17 Joshua therefore commanded the Priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.

18 And when the Priests that bare the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord, were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and as soon as the soles of the Priests’ feet were set on the dry land, the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all the banks thereof, as they did before.

19 ¶ So the people came up out of Jordan the tenth day of the [a]first month, and pitched in Gilgal, in the East side of Jericho.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 4:19 Called Abib or Nisan, containing part of March and part of April.

17 So Joshua commanded the priests, “Come up out of the Jordan.”

18 And the priests came up out of the river carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord. No sooner had they set their feet on the dry ground than the waters of the Jordan returned to their place(A) and ran at flood stage(B) as before.

19 On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal(C) on the eastern border of Jericho.

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