Josué 3:6

6 E disse aos sacerdotes: “Levantem a arca da aliança e passem à frente do povo”. Eles a levantaram e foram na frente.

Josué 3:6 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 3:6

And Joshua spoke unto the priests
On the morrow, that is, on the tenth day of the month, the day on which they went over Jordan:

saying, take up the ark of the covenant;
in which the law was put, which was the covenant between God and the people, from whence the ark had this name; and in which it was typical of Christ, in whom both the law, the covenant of works, was fulfilled, and with whom the covenant of grace was made; who is the Mediator; surety, and messenger of it, and in whom all the blessings and promises of it are, and with whom it is, and will be kept for evermore: the ark, the priests were ordered to take up and bear on their shoulders; for no other way might they carry it; these typified the ministers of Christ who bear his name, his Gospel in the world, see ( Acts 9:15 ) ;

and pass over before the people;
over the river Jordan, to direct them in the way through it, and encourage them to follow them:

and they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people;
from the place where they had lodged the night before to the brink of the river.

Josué 3:6 In-Context

4 Mas mantenham a distância de cerca de novecentos metros entre vocês e a arca; não se aproximem! Desse modo saberão que caminho seguir, pois vocês nunca passaram por lá”.

5 Josué ordenou ao povo: “Santifiquem-se, pois amanhã o SENHOR fará maravilhas entre vocês”.

6 E disse aos sacerdotes: “Levantem a arca da aliança e passem à frente do povo”. Eles a levantaram e foram na frente.

7 E o SENHOR disse a Josué: “Hoje começarei a exaltá-lo à vista de todo o Israel, para que saibam que estarei com você como estive com Moisés.

8 Portanto, você é quem dará a seguinte ordem aos sacerdotes que carregam a arca da aliança: Quando chegarem às margens das águas do Jordão, parem junto ao rio”.