^3:15When the ones carrying the ark reached the Jordan and the feet of the priests carrying the ark touched the surface¹⁹ of the water—(the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest time)²⁰—

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Footnotes

19 Heb “dipped into the edge.”
20 Heb “and the Jordan overflows all its banks all the days of harvest.” 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.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

and as soon as those bearing the ark had come as far as the Jordan, and the feet of the priests bearing the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (now the Jordan overflows all its banks throughout the time of harvest),

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

NLTNew Living Translation

It was the harvest season, and the Jordan was overflowing its banks. But as soon as the feet of the priests who were carrying the Ark touched the water at the river’s edge,

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

When those carrying the ark came up to the Jordan, and the priests carrying the ark dipped their feet in the edge of the water (the Jordan was flowing over its banks during all the days of harvest),

KJV 1900King James Version

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,)

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