“1 And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from
Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and
lodged there before they passed over. 2 And it came to pass after three
days, that the officers went through the host; 3 And they commanded the
people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your
God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from
your place, and go after it. 4 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. 5 And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify
yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you. 6 And
Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant,
and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the
covenant, and went before the people.”
“7 And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify
thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with
Moses, [so] I will be with thee. 8 And thou shalt command the priests
that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink
of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan. 9 And Joshua
said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the
LORD your God. 10 And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living
God [is] among you, and [that] he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the
Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites. 11
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan. 12 Now therefore take you twelve men out of
the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man. 13 And it shall come to
pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark
of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of
Jordan, [that] the waters of Jordan shall be cut off [from] the waters
that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.”
“14 And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to
pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before
the people; 15 And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and
the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the
water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)
16 That the waters which came down from above stood [and] rose up upon
an heap very far from the city Adam, that [is] beside Zaretan: and those
that came down toward the sea of the plain, [even] the salt sea, failed,
[and] were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho. 17
And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm
on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over
on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.”
(Joshua 3:1-17 AV)
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