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Joshua 3:6

And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.

KJV

Et ait ad sacerdotes : Tollite arcam fœderis, et præcedite populum. Qui jussa complentes, tulerunt, et ambulaverunt ante eos.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν Ἰησοῦς τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν Ἄρατε τὴν κιβωτὸν τῆς διαθήκης Κυρίου καὶ προπορεύεσθε τοῦ λαοῦ. καὶ ἦραν οἱ ἱερεῖς τὴν κιβωτὸν τῆς διαθήκης Κυρίου καὶ ἐπορεύοντο ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ λαοῦ.

LXX

And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ֙ אֶל הַ/כֹּהֲנִ֣ים לֵ/אמֹ֔ר שְׂאוּ֙ אֶת אֲר֣וֹן הַ/בְּרִ֔ית וְ/עִבְר֖וּ לִ/פְנֵ֣י הָ/עָ֑ם וַ/יִּשְׂאוּ֙ אֶת אֲר֣וֹן הַ/בְּרִ֔ית וַ/יֵּלְכ֖וּ לִ/פְנֵ֥י הָ/עָֽם

Hebrew

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In this verse

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲר֣וֹן
'rvn
noun · 202×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
י
y
noun · 280×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ
yhvsh'
proper_noun · 218×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כֹּהֵ֔ן
khn
noun · 747×
עֹבֵ֣ר
'br
verb · 561×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 8:3 — And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
  • 2Chr 5:4 — And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.