Joshua 4:16
Strong's Lexicon
“Command
צַוֵּה֙ (ṣaw·wêh)
Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6680: 1) to command, charge, give orders, lay charge, give charge to, order 1a)(Piel) 1a1) to lay charge upon 1a2) to give charge to, give command to 1a3) to give charge unto 1a4) to give charge over, appoint 1a5) to give charge, command 1a6) to charge, command 1a7) to charge, commission 1a8) to command, appoint, ordain (of divine act) 1b) (Pual) to be commanded

אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

the priests
הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים (hak·kō·hă·nîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3548: 1) priest, principal officer or chief ruler 1a) priest-king (Melchizedek, Messiah) 1b) pagan priests 1c) priests of Jehovah 1d) Levitical priests 1e) Zadokite priests 1f) Aaronic priests 1g) the high priest

who carry
נֹשְׂאֵ֖י (nō·śə·’ê)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 5375: 1) to lift, bear up, carry, take 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to lift, lift up 1a2) to bear, carry, support, sustain, endure 1a3) to take, take away, carry off, forgive 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be lifted up, be exalted 1b2) to lift oneself up, rise up 1b3) to be borne, be carried 1b4) to be taken away, be carried off, be swept away 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to lift up, exalt, support, aid, assist 1c2) to desire, long (fig.) 1c3) to carry, bear continuously 1c4) to take, take away 1d) (Hithpael) to lift oneself up, exalt oneself 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to cause one to bear (iniquity) 1e2) to cause to bring, have brought

the ark
אֲר֣וֹן (’ă·rō·wn)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 727: 1) chest, ark 1a) money chest 1b) Ark of the Covenant 2)(TWOT) coffin

of the Testimony
הָעֵד֑וּת (hā·‘ê·ḏūṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5715: 1) testimony

to come up
וְיַעֲל֖וּ (wə·ya·‘ă·lū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5927: 1) to go up, ascend, climb 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go up, ascend 1a2) to meet, visit, follow, depart, withdraw, retreat 1a3) to go up, come up (of animals) 1a4) to spring up, grow, shoot forth (of vegetation) 1a5) to go up, go up over, rise (of natural phenomenon) 1a6) to come up (before God) 1a7) to go up, go up over, extend (of boundary) 1a8) to excel, be superior to 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be taken up, be brought up, be taken away 1b2) to take oneself away 1b3) to be exalted 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to bring up, cause to ascend or climb, cause to go up 1c2) to bring up, bring against, take away 1c3) to bring up, draw up, train 1c4) to cause to ascend 1c5) to rouse, stir up (mentally) 1c6) to offer, bring up (of gifts) 1c7) to exalt 1c8) to cause to ascend, offer 1d) (Hophal) 1d1) to be carried away, be led up 1d2) to be taken up into, be inserted in 1d3) to be offered 1e) (Hithpael) to lift oneself

from
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 4480: prep 1) from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than 1a) from (expressing separation), off, on the side of 1b) out of 1b1) (with verbs of proceeding, removing, expelling) 1b2) (of material from which something is made) 1b3) (of source or origin) 1c) out of, some of, from (partitively) 1d) from, since, after (of time) 1e) than, more than (in comparison) 1f) from...even to, both...and, either...or 1g) than, more than, too much for (in comparisons) 1h) from, on account of, through, because (with infinitive) conj 2) that

the Jordan.”
הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃ (hay·yar·dên)
Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3383: Jordan = 'descender' 1) the river of Palestine running from the roots of Anti-Lebanon to the Dead Sea a distance of approx 200 miles (320 km)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
“Command the priests who carry the ark of the Testimony to come up from the Jordan.”

Young's Literal Translation
‘Command the priests bearing the ark of the testimony, and they come up out of the Jordan.’

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Command the priests who carry the ark of the testimony to come up from the Jordan.”

New American Standard Bible
"Command the priests who carry the ark of the testimony that they come up from the Jordan."

King James Bible
Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
"Command the priests carrying the ark of the covenant law to come up out of the Jordan."

New Living Translation
"Command the priests carrying the Ark of the Covenant to come up out of the riverbed."

English Standard Version
“Command the priests bearing the ark of the testimony to come up out of the Jordan.”

New American Standard Bible
"Command the priests who carry the ark of the testimony that they come up from the Jordan."

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Command the priests who carry the ark of the testimony to come up from the Jordan."

International Standard Version
"Command the priests who carry the Ark of the Testimony to come up from the Jordan River."

NET Bible
"Instruct the priests carrying the ark of the covenantal laws to come up from the Jordan."

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
'Command the priests bearing the ark of the testimony, and they come up out of the Jordan.'
















Cross References
Exodus 25:16
And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.

Joshua 4:15
And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,

Joshua 4:17
Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.

Joshua 1:1
Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,

Joshua 4:14
On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.

Joshua 4:13
About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.

Joshua 4:18
And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before.

Joshua 4:19
And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.
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