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Selected Verse: Joshua 4:18 - Strong Concordance

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Jos 4:18 Strong Concordance And it came to pass, when the priests [03548] that bare [05375] the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of the LORD [03068] were come up [05927] out of the midst [08432] of Jordan [03383], and the soles [03709] of the priests [03548]' feet [07272] were lifted up [05423] unto the dry land [02724], that the waters [04325] of Jordan [03383] returned [07725] unto their place [04725], and flowed [03212] over all his banks [01415], as [08543] they did before [08032].
  King James And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark . . . were come out of the midst of Jordan . . . that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place--Their crossing, which was the final act, completed the evidence of the miracle; for then, and not till then, the suspended laws of nature were restored, the waters returned to their place, and the river flowed with as full a current as before.
 
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15 And as they that bare [05375] the ark [0727] were come [0935] unto Jordan [03383], and the feet [07272] of the priests [03548] that bare [05375] the ark [0727] were dipped [02881] in the brim [07097] of the water [04325], (for Jordan [03383] overfloweth [04390] all his banks [01415] all the time [03117] of harvest [07105],)