Joshua 3:6

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.

And Joshua {H3091} spake {H559} unto the priests {H3548}, saying {H559}, Take up {H5375} the ark {H727} of the covenant {H1285}, and pass over {H5674} before {H6440} the people {H5971}. And they took up {H5375} the ark {H727} of the covenant {H1285}, and went {H3212} before {H6440} the people {H5971}.

Then Y'hoshua said to the cohanim, "Take the ark for the covenant, and go on ahead of the people." They took the ark for the covenant and went ahead of the people.

And he said to the priests, “Take the ark of the covenant and go on ahead of the people.” So they carried the ark of the covenant and went ahead of them.

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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Cross-References

  • Micah 2:13 (2 votes)

    The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the LORD on the head of them.

  • Numbers 14:15 (2 votes)

    Now [if] thou shalt kill [all] this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,

  • Joshua 3:3 (2 votes)

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

  • Numbers 10:33 (2 votes)

    And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days' journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them.

  • John 14:2 (2 votes)

    In my Father's house are many mansions: if [it were] not [so], I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

  • John 14:3 (2 votes)

    And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, [there] ye may be also.

  • Hebrews 6:20 (1 votes)

    Whither the forerunner is for us entered, [even] Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.