Jos 3 | ABEn | STEP | And Joshua rose early in the morning. And they departed from Shittin, and they came unto the Jordan, he and all the sons of Israel. And they rested up there before passing over.

Joshua 3

CHAPTER 3 Israel Crosses the Jordan

1 And Joshua rose early in the morning. And they departed from Shittin, and they came unto the Jordan, he and all the sons of Israel. And they rested up there before passing over. 2 And it came to pass after three days, [³went ¹that the ²scribes] through the camp. 3 And they gave charge to the people, saying, Whenever you should behold the ark of the covenant of the lord our God, and the priests, and the Levites lifting it, that you shall depart from your place and go after it! 4 But let there be a far space between you and that ark, as much as two thousand cubits! You shall stand -- you should not draw near it, that you should know the way which you go by it. [³not ¹For ²you have] gone the way either yesterday or the third day before. 5 And Joshua said to the people, Be sanctified by the morrow! for tomorrow the lord shall do [²among ³you ¹wonders]. 6 And Joshua said to the priests, saying, Lift the ark of the covenant of the lord, and go before in front of the people! And [³lifted ¹the ²priests] the ark of the covenant of the lord, and they went in front of the people. 7 And the lord said to Joshua, On this day I begin to raise you up high in front of all the sons of Israel, that they should know in so far as I was with Moses, so shall I also be with you. 8 And now give charge to the priests lifting the ark of the covenant! saying, As soon as you should enter upon a part of the water of the Jordan, then in the Jordan you shall stand. 9 And Joshua said to the sons of Israel, Lead forward here and hearken to the word of the lord your God! 10 And Joshua said, In this you shall know that God is living among you, and by annihilating he will annihilate from our face the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite. 11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the lord of all the earth passes over [³before ⁴you ¹the ²Jordan]. 12 And now handpick for yourselves twelve men from the sons of Israel, one from each tribe! 13 And it will be as whenever [⁵shall rest ¹the ²feet ³of the ⁴priests], of the ones lifting the ark of the covenant of the lord of all the earth in the water of the Jordan, the water of the Jordan shall fail, and the water going down shall stand from above as a heap. 14 And it happened as [³departed ¹the ²people] from out of their tents, to pass over the Jordan, that the priests lifted the ark of the covenant of the lord in front of the people. 15 And as [³entered ¹the ²priests] lifting the ark of the covenant unto the Jordan, that the feet of the priests lifting the ark were dipped into a part of the water of the Jordan, and the Jordan filled up [²entire ³bank ¹its] as in days of harvest, 16 and [³stood ¹the ²waters] going down from above, it stood as a bank of water in abstaining far off, very vehemently unto Adam the city, unto the part of Kirjath Jearim. And the part going down went down into the sea of Araba, the sea of salts, unto the end were it ceased. And the people stood before Jericho. 17 And [³stood ¹the ²priests], the ones lifting the ark of the covenant of the lord, upon dry land in the midst of the Jordan ready. And all the sons of Israel passed over through dry land, until of which time [⁴completed ¹all ²the ³people] passing over the Jordan.