Joshua 4:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Exod 25:16-22 : 16 Inside the ark you are to put the record which I will give you. 17 And you are to make a cover of the best gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. 18 And at the two ends of the cover you are to make two winged ones of hammered gold, 19 One at one end and one at the other; the winged ones are to be part of the cover. 20 And their wings are to be outstretched over the cover, and the winged ones are to be opposite one another, facing the cover. 21 And put the cover over the ark, and in the ark the record which I will give you. 22 And there, between the two winged ones on the cover of the ark, I will come to you, face to face, and make clear to you all the orders I have to give you for the children of Israel.
  • Josh 3:3-6 : 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; 4 But let there be a space between you and it of about two thousand cubits: come no nearer to it, so that you may see the way you have to go, for you have not been over this way before. 5 And Joshua said to the people, Make yourselves holy, for tomorrow the Lord will do works of wonder among you. 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.
  • Rev 11:19 : 19 And the house of God which is in heaven was open; and the ark of his agreement was seen in his house, and there were flames and voices and thunders and an earth-shock and a rain of ice.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 4:17-19
    3 verses
    95%

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

    18And 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.

    19So 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 3:8-9
    2 verses
    86%

    8And 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.

    9And Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come to me here: and give ear to the words of the Lord your God.

  • Josh 4:7-11
    5 verses
    84%

    7Then 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.

    8So 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.

    9And 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.

    10For 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.

    11And 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.

  • Josh 3:6
    81%

    6Then 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 4:15
    80%

    15Then the Lord said to Joshua,

  • Josh 3:11-17
    7 verses
    79%

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

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

    13And 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.

    14So 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;

    15And 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),

    16Then 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.

    17And 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 4:1-5
    5 verses
    78%

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

    2Take twelve men from the people, a man for every tribe,

    3And 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.

    4So Joshua sent for the twelve men, whom he had ready, one man out of every tribe of the children of Israel,

    5And 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 6:12-13
    2 verses
    76%

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

    13And 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.

  • Josh 6:6-10
    5 verses
    75%

    6Then 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.

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

    8So 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.

    9And 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.

    10And to the people Joshua gave an order, saying, You will give no cry, and make no sound, and let no word go out of your mouth till the day when I say, Give a loud cry; then give a loud cry.

  • Josh 4:22-23
    2 verses
    74%

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

    23For 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 1:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10Then Joshua gave their orders to those who were in authority over the people, saying,

    11Go 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.

  • 2 Chr 5:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

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

    5They took up the ark and the Tent of meeting and all the holy vessels which were in the Tent; all these the priests, the Levites, took up.

  • 1 Kgs 8:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

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

    4They 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.

  • Josh 3:1
    72%

    1Then 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.

  • Josh 3:3
    72%

    3Giving 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;

  • 1 Chr 15:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

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

    15And the sons of the Levites took up the ark of God, lifting it by its rods, as the Lord had said to Moses.

  • Num 33:51
    71%

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

  • Num 35:10
    70%

    10Say to the children of Israel, when you have gone over Jordan into the land of Canaan;

  • Josh 20:1
    70%

    1And the Lord said to Joshua,

  • Josh 1:2
    70%

    2Moses my servant is dead; so now get up! Go over Jordan, you and all this people, into the land which I am giving to them, to the children of Israel.

  • Deut 31:25
    70%

    25Moses said to the Levites who were responsible for taking up the ark of the Lord's agreement,

  • Josh 5:15
    70%

    15And the captain of the Lord's army said to Joshua, Take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy. And Joshua did so.