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Joshua 3:4-6
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Joshua 3:4-6
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4 But do not follow too closely. Stay about 1000 yards[a] behind them. You have not been here before, but if you follow them, you will know where to go.”
5 Then Joshua told the people, “Make yourselves pure. Tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among us.”
6 Then Joshua said to the priests, “Take the Box of the Agreement and go across the river in front of the people.” So the priests lifted the Box and carried it in front of the people.
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- Joshua 3:4 1000 yards Literally, “2000 cubits” (888 m).
Joshua 3:4-6
New International Version
Joshua 3:4-6
New International Version
4 Then you will know which way to go, since you have never been this way before. But keep a distance of about two thousand cubits[a](A) between you and the ark; do not go near it.”
5 Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves,(B) for tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things(C) among you.”
6 Joshua said to the priests, “Take up the ark of the covenant and pass on ahead of the people.” So they took it up and went ahead of them.
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- Joshua 3:4 That is, about 3,000 feet or about 900 meters
Joshua 3:4-6
King James Version
Joshua 3:4-6
King James Version
4 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.
5 And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the Lord will do wonders among you.
6 And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
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