Joshua 3:6

Webster's Bible (1833)

Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. They took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 10:33 : 33 They set forward from the Mount of Yahweh three days' journey; and the ark of the covenant of Yahweh went before them three days' journey, to seek out a resting-place for them.
  • Num 14:15 : 15 Now if you shall kill this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of you will speak, saying,
  • Josh 3:3 : 3 and they commanded the people, saying, When you see the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then you shall remove from your place, and go after it.
  • Mic 2:13 : 13 He who breaks open the way goes up before them. They break through the gate, and go out. And their king passes on before them, With Yahweh at their head."
  • John 14:2-3 : 2 In my Father's house are many mansions. If it weren't so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you. 3 If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also.
  • Heb 6:20 : 20 where as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 3:13-15
    3 verses
    85%

    13It shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of Yahweh, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, even the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand in one heap.

    14It happened, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over the Jordan, the priests who bore the ark of the covenant being before the people;

    15and when those who bore the ark were come to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests who bore the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks all the time of harvest),

  • Josh 6:6-13
    8 verses
    85%

    6Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said to them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of Yahweh.

    7They said to the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let the armed men pass on before the ark of Yahweh.

    8It was so, that when Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before Yahweh passed on, and blew the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of Yahweh followed them.

    9The armed men went before the priests who blew the trumpets, and the rearward went after the ark, [the priests] blowing the trumpets as they went.

    10Joshua commanded the people, saying, You shall not shout, nor let your voice be heard, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall you shout.

    11So he caused the ark of Yahweh to compass the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.

    12Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of Yahweh.

    13The seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of Yahweh went on continually, and blew the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; and the rearward came after the ark of Yahweh, [the priests] blowing the trumpets as they went.

  • Josh 3:11
    85%

    11Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passes over before you into the Jordan.

  • Josh 4:9-11
    3 verses
    84%

    9Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there to this day.

    10For the priests who bore the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan, until everything was finished that Yahweh commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hurried and passed over.

    11It happened, when all the people had completely passed over, that the ark of Yahweh passed over, with the priests, in the presence of the people.

  • Josh 3:7-9
    3 verses
    82%

    7Yahweh said to Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.

    8You shall command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When you are come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.

    9Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come here, and hear the words of Yahweh your God.

  • Josh 3:1-5
    5 verses
    82%

    1Joshua rose up early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel; and they lodged there before they passed over.

    2It happened after three days, that the officers went through the midst of the camp;

    3and they commanded the people, saying, When you see the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then you shall remove from your place, and go after it.

    4Yet 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.

    5Joshua said to the people, Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow Yahweh will do wonders among you.

  • Josh 4:15-18
    4 verses
    81%

    15Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,

    16Command the priests who bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan.

    17Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come up out of the Jordan.

    18It happened, when the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh were come up out of the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up to the dry ground, that the waters of the Jordan returned to their place, and went over all its banks, as before.

  • Josh 3:17
    80%

    17The priests who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan; and all Israel passed over on dry ground, until all the nation were passed clean over the Jordan.

  • Josh 4:5
    79%

    5and Joshua said to them, Pass over before the ark of Yahweh your God into the midst of the Jordan, and take up every man of you a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel;

  • Josh 4:1-3
    3 verses
    78%

    1It happened, when all the nation were clean passed over the Jordan, that Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,

    2Take twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,

    3and command you them, saying, Take hence out of the midst of the Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and carry them over with you, and lay them down in the lodging-place, where you shall lodge this night.

  • Josh 1:10-11
    2 verses
    76%

    10Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

    11Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying, Prepare food; for within three days you are to pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which Yahweh your God gives you to possess it.

  • 1 Kgs 8:3-4
    2 verses
    76%

    3All the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.

    4They brought up the ark of Yahweh, and the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent; even these did the priests and the Levites bring up.

  • Deut 31:3
    75%

    3Yahweh your God, he will go over before you; he will destroy these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess them: [and] Joshua, he shall go over before you, as Yahweh has spoken.

  • Josh 6:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3You shall compass the city, all the men of war, going about the city once. Thus shall you do six days.

    4Seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark: and the seventh day you shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.

  • 2 Chr 5:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4All the elders of Israel came: and the Levites took up the ark;

    5and they brought up the ark, and the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent; these did the priests the Levites bring up.

  • 1 Chr 15:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

    15The children of the Levites bore the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of Yahweh.

  • Num 27:22
    72%

    22Moses did as Yahweh commanded him; and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation:

  • Josh 7:6
    72%

    6Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of Yahweh until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads.

  • Deut 31:7
    72%

    7Moses called to Joshua, and said to him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of good courage: for you shall go with this people into the land which Yahweh has sworn to their fathers to give them; and you shall cause them to inherit it.

  • Josh 4:7
    72%

    7then you shall tell them, Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh; when it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial to the children of Israel forever.

  • Deut 3:28
    72%

    28But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him; for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which you shall see.

  • Num 10:33
    72%

    33They set forward from the Mount of Yahweh three days' journey; and the ark of the covenant of Yahweh went before them three days' journey, to seek out a resting-place for them.

  • Num 33:51
    72%

    51Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,