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Berean Standard Bible

“Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge,”

Joshua 3:15

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Israel is at the Jordan River, ready to enter the promised land after forty years in the wilderness. Joshua has told the priests to carry the ark of the covenant ahead of the people, and the season is the time of the barley harvest, when the river runs high.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge,

World English Bible (WEB)

and when those who bore the ark had come to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests who bore the ark had dipped in the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks all the time of harvest),

King James Version (KJV)

And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)

American Standard Version (ASV)

and when they that bare the ark were come unto the Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (for the Jordan overfloweth all its banks all the time of harvest,)

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And when those who took up the ark came to Jordan, and the feet of the priests who took up the ark were touching the edge of the water (for the waters of Jordan are overflowing all through the time of the grain-cutting),

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Cuando los que llevaban el arca entraron en el Jordán, así como los pies de los sacerdotes que llevaban el arca fueron mojados á la orilla del agua, (porque el Jordán suele reverter sobre todos sus bordes todo el tiempo de la siega,)

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Era la época de la siega y el Jordán se desbordaba; pero cuando el pueblo comenzó a cruzar el río, en cuanto los pies de los sacerdotes tocaron el agua en la orilla,

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