King James Version
Joshua 4:11 in the King James Version says “And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, ...” — study this verse from Joshua chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people.”
Joshua 4:11 · KJV
And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.
For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over.
And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people.
And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them:
About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho. prepared: or, ready armed
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to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“were clean”
H8552to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“And it came to pass when all the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“passed over”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
“passed over”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“and the priests”
H3548literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
“in the presence”
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 all 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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