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And it came about,וַיְהִיwhenבִּthe peopleהָעָםset outנְסֹעַfrom their tentsמֵאָהֳלֵיהֶםto crossלַעֲבֹרthe Jordan,אֶת הַיַּרְדֵּןwith the priestsוְהַכֹּהֲנִיםcarryingנֹשְׂאֵיthe arkהָאָרוֹןof the covenantהַבְּרִיתbeforeלִפְנֵיthe people,הָעָם
Joshua 3:14
Study it in the app“And it came about, when the people set out from their tents to cross the Jordan, with the priests carrying the ark of the covenant before the people,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 3:14, word by word
- And it came aboutיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- set outנְסֹעַnesoa
set out
To break camp and set out for another place.
Where else “nesoa” appears- from their tentsאָהֳלֵיahole
tent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “ahole” appears- to crossעֲבֹרavor
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avor” appears- the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appears- with the priestsכֹּהֲנִיםkohanim
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appears- carryingנֹשְׂאֵיnose
carry
To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.
Where else “nose” appears- the arkאָרוֹןaron
ark
The sacred chest of the covenant, which held the tablets.
Where else “aron” appears- of the covenantבְּרִיתberit
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears
Places in this verse
Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
The context
13And it shall be, when the soles of the feet of the priests who carry the ark of YHWH, the Lord of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan will be cut off, the waters that come down from above, and they will stand in one heap.”
14 · This verse (above)
15and when those carrying the ark came to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests carrying the ark were dipped in the edge of the water —and the Jordan is full over all its banks all the days of harvest—