Tanach
Yehoshua 4:15-24 יהושע ד׳:ט״ו-כ״ד
Part of: Chapter 4
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וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ לֵאמֹֽר׃
And the Lord spoke to Yehoshua, saying,
And the Lord spoke to Yehoshua, saying,
צַוֵּה אֶת־הַכֹּהֲנִים נֹשְׂאֵי אֲרוֹן הָעֵדוּת וְיַעֲלוּ מִן־הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃
Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Yarden.
Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Yarden.
Rashi
ויעלו מן הירדן. 'ויעברו' אין כתיב כאן, אלא 'ויעלו', למדנו שעל השפה שהיו עומדין אצלה עלו, ואי אפשר לומר שהיו עומדין אצל שפת הירדן שבמערב, שהרי נאמר למעלה (ג טו): נטבלו רגלי הכהנים בקצה המים, ושם נאמר ויעמדו הכהנים וכל ישראל עוברים:
Have them come up out of the Jordan. It is not written, ‘have them cross’ but rather ‘have them come up.’ From this we learn that from the bank upon which they were standing did they come up. And it is impossible to claim that they were standing beside the western bank of the Jordan, for it is said previously, ‘that the feet of the Kohanim were immersed in the edge of the water.’5Chapter 3:15. And there it is said, ‘And the Kohanim remained standing— and all the Bnei Yisroel crossed over.’6Ibid 16. Obviously since the Bnei Yisroel crossed the Jordan from East to West, and the Kohanim remained standing at the point of entrance, they were on the Eastern bank of the Jordan.
וַיְצַו יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶת־הַכֹּהֲנִים לֵאמֹר עֲלוּ מִן־הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃
Yehoshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come up out of the Yarden.
Yehoshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come up out of the Yarden.
וַיְהִי (בעלות) [כַּעֲלוֹת] הַכֹּהֲנִים נֹשְׂאֵי אֲרוֹן בְּרִית־יְהֹוָה מִתּוֹךְ הַיַּרְדֵּן נִתְּקוּ כַּפּוֹת רַגְלֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים אֶל הֶחָרָבָה וַיָּשֻׁבוּ מֵֽי־הַיַּרְדֵּן לִמְקוֹמָם וַיֵּלְכוּ כִתְמוֹל־שִׁלְשׁוֹם עַל־כׇּל־גְּדוֹתָֽיו׃
And it came to pass, when the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord were come up out of the midst of the Yarden, and the soles of the priests’ feet were lifted up to the dry land, that the waters of the Yarden returned to their place, and flowed over all its banks, as they did before.
And it came to pass, when the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord were come up out of the midst of the Yarden, and the soles of the priests’ feet were lifted up to the dry land, that the waters of the Yarden returned to their place, and flowed over all its banks, as they did before.
Rashi
נתקו כפות רגלי הכהנים. מן המים אל החרבה שאצלם, וישובו המים למקומם, נמצא ארון מצד זה, וישראל מצד זה, נשא ארון את נושאיו ועבר ועל דבר זה נענש עוזא (שמואל ב ו ז) כשאחז בארון, נושאיו נשא, עצמו לא כל שכן:
The soles of the feet of the Kohanim were lifted. [They were lifted] from the water to the dry land next to them, and the water returned to their place. The result of this was that the Ark was on this [eastern] side and the Bnei Yisroel were on this [the western] side. Thus the Ark lifted its carriers and crossed over. It was regarding this that Uzzah was punished ‘when he took hold of the Ark,’7II Shmuel, VI: 6,7. for if the Ark carried its carriers, it certainly was able to carry itself.8Thus by taking hold of the Ark, Uzzah manifested his fear that the Ark was going to fall off the wagon.
וְהָעָם עָלוּ מִן־הַיַּרְדֵּן בֶּעָשׂוֹר לַחֹדֶשׁ הָרִאשׁוֹן וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בַּגִּלְגָּל בִּקְצֵה מִזְרַח יְרִיחֽוֹ׃
And the people came up out of the Yarden on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of Yeriĥo.
And the people came up out of the Yarden on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of Yeriĥo.
וְאֵת שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה הָֽאֲבָנִים הָאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר לָקְחוּ מִן־הַיַּרְדֵּן הֵקִים יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בַּגִּלְגָּֽל׃
And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Yarden, did Yehoshua pitch in Gilgal.
And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Yarden, did Yehoshua pitch in Gilgal.
Rashi
הקים יהושע בגלגל. הוא המלון אשר לנו בו הלילה:
Yehoshua set up in Gilgal. This was the lodging place where they spent that night.
וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁאָלוּן בְּנֵיכֶם מָחָר אֶת־אֲבוֹתָם לֵאמֹר מָה הָאֲבָנִים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃
And he spoke to the children of Yisra᾽el, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?
And he spoke to the children of Yisra᾽el, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?
וְהוֹדַעְתֶּם אֶת־בְּנֵיכֶם לֵאמֹר בַּיַּבָּשָׁה עָבַר יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן הַזֶּֽה׃
Then you shall let your children know, saying, Yisra᾽el came over this Yarden on dry land.
Then you shall let your children know, saying, Yisra᾽el came over this Yarden on dry land.
אֲשֶׁר־הוֹבִישׁ יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם אֶת־מֵי הַיַּרְדֵּן מִפְּנֵיכֶם עַֽד־עׇבְרְכֶם כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם לְיַם־סוּף אֲשֶׁר־הוֹבִישׁ מִפָּנֵינוּ עַד־עׇבְרֵֽנוּ׃
For the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Yarden from before you, until you were passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Sea of Suf, which he dried up before us, until we were gone over:
For the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Yarden from before you, until you were passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Sea of Suf, which he dried up before us, until we were gone over:
לְמַעַן דַּעַת כׇּל־עַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ אֶת־יַד יְהֹוָה כִּי חֲזָקָה הִיא לְמַעַן יְרָאתֶם אֶת־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם כׇּל־הַיָּמִֽים׃ {פ}
that all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty: that you might fear the Lord your God forever.
that all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty: that you might fear the Lord your God forever.
צוה את הכהנים. כאן פירש הכתוב את האמור למעלה, היאך עבר ארון ה' והכהנים לפני העם וגו':
Command the Kohanim. Here is where Scripture explains what was mentioned before4Verse 11. how the Ark of Adonoy and the Kohanim crossed in the people’s presence.