Joshua 3:4
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
But keep a distance of about two thousand cubits between yourselves and the ark. Do not go near it, so that you can see the way to go, since you have never traveled this way before.”

Young's Literal Translation
only, a distance is between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure; ye do not come near unto it, so that ye know the way in which ye go, for ye have not passed over in the way heretofore.’

King James Bible
Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed [this] way heretofore.

Hebrew
But
אַ֣ךְ ׀ (’aḵ)
Adverb
Strong's 389: A particle of affirmation, surely

keep a distance
רָח֣וֹק (rā·ḥō·wq)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7350: Remote, of place, time, precious

of about two thousand
כְּאַלְפַּ֥יִם (kə·’al·pa·yim)
Preposition-k | Number - md
Strong's 505: A thousand

cubits
אַמָּ֖ה (’am·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base

between yourselves
בֵּֽינֵיכֶם֙ (bê·nê·ḵem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's 996: An interval, space between

and the ark.
ובינו (ū·ḇê·nōw)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

Do not
אַֽל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

go near it,
תִּקְרְב֣וּ (tiq·rə·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 7126: To come near, approach

so that
לְמַ֤עַן (lə·ma·‘an)
Conjunction
Strong's 4616: Purpose -- intent

you can see
תֵּֽדְעוּ֙ (tê·ḏə·‘ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 3045: To know

the way
הַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ (had·de·reḵ)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

to go,
תֵּֽלְכוּ־ (tê·lə·ḵū-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

since
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

you have never
לֹ֧א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

traveled
עֲבַרְתֶּ֛ם (‘ă·ḇar·tem)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on

this way
בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ (bad·de·reḵ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

before.”
מִתְּמ֥וֹל (mit·tə·mō·wl)
Preposition-m | Adverb
Strong's 8543: Ago, a, time since, yesterday, day before yesterday

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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