complete verse (Joshua 3:15)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joshua 3:15:

  • Kupsabiny: “Those were days when the river was overflowing and the days for harvest. The people got up to go and cross the river with the priests who carried the Box of the Covenant going in front. And when those priests stepped into the water,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “At the time of harvesting wheat, the water of the Jordan river is at flood stage. Even though it was like that, the feet of the priests carrying the Ark of the Covenant reached the Jordan, and as soon as their feet touched the water of the bank” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “(It was) harvest-time back-then and the river was-overflowing/flooding. The people left their camps in-order to-cross the river. The priests who carry the Box of the Agreement were-ahead/leading them. As-soon-as the priests stepped-into the river,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “It was springtime, when people harvest their crops, and at that time the river floods over its banks. But as soon as the priests reached the edge of the river and stepped into the water,” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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