3Then Joshua rose early in the morning and they set out from Shittim. And they came to the Jordan, he and all the people of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.H3091H7925H1242H5265H7851H935H3383H1121H3478H3885H56742At the end of three days the officers went through the campH7097H7969H3117H7860H5674H7130H42643and commanded the people, "As soon as you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, then you shall set out from your place and follow it.H6680H5971H559H7200H727H1285H3068H430H3548H3881H5375H5265H4725H1980H3104Yet there shall be a distance between you and it, about 2,000 cubits in length. Do not come near it, in order that you may know the way you shall go, for you have not passed this way before."H7350H505H520H4060H7126H3045H1870H3212H5674H1870H8543H80325Then Joshua said to the people, "Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you."H3091H559H5971H6942H4279H3068H6213H6381H71306And Joshua said to the priests, "Take up the ark of the covenant and pass on before the people." So they took up the ark of the covenant and went before the people.H3091H559H3548H559H5375H727H1285H5674H6440H5971H5375H727H1285H3212H6440H59717The LORD said to Joshua, "Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.H3068H559H3091H3117H2490H1431H5869H3478H3045H48728And as for you, command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, 'When you come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.'"H6680H3548H5375H727H1285H559H935H7097H4325H3383H5975H33839And Joshua said to the people of Israel, "Come here and listen to the words of the LORD your God."H3091H559H1121H3478H5066H8085H1697H3068H43010And Joshua said, "Here is how you shall know that the living God is among you and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Hivites, the Perizzites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, and the Jebusites.H3091H559H3045H2416H410H7130H3423H3423H6440H3669H2850H2340H6522H1622H567H298311Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is passing over before you into the Jordan.H727H1285H113H776H5674H6440H338312Now therefore take twelve men from the tribes of Israel, from each tribe a man.H3947H8147H6240H376H7626H3478H259H7626H37613And when the soles of the feet of the priests bearing the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off from flowing, and the waters coming down from above shall stand in one heap."H3709H7272H3548H5375H727H3068H113H776H5117H4325H3383H4325H3383H3772H4325H3381H4605H5975H259H506714So when the people set out from their tents to pass over the Jordan with the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people,H5971H5265H168H5674H3383H3548H5375H727H1285H6440H597115and as soon as those bearing the ark had come as far as the Jordan, and the feet of the priests bearing the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (now the Jordan overflows all its banks throughout the time of harvest),H5375H727H935H3383H7272H3548H5375H727H2881H7097H4325H3383H4390H1415H3117H710516the waters coming down from above stood and rose up in a heap very far away, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan, and those flowing down toward the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were completely cut off. And the people passed over opposite Jericho.H4325H3381H4605H5975H6965H259H5067H3966H7368H5892H121H6654H6891H3381H3220H6160H4417H3220H8552H3772H5971H5674H340517Now the priests bearing the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firmly on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan, and all Israel was passing over on dry ground until all the nation finished passing over the Jordan.H3548H5375H727H1285H3068H5975H3559H2724H8432H3383H3478H5674H2724H1471H5674H8552H5674H3383
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