51
    74%

    51 Say to the children of Israel, When you go over Jordan into the land of Canaan,

  • 2 Chr 5:4
    74%

    4 All the responsible men of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark.

  • 1 Chr 15:14
    74%

    14 So the priests and the Levites made themselves holy to take up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel.

  • Josh 4:3
    74%

    3 And say to them, Take up from the middle of Jordan, from the place where the feet of the priests were resting, twelve stones, and take them over with you and put them down in the place where you take your rest tonight.

  • Ps 114:3
    73%

    3 The sea saw it, and went in flight; Jordan was turned back.

  • 2 Sam 15:24
    73%

    24 Then Zadok came, and Abiathar, and with them the ark of God's agreement: and they put down the ark of God, till all the people from the town had gone by.

  • Josh 5:1
    73%

    1 Now when the news came to all the kings of the Amorites on the west side of Jordan, and all the kings of the Canaanites living by the sea, how the Lord had made the waters of Jordan dry before the children of Israel, till they had gone across, their hearts became like water, and there was no more spirit in them, because of the children of Israel.

  • 2 Sam 24:5
    73%

    5 And they went over Jordan, and starting from Aroer, from the town which is in the middle of the valley, they went in the direction of the Gadites, and on to Jazer;

  • Deut 11:31
    72%

    31 For you are about to go over Jordan to take the heritage which the Lord your God is giving you, and it will be your resting-place.

  • Num 9:17
    72%

    17 And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the House, then the children of Israel went journeying on; and in the place where the cloud came to rest, there the children of Israel put up their tents.

  • Num 32:21
    72%

    21 Every armed man of you going across Jordan before the Lord till he has overcome and sent in flight all who are against him,

  • Num 4:5
    72%

    5 When all the people go forward, Aaron is to go in with his sons, and take down the veil of the curtain, covering the ark of witness with it;

  • 2 Sam 17:22
    72%

    22 So David and all the people who were with him went up over Jordan: when dawn came, every one of them had gone over Jordan.