Joshua 4:17

17 Joshua, therefore, commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of 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 And the LORD spoke unto Joshua, saying,

16 Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan.

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

18 And it came to pass, when the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up out of the midst of the Jordan and the soles of the priests’ feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of the Jordan returned unto their place, flowing as before over all its banks.

19 And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month and camped in Gilgal, on the east side of Jericho.