Joshua 3:4

2 So it was, ^aafter three days, that the officers went through the camp;

3 and they commanded the people, saying, ^a“When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, ^band the priests, the Levites, bearing it, then you shall set out from your place and go after it.

4 ^aYet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure. Do not come near it, that you may know the way by which you must go, for you have not passed this way before.”

5 And Joshua said to the people, ^a“Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.”

6 Then Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, ^a“Take up the ark of the covenant and cross over before the people.” So they took up the ark of the covenant and went before the people.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Joshua 3:4

About two thousand cubits - This distance they were to keep,

1.For the greater respect, because the presence of the ark was the symbol and pledge of the Divine presence.

2.That the ark, which was to be their pilot over these waters, might be the more conspicuous which it could not have been had the people crowded upon it.

Other Adam Clarke entries containing Joshua 3:4:

Joshua 24:11
Isaiah 23:7

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