Jos 3:4 | NETfull | STEP | But stay about three thousand feet behind it. Keep your distance so you can see which way you should go, for you have not traveled this way before.”

Joshua 3:4

4 But stay about three thousand feet behind it. ^{▼▼ Heb “But there should be a distance between you and it, about two thousand cubits in measurement.”} ^{▼▼ The precise distance is uncertain, but the measurement designated אַמָּה (’ammah, “cubit”) was probably equivalent to approximately eighteen inches (one and one-half feet, or 45 cm) in length.} Keep your distance ^{▼▼ Heb “do not approach it.”} so you can see ^{▼▼ Heb “know.”} which way you should go, for you have not traveled this way before.”