Joshua 4:18

18 When the priests carrying the ark of the Lord's covenant came up from the middle of the Jordan, and their feet^[a] stepped out on solid ground, the waters of the Jordan resumed their course, flowing over all the banks as before.

Joshua 4:18 Meaning and Commentary

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
According to the command of Joshua in the name of the Lord:

[and] the soles of the priests' feet were lift up upon the dry land;
and set upon it, on the bank of Jordan, and shores of the land of Canaan:

that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place;
those that came from above, and had stood on an heap, gradually came down into the channel, and those below that were cut off returned:

and flowed over all his banks, as [they did] before;
and usually did at this time of the year, see ( Joshua 3:15 ) ; so that there was no decrease or loss of the waters by their failing, and being cut off.

Joshua 4:18 In-Context

16 "Command the priests who carry the ark of the testimony to come up from the Jordan."

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

18 When the priests carrying the ark of the Lord's covenant came up from the middle of the Jordan, and their feet stepped out on solid ground, the waters of the Jordan resumed their course, flowing over all the banks as before.

19 The people came up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and camped at Gilgal on the eastern limits of Jericho.

20 Then Joshua set up in Gilgal the 12 stones they had taken from the Jordan,

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit and the soles of the feet of the priests