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Joshua 3:4 KJV
Joshua · chapter 3 · verse 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.Joshua 3:4 · King James Version
Joshua 3:4 in context
2And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host;
3And 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.
4Yet 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.
5And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.
6And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- heretoforetᵉmôwlproperly, agoH8543 →
- thousandʼelephhence a thousandH505 →
- measuremiddâhproperly, extensionH4060 →
- cubitsʼammâhproperly, a motherH520 →
- passedʻâbarto cross overH5674 →
- spacerâchôwqremote, literally or figuratively, of place or timeH7350 →
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Rahab, in mentioning to the spies the drying up of the Red Sea (Jos 2:10), the report of which terrified the Canaanites more than anything else, intimates that those on that side the water expected that Jordan, that great defence of their country, would in like manner give way to them.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6