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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.
02 And it came to pass after three days, that the
officers went through the host;
03 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.
04 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.
05 And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify
yourselves: for to-morrow the Lord will do
wonders among you.
06 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.
07 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.
08 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.
09 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.
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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.
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