Study it in the app“The priests carrying the ark were standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything was completed that YHWH had commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses had commanded Joshua. And the people hurried and crossed.”
The priestsוְהַכֹּהֲנִיםcarryingנֹשְׂאֵיthe arkהָאָרוֹןwere standingעֹמְדִיםin the middleבְּתוֹךְof the Jordanהַיַּרְדֵּןuntilעַדeverythingכָּל הַדָּבָרwas completedתֹּםthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhad commandedצִוָּהJoshuaאֶת יְהוֹשֻׁעַto speakלְדַבֵּרto the people,אֶל הָעָםaccording to allכְּכֹלthatאֲשֶׁרMosesמֹשֶׁהhad commandedצִוָּהJoshua.אֶת יְהוֹשֻׁעַAnd the peopleהָעָםhurriedוַיְמַהֲרוּand crossed.וַיַּעֲבֹרוּ
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appearscarry
To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.
Where else “nose” appearsark
The sacred chest of the covenant, which held the tablets.
Where else “aron” appearsstand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “omdim” appearsmidst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appearsJordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appearsend
To be over, reach its close.
Where else “tom” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearscommand
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appearsJoshua
Joshua, the helper and successor of Moses. The name means "YHWH saves"; in Greek it is the same name as "Jesus". Other men bore it, among them the high priest after the exile (Haggai 1:1).
Where else “yehoshua” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsMoses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appearshurry
To act without delay, with haste and energy.
Where else “yemaharu” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yaavoru” appearsJordan
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).
9And twelve stones Joshua set up in the middle of the Jordan, where the feet of the priests carrying the ark of the covenant had stood; and they are there to this day.
10 · This verse (above)
11And it came about, when all the people had finished crossing, that the ark of YHWH and the priests crossed before the people.
