Joshua 3:6
Context3:6 Joshua told the priests, “Pick up the ark of the covenant and pass on ahead of the people.” So they picked up the ark of the covenant and went ahead of the people.
Joshua 3:15
Context3:15 When the ones carrying the ark reached the Jordan and the feet of the priests carrying the ark touched the surface 1 of the water – (the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest time) 2 –
Joshua 6:6
Context6:6 So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and instructed them, “Pick up the ark of the covenant, and seven priests must carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark of the Lord.”
Joshua 6:13
Context6:13 The seven priests carrying the seven rams’ horns before the ark of the Lord marched along blowing their horns. Armed troops marched ahead of them, while the rear guard followed along behind the ark of the Lord blowing rams’ horns.
1 tn Heb “dipped into the edge.”
2 tn Heb “and the Jordan overflows all its banks all the days of harvest.”
sn The lengthy description of the priests’ arrival at the Jordan and the parenthetical reminder that the Jordan was at flood stage delay the climax of the story and add to its dramatic buildup.