Giosué 3:6

6 Poi Giosuè parlò ai sacerdoti, dicendo: "Prendete in ispalla l’arca del patto e passate davanti al popolo". Ed essi presero in ispalla l’arca del patto e camminarono davanti al popolo.

Giosué 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.

Giosué 3:6 In-Context

4 Però, vi sarà tra voi e l’arca la distanza d’un tratto di circa duemila cubiti; non v’accostate ad essa, affinché possiate veder bene la via per la quale dovete andare; poiché non siete ancora mai passati per questa via".

5 E Giosuè disse al popolo: "Santificatevi, poiché domani l’Eterno farà delle maraviglie in mezzo a voi".

6 Poi Giosuè parlò ai sacerdoti, dicendo: "Prendete in ispalla l’arca del patto e passate davanti al popolo". Ed essi presero in ispalla l’arca del patto e camminarono davanti al popolo.

7 E l’Eterno disse a Giosuè: "Oggi comincerò a renderti grande agli occhi di tutto Israele, affinché riconoscano che, come fui con Mosè, così sarò con te.

8 E tu dà ai sacerdoti che portano l’arca del patto, quest’ordine: Quando sarete giunti alla riva delle acque del Giordano, vi fermerete nel Giordano".