Joshua 4:16

4:16 “Instruct the priests carrying the ark of the covenantal laws ¹  to come up from the Jordan.”

Joshua 3:15

3:15 When the ones carrying the ark reached the Jordan and the feet of the priests carrying the ark touched the surface ²  of the water – (the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest time) ³  –

Joshua 3:8

3:8 Instruct the priests carrying the ark of the covenant, ‘When you reach the bank of the Jordan River, ⁴  wade into the water.’” ⁵ 

Joshua 3:14

3:14 So when the people left their tents to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ⁶  ahead of them.

Joshua 3:13

3:13 When the feet ⁷  of the priests carrying the ark of the Lord, the Ruler ⁸  of the whole earth, touch ⁹  the water of the Jordan, the water coming downstream toward you will stop flowing and pile up.” ¹⁰ 

Joshua 3:17

3:17 The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firmly on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan. All Israel crossed over on dry ground until the entire nation was on the other side. ¹¹ 

Joshua 4:9-10

4:9 Joshua also set up twelve stones ¹²  in the middle of the Jordan in the very place where the priests carrying the ark of the covenant stood. They remain there to this very day.

4:10 Now the priests carrying the ark of the covenant were standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything the Lord had commanded Joshua to tell the people was accomplished, in accordance with all that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people went across quickly,

Joshua 4:18

4:18 The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord came up from the middle of the Jordan, and as soon as they set foot on dry land, ¹³  the water of the Jordan flowed again and returned to flood stage. ¹⁴ 

Joshua 8:33

8:33 All the people, ¹⁵  rulers, ¹⁶  leaders, and judges were standing on either side of the ark, in front of the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord. Both resident foreigners and native Israelites were there. ¹⁷  Half the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and the other half in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the Lord’s servant had previously instructed to them to do for the formal blessing ceremony. ¹⁸ 

[4:16]  ¹ tn Traditionally, “the ark of the testimony,” another name for the ark of the covenant. The Hebrew term עֵדוּת (’edut, “testimony” or “witness”) here refers to the Mosaic covenant and the body of stipulations contained within it (see HALOT 2:791).

[3:15]  ² tn Heb “dipped into the edge.”

[3:15]  ³ tn Heb “and the Jordan overflows all its banks all the days of harvest.”

[3:8]  ³ tn Heb “the edge of the waters of the Jordan.” The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied for clarity.

[3:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “stand in the Jordan.” Here the repetition of the word “Jordan” would be redundant according to contemporary English style, so it was not included in the translation.

[3:14]  ⁴ tn The verb, though not in the Hebrew, is added for clarification.

[3:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “the soles of the feet.”

[3:13]  ⁶ tn Or “Lord”; or “Master.”

[3:13]  ⁷ tn Or “rest in.”

[3:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “the waters of the Jordan, the waters descending from above, will be cut off so that they will stand in one pile.”

[3:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “and all Israel was crossing over on dry ground until all the nation had finished crossing the Jordan.”

[4:9]  ⁷ tn Here “also” has been supplied in the translation to make it clear (as indicated by v. 20) that these are not the same stones the men took from the river bed.

[4:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “and the soles of the feet of the priests were brought up to the dry land.”

[4:18]  ⁹ tn Heb “and the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and went as formerly over their banks.”

[8:33]  ⁹ tn Heb “All Israel.”

[8:33]  ¹⁰ tn Or “elders.”

[8:33]  ¹¹ tn Heb “like the resident alien, like the citizen.” The language is idiomatic, meaning that both groups were treated the same, at least in this instance.

[8:33]  ¹² tn Heb “as Moses, the Lord’s servant, commanded to bless the people, Israel, formerly.”