KJV King James Version
Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed [this] way heretofore.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Joshua 3:4
Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed [this] way heretofore.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But keep a distance of about two thousand cubits between yourselves and the ark. Do not go near it, so that you can see the way to go, since you have never traveled this way before.”
WEB World English Bible
Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure. Don’t come near to it, that you may know the way by which you must go; for you have not passed this way before.”
ASV American Standard Version
Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
only, a distance is between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure; ye do not come near unto it, so that ye know the way in which ye go, for ye have not passed over in the way heretofore.’
Surrounding context — Joshua 3
1 And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
2 And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host;
3 And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.
4 Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed [this] way heretofore.
5 And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.
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.
7 And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, [so] I will be with thee.
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אַ֣ךְ׀H389 · akhsurelyרָח֣וֹקH7350 · ra.choqdistantיִהְיֶ֗הH1961 · ha.yahto beבֵּֽינֵיכֶם֙H996 · ba.yinbetweenוּבֵינָ֔יוH996 · ba.yinbetweenכְּאַלְפַּ֥יִםH505 · e.lephthousandאַמָּ֖הH520 · am.mahcubitבַּמִּדָּ֑הH4060 · mid.dahmeasureאַֽל־H408 · alnotתִּקְרְב֣וּH7126 · qa.ravto present: comeאֵלָ֗יוH413 · elto(wards)לְמַ֤עַןH4616 · ma.anbecauseאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichתֵּֽדְעוּ֙H3045 · ya.dato knowאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙H1870 · de.rekhway: conductאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichתֵּֽלְכוּ־H1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentבָ֔הּH9034 · haherכִּ֣יH3588 · kiforלֹ֧אH3808 · lonotעֲבַרְתֶּ֛םH5674 · a.varto passבַּדֶּ֖רֶךְH1870 · de.rekhway: conductמִתְּמ֥וֹלH8543 · te.molyesterdayשִׁלְשֽׁוֹם׃ סH8032 · shil.shomthree days ago
Cross-references
Psalm 89:7God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all [them that are] about him.Hebrews 12:28-29Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:Exodus 3:5And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest [is] holy ground.Genesis 31:2And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it [was] not toward him as before.Exodus 4:10And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I [am] not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I [am] slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.1 Chronicles 11:2And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou [wast] he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.Exodus 19:12And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, [that ye] go [not] up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:Isaiah 30:33For Tophet [is] ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made [it] deep [and] large: the pile thereof [is] fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
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