Treasury of Scripture Knowledge So the people went out of their tents, to pass over the Jordan: and the priests that carried the ark of the covenant, went on before them. bearing the ark Joshua 3:3,5 And began to proclaim: When you shall see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and the priests of the race of Levi carrying it, rise you up also, and follow them as they go before: . . . Joshua 6:6 Then Joshua, the son of Nun, called the priests, and said to them: Take the ark of the covenant: and let seven other priests take the seven trumpets of the jubilee, and march before the ark of the Lord. Deuteronomy 31:26 Take this book, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God: that it may be there for a testimony against thee. Jeremiah 3:16 And when you shall be multiplied, and increase in the land in those days, saith the Lord, they shall say no more: The ark of the covenant of the Lord: neither shall it come upon the heart, neither shall they remember it, neither shall it be visited, neither shall that be done any more. Acts 7:44,45 The tabernacle of the testimony was with our fathers in the desert, as God ordained for them, speaking to Moses, that he should make it according to the form which he had seen. . . . 1 Corinthians 1:24,25 But unto them that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ, the power of God and the wisdom of God. . . . Hebrews 9:4 Having a golden censer and the ark of the testament covered about on every part with gold, in which was a golden pot that had manna and the rod of Aaron that had blossomed and the tables of the testament. Context Crossing the Jordan…13And when the priests, that carry the ark of the Lord the God of the whole earth, shall set the soles of their feet in the waters of the Jordan, the waters that are beneath shall run down and go off: and those that come from above, shall stand together upon a heap. 14So the people went out of their tents, to pass over the Jordan: and the priests that carried the ark of the covenant, went on before them.15And as soon as they came into the Jordan, and their feet were dipped in part of the water, (now the Jordan, it being harvest time, had filled the banks of its channel,)… Cross References Acts 7:44 The tabernacle of the testimony was with our fathers in the desert, as God ordained for them, speaking to Moses, that he should make it according to the form which he had seen. Acts 7:45 Which also our fathers receiving, brought in with Jesus, into the possession of the Gentiles: whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David, Joshua 24:11 And you passed over the Jordan, and you came to Jericho. And the men of that city fought against you, the Amorrhite, and the Pherezite, and the Chanaanite, and the Hethite, and the Gergesite, and the Hevite, and the Jebusite: and I delivered them into your hands. Psalm 132:8 Arise, O Lord, into thy resting place: thou and the ark, which thou hast sanctified. Lexicon Soוַיְהִ֗י (way·hî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be when the people הָעָם֙ (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock broke camp בִּנְסֹ֤עַ (bin·sō·a‘) Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 5265: To pull up, the tent-pins, start on a, journey to cross לַעֲבֹ֖ר (la·‘ă·ḇōr) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on the Jordan, הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן (hay·yar·dên) Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 3383: Jordan -- the principal river of Palestine the priests וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֗ים (wə·hak·kō·hă·nîm) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3548: Priest carried נֹֽשְׂאֵ֛י (nō·śə·’ê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 5375: To lift, carry, take the ark הָאָר֥וֹן (hā·’ā·rō·wn) Article | Noun - common singular Strong's Hebrew 727: A chest, ark of the covenant הַבְּרִ֖ית (hab·bə·rîṯ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1285: A covenant ahead of לִפְנֵ֥י (lip̄·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face [them]. הָעָֽם׃ (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock Additional Translations So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carried the ark of the covenant ahead of them.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 it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over the Jordan, the priests that bare the ark of the covenant being before the people; And the people removed from their tents to cross over Jordan, and the priests bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord before the people. And it came to pass when the people removed from their tents, to pass over the Jordan, that the priests bearing the ark of the covenant were before the people; And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, the priests that bare the ark of the covenant being before the people; 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; It happened, when the people moved from their tents to pass over the Jordan, the priests who bore the ark of the covenant being before the people, And it cometh to pass, in the journeying of the people from their tents to pass over the Jordan, and of the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people, Jump to Previous Agreement Ahead Ark Bare Bearing Bore Broke Camp Carrying Covenant Cross Jordan Journeying Moved Priests Removed TentsJump to Next Agreement Ahead Ark Bare Bearing Bore Broke Camp Carrying Covenant Cross Jordan Journeying Moved Priests Removed TentsExternal Links Joshua 3:14 NIVJoshua 3:14 NLT Joshua 3:14 ESV Joshua 3:14 NASB Joshua 3:14 ASV Joshua 3:14 Bible Apps Joshua 3:14 Biblia Paralela Joshua 3:14 Chinese Bible Joshua 3:14 French Bible Joshua 3:14 German Bible Alphabetical: ahead ark before broke camp carrying covenant cross from Jordan of out people priests set So tents the their them to went when with OT History: Joshua 3:14 It happened when the people moved (Josh. 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