about two thousand cubits by measure

In the days of the Exodus the Ark went before Israel in their journeyings. In the crossing of the Jordan it preceded them by the space of “about two thousand cubits by measure” (Josh. 3:4), which some have taken as an indication of the time of the second advent. In the siege of Jericho it encompassed the city once daily for six days, and on the seventh day seven times, when the city fell and was taken by Joshua and Israel. Here one can scarcely miss the comparison with the Apocalyptic scheme of the fall of the great city before Jesus returned.

1929 Christadelphian p 243