Joshua 4:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Josh 3:15 : 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),
  • 1 Chr 12:15 : 15 It was they who went over Jordan in the first month, when the river was overflowing, and put to flight all the people of the valleys, to the east and to the west.
  • Isa 8:8 : 8 And it will come on into Judah; rushing on and overflowing, till the waters are up to the neck; *** and his outstretched wings will be covering the land from side to side: for God is with us.
  • Exod 14:26-28 : 26 And the Lord said to Moses, Let your hand be stretched out over the sea, and the waters will come back again on the Egyptians, and on their war-carriages and on their horsemen. 27 And when Moses' hand was stretched out over the sea, at dawn the sea came flowing back, meeting the Egyptians in their flight, and the Lord sent destruction on the Egyptians in the middle of the sea. 28 And the waters came back, covering the war-carriages and the horsemen and all the army of Pharaoh which went after them into the middle of the sea; not one of them was to be seen.
  • Josh 3:13 : 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.

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  • Josh 4:15-17
    3 verses
    87%

    15Then the Lord said to Joshua,

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

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

  • Josh 3:13-17
    5 verses
    87%

    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 4:7-11
    5 verses
    86%

    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 3:8-9
    2 verses
    82%

    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 4:22-23
    2 verses
    80%

    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 4:1
    79%

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

  • Josh 3:11
    79%

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

  • Josh 3:6
    78%

    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 4:19-20
    2 verses
    78%

    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.

    20And the twelve stones which they took out of Jordan, Joshua put up in Gilgal.

  • Josh 4:3-5
    3 verses
    77%

    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 5:1
    76%

    1Now 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.

  • Josh 3:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

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

  • Ps 114:3
    75%

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

  • Josh 6:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

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

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

  • Josh 6:6-9
    4 verses
    73%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 5:4
    71%

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

  • 1 Kgs 8:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

  • Gen 8:3
    70%

    3And the waters went slowly back from the earth, and at the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters were lower.

  • Josh 16:7
    70%

    7And from Janoah down to Ataroth, and to Naarah, and touching Jericho, it goes on to Jordan.

  • Exod 14:22
    70%

    22And the children of Israel went through the sea on dry land: and the waters were a wall on their right side and on their left.

  • Ps 114:5
    70%

    5What was wrong with you, O sea, that you went in flight? O Jordan, that you were turned back?

  • Josh 11:7
    70%

    7So Joshua and all the men of war with him came against them suddenly at the waters of Merom, and made an attack on them.

  • Josh 4:13
    70%

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

  • 2 Kgs 2:8
    70%

    8Then Elijah took off his robe, and, rolling it up, gave the water a blow with it, and the waters were parted, flowing back this way and that, so that they went over on dry land.

  • 2 Sam 19:15
    70%

    15So the king came back, and came as far as Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, meeting the king there, to take him back with them over Jordan.

  • Josh 5:15
    69%

    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.

  • 1 Sam 4:5
    69%

    5And when the ark of the Lord's agreement came into the tent-circle, all Israel gave a great cry, so that the earth was sounding with it.

  • Gen 7:18
    69%

    18And the waters overcame everything and were increased greatly on the earth, and the ark was resting on the face of the waters.

  • 1 Chr 12:15
    69%

    15It was they who went over Jordan in the first month, when the river was overflowing, and put to flight all the people of the valleys, to the east and to the west.