King James Version
Joshua 3:14 in the King James Version says “And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of t...” — study this verse from Joshua chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people;”
Joshua 3:14 · KJV
Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.
And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people;
And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)
That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
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to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“removed”
H5265properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e., start on a journey
“And it came to pass when the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“to pass over”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and the priests”
H3548literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
“bearing”
H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
“before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“And it came to pass when the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
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