King James Version

Joshua 4:16

Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.

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צַוֵּה֙tsavehappointצָוָהverb, piel, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “appoint”, a commandH6680(intensively) to constitute, enjoinappoint, (for-) bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔יםhakohanimthe priestכֹּהֵןdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the priest”, the ordinary formH3548literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)chief ruler, [idiom] own, priest, prince, principal officer.נֹשְׂאֵ֖יnoseelift upנָשָׂאverb, qal, participle, construct — “lift up”, a verb used as a describing wordH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…אֲר֣וֹןaronchestאָרוֹןnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “chest”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH727a boxark, chest, coffin.הָעֵד֑וּתhaedutthe testimonyעֵדוּתdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the testimony”, the ordinary formH5715testimonytestimony, witness.וְיַעֲל֖וּveyaalvand ascend upעָלָהconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and ascend up”, an unfinished actionH5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurativearise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make t…מִןminfromמִןpreposition — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.הַיַּרְדֵּֽןhayardenthe Jordanיַרְדֵּןdefinite article, noun, proper name — “the Jordan”H3383Jarden, the principal river of PalestineJordan.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

'Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan.

Young’s Literal Translation

'Command the priests bearing the ark of the testimony, and they come up out of the Jordan.'

World English Bible

“Command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, that they come up out of the Jordan.”

Darby Translation

Command the priests who bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan.

Douay-Rheims

Command the priests, that carry the ark of the covenant, to come up out of the Jordan.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

'Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Charge the priests that bear the ark of the covenant of the testimony of the Lord, to go up out of Jordan.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἔντειλαι τοῖς ἱερεῦσι τοῖς αἴρουσι τὴν κιβωτὸν τῆς διαθήκης τοῦ μαρτυρίου Κυρίου, ἐκβῆναι ἐκ τοῦ Ἰορδάνου.