Joshua 4:17

17 Joshua commanded the priests, "Come 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 God told Joshua,

16 "Command the priests carrying the Chest of the Testimony to come up from the Jordan."

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

18 They did it. The priests carrying God's Chest of the Covenant came up from the middle of the Jordan. As soon as the soles of the priests' feet touched dry land, the Jordan's waters resumed their flow within the banks, just as before.

19 The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month. They set up camp at The Gilgal (The Circle) to the east of Jericho.