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Selected Verse: Joshua 3:3 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| Jos 3:3 |
Strong Concordance |
And they commanded [06680] the people [05971], saying [0559], When ye see [07200] the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of the LORD [03068] your God [0430], and the priests [03548] the Levites [03881] bearing [05375] it, then ye shall remove [05265] from your place [04725], and go [01980] after [0310] it. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
When ye see the ark . . ., and the priests the Levites bearing it--The usual position of the ark, when at rest, was in the center of the camp; and, during a march, in the middle of the procession. On this occasion it was to occupy the van, and be borne, not by the Kohathite Levites, but the priests, as on all solemn and extraordinary occasions (compare Num 4:15; Jos 6:6; Kg1 8:3-6).
then ye shall . . . go after it. Yet there shall be a space between you and it--These instructions refer exclusively to the advance into the river. The distance which the people were to keep in the rear of the ark was nearly a mile. Had they crowded too near the ark, the view would have been intercepted, and this intervening space, therefore, was ordered, that the chest containing the sacred symbols might be distinctly visible to all parts of the camp, and be recognized as their guide in the untrodden way. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Commanded the people - In Joshua's name, and by his authority. Priests and Levites - Who were not only Levites, but priests also. For altho' the Levites were to carry the ark, Num 4:1-15, yet the priests might perform that office, and did so upon some solemn occasions. Go after it - Towards Jordan, to go over it in such a manner as I am about to describe. 'Till this time the ark went in the middle of the cloudy pillar, now it goes in the front. Probably the pillar of fire and cloud was still hovering over the ark. |
3 And all the elders [02205] of Israel [03478] came [0935], and the priests [03548] took up [05375] the ark [0727].
4 And they brought up [05927] the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068], and the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150], and all the holy [06944] vessels [03627] that were in the tabernacle [0168], even those did the priests [03548] and the Levites [03881] bring up [05927].
5 And king [04428] Solomon [08010], and all the congregation [05712] of Israel [03478], that were assembled [03259] unto him, were with him before [06440] the ark [0727], sacrificing [02076] sheep [06629] and oxen [01241], that could not be told [05608] nor numbered [04487] for multitude [07230].
6 And the priests [03548] brought in [0935] the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of the LORD [03068] unto his place [04725], into the oracle [01687] of the house [01004], to the most [06944] holy [06944] place, even under the wings [03671] of the cherubims [03742].
6 And Joshua [03091] the son [01121] of Nun [05126] called [07121] the priests [03548], and said [0559] unto them, Take up [05375] the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285], and let seven [07651] priests [03548] bear [05375] seven [07651] trumpets [07782] of rams' horns [03104] before [06440] the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068].
15 And when Aaron [0175] and his sons [01121] have made an end [03615] of covering [03680] the sanctuary [06944], and all the vessels [03627] of the sanctuary [06944], as the camp [04264] is to set forward [05265]; after [0310] that, the sons [01121] of Kohath [06955] shall come [0935] to bear [05375] it: but they shall not touch [05060] any holy thing [06944], lest they die [04191]. These things are the burden [04853] of the sons [01121] of Kohath [06955] in the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150].
1 And the LORD [03068] spake [01696] unto Moses [04872] and unto Aaron [0175], saying [0559],
2 Take [05375] the sum [07218] of the sons [01121] of Kohath [06955] from among [08432] the sons [01121] of Levi [03878], after their families [04940], by the house [01004] of their fathers [01],
3 From thirty [07970] years [08141] old [01121] and upward [04605] even until fifty [02572] years [08141] old [01121], all that enter [0935] into the host [06635], to do [06213] the work [04399] in the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150].
4 This shall be the service [05656] of the sons [01121] of Kohath [06955] in the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150], about the most [06944] holy things [06944]:
5 And when the camp [04264] setteth forward [05265], Aaron [0175] shall come [0935], and his sons [01121], and they shall take down [03381] the covering [04539] vail [06532], and cover [03680] the ark [0727] of testimony [05715] with it:
6 And shall put [05414] thereon the covering [03681] of badgers [08476]' skins [05785], and shall spread [06566] over [04605] it a cloth [0899] wholly [03632] of blue [08504], and shall put [07760] in the staves [0905] thereof.
7 And upon the table [07979] of shewbread [06440] they shall spread [06566] a cloth [0899] of blue [08504], and put [05414] thereon the dishes [07086], and the spoons [03709], and the bowls [04518], and covers [07184] to cover withal [05262]: and the continual [08548] bread [03899] shall be thereon:
8 And they shall spread [06566] upon them a cloth [0899] of scarlet [08438] [08144], and cover [03680] the same with a covering [04372] of badgers [08476]' skins [05785], and shall put [07760] in the staves [0905] thereof.
9 And they shall take [03947] a cloth [0899] of blue [08504], and cover [03680] the candlestick [04501] of the light [03974], and his lamps [05216], and his tongs [04457], and his snuffdishes [04289], and all the oil [08081] vessels [03627] thereof, wherewith they minister [08334] unto it:
10 And they shall put [05414] it and all the vessels [03627] thereof within a covering [04372] of badgers [08476]' skins [05785], and shall put [05414] it upon a bar [04132].
11 And upon the golden [02091] altar [04196] they shall spread [06566] a cloth [0899] of blue [08504], and cover [03680] it with a covering [04372] of badgers [08476]' skins [05785], and shall put [07760] to the staves [0905] thereof:
12 And they shall take [03947] all the instruments [03627] of ministry [08335], wherewith they minister [08334] in the sanctuary [06944], and put [05414] them in a cloth [0899] of blue [08504], and cover [03680] them with a covering [04372] of badgers [08476]' skins [05785], and shall put [05414] them on a bar [04132]:
13 And they shall take away the ashes [01878] from the altar [04196], and spread [06566] a purple [0713] cloth [0899] thereon:
14 And they shall put [05414] upon it all the vessels [03627] thereof, wherewith they minister [08334] about it, even the censers [04289], the fleshhooks [04207], and the shovels [03257], and the basons [04219], all the vessels [03627] of the altar [04196]; and they shall spread [06566] upon it a covering [03681] of badgers [08476]' skins [05785], and put [07760] to the staves [0905] of it.
15 And when Aaron [0175] and his sons [01121] have made an end [03615] of covering [03680] the sanctuary [06944], and all the vessels [03627] of the sanctuary [06944], as the camp [04264] is to set forward [05265]; after [0310] that, the sons [01121] of Kohath [06955] shall come [0935] to bear [05375] it: but they shall not touch [05060] any holy thing [06944], lest they die [04191]. These things are the burden [04853] of the sons [01121] of Kohath [06955] in the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150].