Joshua 4:17

17 And Joshua charged the priests, saying, Go up out of 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 to Joshua, saying,

16 Charge the priests that bear the ark of the covenant of the testimony of the Lord, to go up out of Jordan.

17 And Joshua charged the priests, saying, Go up out of Jordan.

18 And it came to pass when the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord were gone up out of Jordan, and set their feet upon the land, the water of Jordan returned impetuously to its place, and went as before over all its banks.

19 And the people went up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month; and the children of Israel encamped in Galgala in the region eastward from Jericho.