Joshua 3:4
Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: do not come near it, that you may know the way by which you must go, for you have not passed this way before.
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
However, keep a distance of about two thousand cubits between you and it. Do not go near it so that you may know the way you are to go, for you have not traveled this way before.
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
Yet there shall be a space{H7350} between you and it, about two thousand{H505} cubits{H520} by measure:{H4060} come not near{H7126} unto it, that ye may know{H3045} the way{H1870} by which ye must go;{H3212} for ye have not passed{H5674} this way{H1870} heretofore.{H8543}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
Yet there shall be a space{H7350} between you and it, about two thousand{H505} cubits{H520} by measure{H4060}: come not near{H7126}{(H8799)} unto it, that ye may know{H3045}{(H8799)} the way{H1870} by which ye must go{H3212}{(H8799)}: for ye have not passed{H5674}{(H8804)} this way{H1870} heretofore{H8543}{H8032}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
(but so, that there be rowme betwene you and it by two thousande cubites, & that ye come not nye it) yt ye maye knowe what waye ye shulde go: for ye neuer wente that waye afore.
Geneva Bible (1560)
Yet there shalbe a space betweene you and it, about two thousande cubites by measure: ye shall not come neere vnto it, that ye may knowe the way, by the which ye shall goe: for ye haue not gone this way in times past.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
So yet that there shalbe a space betweene you and it, about two thousand cubites by measure: And ye shall not come nye vnto it, that ye may know the way by whiche ye must go: for ye haue not gone this way in times past.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed [this] way heretofore.
Webster's Bible (1833)
Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: don't come near to it, that you may know the way by which you must go; for you have not passed this way heretofore.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
only, a distance is between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure; ye do not come near unto it, so that ye know the way in which ye go, for ye have not passed over in the way heretofore.'
American Standard Version (1901)
Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
American Standard Version (1901)
Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
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.
World English Bible (2000)
Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure. Don't come near to it, that you may know the way by which you must go; for you have not passed this way before."
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
But stay about three thousand feet behind it. Keep your distance so you can see which way you should go, for you have not traveled this way before.”
Referenced Verses
- Exod 19:12 : 12 And you shall set boundaries for the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that you do not go up into the mount, or touch the border of it; whoever touches the mount shall surely be put to death:
- 1 Chr 11:2 : 2 Moreover, in times past, even when Saul was king, you were the one who led and brought in Israel. And the LORD your God said to you, You shall shepherd my people Israel, and you shall be ruler over my people Israel.
- Ps 89:7 : 7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be held in reverence by all those around Him.
- Heb 12:28-29 : 28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: 29 For our God is a consuming fire.
- Gen 31:2 : 2 And Jacob noticed the expression of Laban, and behold, it was not toward him as before.
- Exod 3:5 : 5 And he said, Do not draw near here; take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
- Exod 4:10 : 10 And Moses said to the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before, nor since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and of a slow tongue.
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