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Joshua 4:17

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Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.
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  1. Genesis 8:16–18Rank 1 from verse 17
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    16Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.

    17Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.

    18And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him:

  2. Acts 16:23Rank 2 from verse 17
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    23And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:

  3. Acts 16:35–39Rank 3 from verse 17
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    35And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.

    36And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace.

    37But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.

    38And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.

    39And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city.

  4. Daniel 3:26Rank 4 from verse 17
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    26¶ Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, came forth of the midst of the fire.

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Joshua 4:17

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priests

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Persons set apart to religious service, sanctuary duty, sacrifice, intercession, teaching, or representation before a deity.

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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16Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.

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

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18And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before.

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