Yehoshua 4:16

16 Command the Kohanim bearing the Aron HaEdut, so that they come up out of the Yarden.

Yehoshua 4:16 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 4:16

Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony
In all places before, in this history, the ark is called the ark of the covenant, here the ark of the testimony, which signifies the same thing, the law; which was both the covenant between God and the people, and a testimony of his will unto them; the Septuagint version has both words:

that they come up out of Jordan;
where they stayed until all the people passed over, for the encouragement of them, and until they received this order.

Yehoshua 4:16 In-Context

14 On Yom Hahu Hashem magnified Yehoshua in the eyes of Kol Yisroel; and they feared him, just as they feared Moshe, all the days of his life.

15 And Hashem spoke unto Yehoshua, saying,

16 Command the Kohanim bearing the Aron HaEdut, so that they come up out of the Yarden.

17 Yehoshua therefore commanded the Kohanim, saying, Come ye up out of the Yarden.

18 And it came to pass, when the Kohanim bearing the Aron Brit Hashem were come up out of the middle of the Yarden, and the soles of the feet of the Kohanim were set on dry land, that the waters of the Yarden returned unto their place, and overflowed all its banks, as they did before.