| 3:1 |
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.
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| 3:2 |
And it came to pass after three days, that the
officers went through the host;
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| 3:3 |
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.
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| 3:4 |
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.
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| 3:5 |
And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves:
for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.
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| 3:6 |
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.
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| 3:7 |
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.
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| 3:8 |
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.
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| 3:9 |
And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come
hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God.
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| 3:10 |
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.
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| 3:11 |
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the LORD of all
the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.
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| 3:12 |
Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes
of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
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| 3:13 |
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.
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| 3:14 |
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;
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| 3:15 |
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,)
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| 3:16 |
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.
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| 3:17 |
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.
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