Joshua
Joshua 3
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Joshua 3 — Scripture text (King James Version)
And rose early in the morning; and they removed from , and came to , he and all the children of , and lodged there before they passed over. And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host; And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the of the LORD your God, and the priests the bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it. Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand 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. And said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you. And spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the , and pass over before the people. And they took up the , and went before the people. And the LORD said unto , This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all , that they may know that, as I was with , so I will be with thee. And thou shalt command the priests that the , saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of , ye shall stand still in . And said unto the children of , Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God. And said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the , and the , and the , and the , and the , and the , and the . Behold, the of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into . Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of , out of every tribe a man. And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that the of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of , that the waters of shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap. And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over , and the priests bearing the before the people; And as they that bare the were come unto , and the feet of the priests that bare the were dipped in the brim of the water, (for overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,) That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city , that is beside : and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the , failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against . And the priests that bare the of the LORD stood firm dry ground in the midst of , and all the passed over dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over .