Joshua 4:17

17 So Joshua commanded the priests, “Come up out of the Jordan.”

Joshua 4:17 in Other Translations

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

17 So Joshua commanded the priests, "Come up out of the Jordan."

17 So Joshua gave the command.

17 Joshua commanded the priests, "Come up out of the Jordan."

17 So Joshua commanded the priests, "Come up from the Jordan."

Joshua 4:17 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 4:17

Joshua therefore commanded the priests
In obedience to the Lord, and sent them an order:

saying;
as follows:

come ye up out of Jordan;
from the midst of the river to the bank of it, which was properly an ascent.

Joshua 4:17 In-Context

15 Then the LORD said to Joshua,

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

17 So Joshua commanded the priests, “Come up out of the Jordan.”

18 And the priests came up out of the river carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD. No sooner had they set their feet on the dry ground than the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and ran at flood stage as before.

19 On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.