Joshua 4:16

 

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

 

a. NLT: “Command the priests carrying the Ark of the Covenant[fn] to come up out of the riverbed.”

 

b. NIV: “Command the priests carrying the ark of the covenant law to come up out of the Jordan.”

 

c. YLT: 'Command the priests bearing the ark of the testimony, and they come up out of the Jordan.'

 

d. Amplified Bible Classic: Order the priests bearing the ark of the Testimony to come up out of the Jordan.

 

e. Septuagint: Charge the priests that bear the ark of the covenant of the testimony of the Lord, to go up out of Jordan.

 

f. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/Writings: Command the Kohanim, bearers of the Ark of Testimony, that they should ascend from Jordan.”

 

1. “Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.”

 

a. Command [Strong: 6680 * tsavah tsaw-vaw' a primitive root; (intensively) to constitute, enjoin:--appoint, (for-)bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.]

 

b. the priests [Strong: 3548 * kohen ko-hane' active participle of 3547; literally, one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman):--chief ruler, X own, priest, prince, principal officer.]

 

c. that bear [Strong: 5375 * nasa' naw-saw' or nacah (Psalm 4 : 6 (7)) {naw-saw'}; a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows):--accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable (+ man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, X needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, + swear, take (away, up), X utterly, wear, yield.]

 

d. the ark [Strong: 727 * 'arown aw-rone' or laron {aw-rone'}; from 717 (in the sense of gathering); a box:--ark, chest, coffin.]

 

e. of the covenant [Strong: 5715 * `eduwth ay-dooth' feminine of 5707; testimony:--testimony, witness.]

 

f. that they come up [Strong: 5927 * `alah aw-law' a primitive root; to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow):--arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, + shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, X mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, + perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.]

 

g. out of [Strong: 4480 * min min or minniy {min-nee'}; or minney (constructive plural) {min-nay'}; (Isaiah 30:11); for 4482; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses (as follows):--above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, X neither, X nor, (out) of, over, since, X then, through, X whether, with.]

 

h. Jordan [Strong: 3383 * Yarden yar-dane' from 3381; a descender; Jarden, the principal river of Palestine:--Jordan.]