14So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them.


In Context

11 See, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth will go into the Jordan ahead of you.

12 Now then, choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.

13 And as soon as the priests who carry the ark of the Lord -the Lord of all the earth-set foot in the Jordan, its waters flowing downstream will be cut off and stand up in a heap."

14 So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them.

15 Now the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest. Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water's edge,

16 the water from upstream stopped flowing. It piled up in a heap a great distance away, at a town called Adam in the vicinity of Zarethan, while the water flowing down to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea ) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.

Joshua 3:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:14And 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;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:14So 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:14And 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;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:14And 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;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:14And 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;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:14And 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;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:14It 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,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:14And 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,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:14And 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;