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Joshua 4:13

About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.

KJV

et quadraginta pugnatorum millia per turmas, et cuneos, incedebant per plana atque campestria urbis Jericho.

Vulgate

τετρακισμύριοι εὔζωνοι εἰς μάχην διέβησαν ἐναντίον Κυρίου εἰς πόλεμον πρὸς τὴν Ἰερειχὼ πόλιν.

LXX

about forty thousand ready armed for war passed over before Jehovah unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.

ASV

כְּ/אַרְבָּעִ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף חֲלוּצֵ֣י הַ/צָּבָ֑א עָבְר֞וּ לִ/פְנֵ֤י יְהוָה֙ לַ/מִּלְחָמָ֔ה אֶ֖ל עַֽרְב֥וֹת יְרִיחֽוֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֖לֶף
'lp
adjective · 500×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אַרְבָּעִ֥ים
'rb'ym
adjective · 135×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יְרִיחֽוֹ
yrychv
proper_noun · 57×
מִּלְחָמָ֔ה
mlchmh
noun · 316×
נִי
ny
verb · 44×
עַֽרְבֹ֣ת
'rbt
noun · 61×
עֹבֵ֣ר
'br
verb · 561×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
צְבָא֖וֹת
tsb'vt
noun · 480×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Eph 6:11 — Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
  • Jer 39:5 — But the Chaldeans’ army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of
  • Josh 6:7 — And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD.